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Day 19 of the flu/cold/plague from Hell. Although I am over the "worst" symptoms, I've still got a nagging cough that appears mostly at night when I'm trying to sleep and randomly losing my voice at the most inappropriate times (I'm convinced it's from all the hacking and coughing for weeks on end - my throat definitely feels like it's been damaged ( Read more... )

And here you thought you'd seen the last of me during the Content Strike Protest.

Anyway! As promised, some of my inane ramblings about one of my hobbies - collecting magnets and postcards (I suppose that would classify as two hobbies, but let's not split hairs.)

( What's on my fridge is much more interesting than what's in it )

You may or may not know that I knit, something that I find relaxing and fun to do sneakily at work during my spare time. What with the cold, long winter we've had this year in Maine, I've managed to get a LOT of things completed. Here's just a few:

( Knit one, purl two... )

Did you know that sotto in su, meaning "seen from below" is an Italian form of trompe l'oeil; only this illusionistic technique is used to provide perspective and artificial space for ceiling paintings ( Read more... )

Did you know that every year in the Shetland Islands of northern Scotland the residents of Lerwick hold an Up Helly Aa festival?

Och aye!


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Heh. This is brilliant.

Ganked from thoughtcr1me:

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