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Faint Echoes of the Gashlycrumb Tinies...
And in case anyone needs a Halloween costume idea. Clicky for the pretty pictures! -
Oh, I can't resist...
The kitchen gadget meme!!!
From juniperus. Given's T.'s strong opinions about kitchenware, I have a feeling our list will be unusual.
Bold the ones you have and use at least once a year, italicize the ones you have and don't use, strike through the ones you have had but got rid of, capitalize the ones you covet.
I wonder how many pasta machines, bread makers, ( Read more... ) -
Birthday dinner report
Dinner report from Jean-Georges, before I forget all ( the details. ) -
Long weekend at the cottage
We spent the holiday weekend (Canadian Thanksgiving) at the cottage. The other cottage, actually-the one next door that we usually rent out for the season. But our tenants very kindly lent it to T. and me for the weekend, since my mother had friends staying in the family cottage, and we were both in need of some peace and quiet-rather than my ( Read more... ) -
Census meme
In 2011 I am living with T. in the first house I bought myself. It has been a good starter home, although we are considering moving to an older, larger place nearer to downtown ( Read more... ) -
Autocorrect FAIL
Searching the library catalogue for books to put on reserve, I type in, "Turabian manual."
The catalogue replies, "We have only one entry for that. Did you mean lesbian manual?"
*headdesk*
I'm not sure if this is a failure independently particular to this autocorrect function, or if it says something more profound about our students. -
Two things
Thing 1: Have been invited to write a review essay on recent books dealing with medieval urbanism for a relatively obscure journal. Pros: Invited essay! New CV line! Interesting topic! Flexible schedule! Cons: More work to distract from my current project! No one will ever read it! Opinions welcome ( Read more... ) -
Fifteen authors
Just to see what comes out, here's the "first fifteen authors that occur to you that have influenced your life" meme.
Jane Austen
Dorothy Sayers
Lois McMaster Bujold
Julian Barnes
Louisa May Alcott
Tom Stoppard
J M Barrie
Lewis Carroll
E M Forster
Gerald Durrell
Arthur Conan Doyle
Connie Willis
Lindsey Davis
J K Rowling
A S Byatt
owlfish was surprised ( Read more... ) -
Misreadings
Am grading midterms. These are, on the whole, better than I expected, and I am pleased about that. But my students' handwriting seems to get worse every year, and there has been more than one paper where my brain has consistently tried to read "Mormon" for "Norman", thus causing mild confusion and entertainment ( Read more... ) -
Best foot forward
I have just done something I've never done before-ordered 4 pairs of shoes online, all for the purpose of buying one pair of shoes. I know, this is radical behavior. But I've been trying to find a replacement for my favorite black vintagey heels for a couple of years now, and trolling the shoe stores on three continents hasn't worked. So I ordered ( Read more... )