I know, there’s nothing more annoying than a test post, is there? Worse than static on the television, an interrupted signal, when all you want is the program to be restored. Let me know if you can see this and if you can’t see those two from yesterday. That means you’re seeing me from my…
Just a quick note to say that I’ll be changing over to a new webhost shortly and with every appendage crossed I hope it goes smoothly. So if I go offline for a short period of time, that’s why. But I will be back!
The Asham Award is an English prize for short-stories written by women. This book is a collection of winners and well-placed stories from the competition. I’ve never heard of it before, but gee the quality is good. “Spirit” I’ve never heard of before. The “How to Write Sci-Fi/Fantasy” books are ones I’ve borrowed before, and…
* The Secrets to Women’s Handbags – 50 women spill out their handbags to be judged. * Weird Japanese Inventions – need I say more? * Detailed Starship Comparison Chart – not only for Sc-Fi lovers out there. I reckon Riley would like this on his wall. * Man Decorates His Basement With $10 worth of…
While my years of learning German in school are fast fading behind me and are getting spotty in my memory, Keira likes to go over the basic words and is interested in how some of our words are spelled and said the same, how some are spelled the same and yet pronounced differently, and how some…
{For reader people who might not see the YouTube clip here is Kevin Spacey doing a couple of his famous impressions, but more interesting, for me, is the film reviews.} For my sis. Happy Birthday, sis.
Maggie Van Ostrand from the HuffPo talks about Seabiscuit getting his very own US postage stamp (Phar Lap got the same years ago in Australia). Interesting. Rachel advocates against how midwifery in Australia is being driven underground and what we can do about it. A really nice tip from Laurel (as usual) about how you…
Angela at Fluid Pudding talks about her daughter and compliance vs. doing what’s best – sometimes they’re not one and the same. I really loved this. Bossy’s rant about Daylight Savings (just begun in the US this week). (We go off ours soon, and therefore will need to start coming up with excuses as to why…
Yes, I own only one of them.
