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Rock Indie Pop
A friend is involved in a new queer friendly music event, Rock Indie Pop and has asked me to plug it :-)
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too big for a tweet, too small for a post
Love this bit from Charlie Brooker (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/03/charlie-brooker-cameron-brown-clegg )
...immigration, a subject so taboo in modern Britain that even fearless defenders of free speech such as ( Read more... ) -
Colour meme
dorianegray has given me a colour, and I'm to find 10 things around me in that colour. Which is purple, so you'd think it would be easy ( Read more... ) -
The making of blancmange or mould from carrageen moss
I typed this up for a mailing list I'm on, and thought a couple of you foodies might be interested ( Read more... ) -
This weekend I...
...bought a green light jacket for the warmer weather; ate in Good World, which was very tasty, but disappointingly had two shark fin soups on the menu (Bad World. No biscuit); arrived home to find two parcels for me, one with three SF books for the SF bookclub I've joined (Left Hand of Darkness, the Time Machine and an Asimov robot one) and the ( Read more... ) -
Irish (or other Gaelic) translation wanted
elorie needs a couple of sentences of Irish or other Gaelic for a novel she's writing. More info here and this comment.
Edit: phrases wanted are:
"I see you speak the mother tongue"
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lj holiday coupons
Any Basic or Plus users want one of those $10 holiday vouchers to get a paid account? They're running out tonight, so let me know soon. -
skippable tech stuff - problems logging into XP after ghosting
I had to change machines in work and rather than re-install everything, it was suggested that I "ghost" the old machine to the new. Ran into some problems, so noting what I did here for future reference ( Read more... ) -
non resolutions
I don't think I'll do proper resolutions this year, but there are some things I want to achieve:
- get driving licence - I've applied for the test, but it won't be for a while yet. Haven't done much practise of late. Must get back to it now that the roads are less icy.
- make house more homely. Two most important things there are probably get some ( Read more... )
- get driving licence - I've applied for the test, but it won't be for a while yet. Haven't done much practise of late. Must get back to it now that the roads are less icy.
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Reminder: birthday drinks tonight in the Church pub
Shoulda done this earlier, but I'm losing track of my social networks! But half of you have probably seen reminders already on twitter/facebook. Sorry for the spamming ( Read more... )