I'm home. Absolutely nothing went wrong with the journey, it just took ages. And I've been fed and had tea and a nice bath (the Aussies are quite right in principle that water is scarce and should be used carefully, but it's still very pleasant to have a proper bath after three weeks of 4-minute showers). The parents are more interested in telling ( Read more... )

I have gone to the Antipodes in search of the elusive snark post-doc. Back on 29 November. I'll have limited net access in that time, so assume minimal email and probably no LJ.

Have fun while I'm away. And do lots of things that I wouldn't do and then post about them so I can enjoy them vicariously.

I grabbed a newspaper when I was travelling home yesterday, because I was in danger of running out of the novel I'd brought with me (Nobody's Son by Sean Stewart, which is shorter than it looks). This meant I happened to see the obituary of R John Rayner. He was a great man, one of the generation who transmitted the intellectual tradition of the ( Read more... )

My old university email address is now officially dead. I will no longer be checking this account. Please do not send any more email to this address; I have no guarantee it will bounce properly.

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I'm away until the last part of August. I may be vaguely online some of the time but I probably won't be keeping up. And if I happen to post that doesn't mean I'm reading or reading closely ( Read more... )

Just to let people know, I'm away to my parents' tomorrow for a few days, and I'll probably have limited net access. Not none, but not enough to continue all the lovely discussions I'm in the middle of. Amazing how it gets more and more difficult to leave LJ for a few days! Anyway, I'm back Sunday ( Read more... )

Many cheers, doseybat has finally been dragged onto LJ! Finding her new shiny journal has really made my day. Everybody else who knows her, join me in a celebratory dance. And if you don't know her, let me introduce you: everybody, meet doseybat, one of my favourite people in the world. And Bat, meet lots of cool people (and a cool angel and various assorted cool ( Read more... )

This journal would like to take the opportunity to wish those of its readers who care about such things a happy and peaceful New Year.

I've spent the last couple of weeks having a very fun holiday, centered around J's wedding ( Read more... )

So, I'm leaving this evening to go to my parents' for the weekend, culminating in the first half of J's wedding on Sunday in Oxford. Then J and I are going to New York for a week's extended hen party. And at the end of that, J's going to finish getting married. darcydodo is hopefully going to join us at some point, and we might well see something of sampiano. The ( Read more... )