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Ban the cluster bomb
It's not often that I use this page as my own personal soapbox, but I feel that this is important enough.
In May this year we have the chance to ban cluster bombs. Forever. Details here
Please take a moment and sign the petition, write to your MP, or just repost the link on your own blog.
Cheers,
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gech!
Tea with sugar tastes vile.
Energy, come on, where are you? I have fed you with sugar and caffeine! At this rate I'm going to need a nap...pah!
(Incidentally, a nappah is a smith. In the construct form. A nappah parzilli is a blacksmith. Isn't that interesting?) -
postgraduate ponderings
It seems that I may be (depending on funding and applications) shimmying my way to Oxford in a couple of years. My current supervisor has offered to supervise me for an Mst - and she doesn't even teach at Oxford any more, so I'm a "special case" (shut it ( Read more... ) -
Academia
Today I bumped into Graham Cunningham (eminent Sumerologist) by the photocopier and we had a chat about how annoying machines are ( Read more... ) -
Books!
So this morning I waited 40 minutes for a bus and was forced in the end to go home, change, get my bike and cycle through the strong wind and a bit of rain to get to the faculty, which incurred cursing and general ill-will sent in the direction of Stagecoach. Cussed bastards ( Read more... ) -
ahhh, NOW it makes sense!
I've found out what a mid-range context is.
Project update: 1175/4000 words. Not bad.
This, btw, is what I'm writing about. The lapis lazuli cylinder seal of "Pu-Abi nin", or "Lady(?) Pu-Abi". If you want to know about lapis lazuli, the mining thereof, the trade thereof, trade routes into Mesopotamia from the East, the carving of seals, the designs ( Read more... ) -
Merriment
Finally!
After two years of not understanding all those geeky t-shirts with computing-related slogans, I get my own back!
I love my understanding family, who have made me very happy indeed.
It was a geeky Christmas. Not only the hoodie but also two books on Sumerian literature I've been hankering after for ages. I have them on my shelf. If I feel sad ( Read more... ) -
With a fol de rol de diddle
I've been loaned a book called "Bawdy British Folk Songs".
Alarmingly, I already know half of them.
In kind with the rest of LJ, I too have been putting up my decorations. No middle class yuppie or colour-coordinated schemes for me - oh no! :-P Although I DID invest in some fairy lights.
But no, my budget this year stretches to some paper chains which ( Read more... ) -
doh...
Aware that it is the sleepy part of the day, I bought myself a big coffee, drank it, and promptly proceeded to fall asleep over my notes.
WHY AM I THE WRONG WAY ROUND??!!
