If I don't take a little break from copy-editing right now, I'm going to have seven kinds of nervous breakdown ( Read more... )

So the gym has happened, and tiny increments of work have happened. Sacre bleu! So after a day that's been a bit frustrating in some respects, here's to further shallowness, this time related to Oscar fashions. (Getty Images and Yahoo! both have plenty of pretty visual aids.) For the sake of economy, I'm limiting the pool to people of whom I have ( Read more... )

No major news; just that I've been locked away copy-editing, re-reading I.M. Lewis' Ecstatic Religion (1971; flawed in certain respects, but also brilliant) (for work, not for fun), frantically rush-mailing supporting materials for various applications, and getting behind on Greek - eep! I'll get to that soon. But right now I need a break. So I'll ( Read more... )

(I'll get around to replacing the icon sometime ( Read more... )

Bad subject line, say you? I'll have you know that it's the refrain from variant B of Childs' (Scots) Ballad 10 (Binnorie or The Twa Sisters). I am in Edinburgh and loving it - although tomorrow it's back to business-related matters here, and I'm not anticipating loving that so much.

The flight was fine, if bumpy. The in-flight movie was The Queen ( Read more... )

I need to get some new icons. I like the fairy-tale-illustration rose, don't get me wrong, but I'm getting slightly bored of it. That can be my procrastination exercise for the evening. Not that I can afford to procrastinate at the moment - I'm leaving for Britain and Ireland on Friday! This will not, sadly, be a fun trip, as I think I've mentioned ( Read more... )

Having done as much proper work as I can stomach for the moment, I think it's time for a pop culture update. (When isn't it time for a pop culture update?) I've become slightly obsessed with Lost, despite the long break and the weak start to the current season. Hey, The X-Files hit a rough patch early in the third season as well, and recovered for ( Read more... )

Yes, I know it's late, but bear in mind that I have a policy of not making New Year's resolutions. It can be for the Chinese New Year, which is in a couple of weeks. I resolve to update this baby at least once a week. Goad me if I don't ( Read more... )

A note amidst an insanely busy day (by summer standards)... I am, in fact, here, alive and kicking! (Metaphorically for the latter part.) There's not a great deal to report: Vermont was lovely; it was terrific to see Mom, as well as a million aunts and uncles and cousins I hadn't seen in far too long... I'm dashing off to New York for a bit next ( Read more... )

It is not, in fact, hotter than blazes. If it were, we would have lost consciousness from shock and smoke inhalation by now, and wouldn't notice the blasted heat any more. Granted, the summers in Florida are hotter, but everything there is air conditioned. Even outside, the heat is actually crushing, so that you feel numb pretty quickly. On the ( Read more... )