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F***
Very nearly an epic fail on the book front. I thought that since the removal company will pack anything we haven't (and it doesn't affect how much the whole thing costs) I could leave the remaining books on the shelves and focus on other excitement like cleaning the cupboards. Riiight. Of course I then remembered that one of the still-full shelves ( Read more... ) -
Hidden corners and Dr Duck vs Mouseshitpocalypse part#?
You know when you don't put a number on something because you hope with all your heart that it won't have multiple installments, even though your head is telling you it will run and run? Yep, that's me with the mouse poo and so many other things, which is why my blog posts often have 'part lostcount' or 'part randomnumber' or similar ( Read more... ) -
The origins of a hoard part 1: period accessories
Let's face it, sanitary towels and tampons are kind of expensive. This is especially the case if you want good ones that absorb rather than, well, the alternative. If you menstruate you've probably been there. Of course if there is something a chunk of the population, especially one with relatively little power, need on a regular basis in order to ( Read more... ) -
To-do list, post-move version
This is one of those lists I'm putting out in public to hold myself to account ( Read more... ) -
Good stuff today
-I have a designated office in the new department, shared with one other person who has similar research interests ( Read more... ) -
What I would say on facebook if I was feeling braver
For anyone making the Rotherham case a race issue - folks, I was abused by a white African, doesn't mean I was out there cheering on every bit of assholery Mugabe did. -
Defining 'basics'
We have a move date! I'm not going to be too specific in a public post, but it's within the next couple of weeks. I'm as done as I'm going to be with sorting through my stuff, possibly given away as many books and clothes as I can stand to part with for now, slimmed down the amount of paper to a reasonable-ish amount, got rid of most of the empty ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes you have to take your rage elsewhere
I'm going to be charitable and assume Anonymous' plans for a 'day of rage' are fueled by, you know, actual rage rather than just wanting to feel important and get a piece of the action. This could be hugely charitable or just slightly so - I don't know the protagonists so can't declare on that. What I can declare on is the cluelessness (and I could ( Read more... ) -
A bunch of random thoughts on unfucking and de-hoarding
This may be famous last words, but I think I'm nearly at the stage where I can say 'no more sorting' and get on with the more straightforward business of putting things into boxes for the three weeks we have left. That's not to say I have no containers of pure randomness or that I know exactly what is in each container, but I've reduced the level ( Read more... ) -
The 'right to be AR only'
Certain in the animal rights movement want 'the right to be AR only'. Fine by me. Seriously. Because, when your request that the rest of us 'put aside human politics' and focus on the animals proves again and again to be an attempt to get us to brush off outright racism and other deliberate nastiness, and in particular when one of the more vocal ( Read more... )