A friend, reading about a French protest, said, "Damn, when the French protest they don't fuck around eh?" friend, reading about a French protest, said, "Damn, when the French protest they don't fuck around eh ( Read more... )

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  I replied elsewhere to a comment from firecat on sewing and want to expand on it here ( Read more... )

"Pick up the closest book. Go to page 206. The first sentence describes your love life."

Right. I turn my head, see the book next to me, turn to page 206, and read:

"Ipse is used to intensify the word it modifies or stands for."

I roasted a chicken today. After it rested, I sawed off a couple of pieces and ate them in the other room, letting the rest to cool so I could strip it and turn it into chicken salad for later this week. After a while I heard a loud noise, and when I went into the kitchen the chicken was gone. There was a smear on the floor and a lone chicken bone ( Read more... )

I was on a roughly full train a few weeks ago (most seats taken but no passengers standing). The train manager (aka conductor) made an announcement in a strong Spanish accent ( Read more... )

Today I have a handful of phone conferences set up to do from home, so I had bought some clothes online and set up delivery so that the parcel would probably arrive today. I fortunately happened to be downstairs, about two meters from the door, when the "you were out when we tried to deliver" card came through. In righteous indignation, I ran to ( Read more... )

I received a catalogue in the post, and it turned out there was something in it that I would like to buy. I sat down in front of the computer and looked for the ordering URL. Weirdly, there is no company name on the cover, or on the ordering pages. It does have several pages that gush, often in bold type, that I can shop 24 hours a day, 7 days a ( Read more... )

I sang at the cathedral this morning, for the last Sunday before Lent. Traditionally that's alleluia-filled, because there will be no more alleluias or glorias for six or seven weeks, until the Easter vigil. We lived up to the tradition.

Before the mass, the organist played Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, by Bach. Several times during this morning's ( Read more... )

I was talking today with L, and I told her something that happened yesterday. I had gone to the gym for a session with my regular trainer (oooh, I should write some time about the work he and I do), and I had got the time wrong and arrived half an hour early. Better than getting the time wrong and arriving half an hour late, but there I was. I ( Read more... )

I studied Mandarin for several years when I was in California ( Read more... )