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First up! A box-type thing. I tried to make these units into polyhedra, but they were grieviously fiddly to assemble and unstable once you got them together. They work a bit better as a box.
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Considering that there are nice comfortable benches just around the corner, and a computer lab next door, I have to wonder why my doorstep is the place of choice for students to work on their projects. I don't have a doormat, but there are three of them sitting on the floor where one would be if I had one. I almost stood on them just now.
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I am made of alphabet!
Ankles. Have not been sprained in some years now. Have I just jinxed it, do you think?
Bitten lips.
Chipped tooth (one).
Distracted air.
Exceptional omelette-making skills.
Face. I know most people have one of those, but I couldn't think of anything else for F.
Grey eyes.
Head. Usually located in clouds.
Innocent expression. Misleading.
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Chocolate inventory
Every now and then, Roscoe makes me organise all of the chocolate into boxes. (Yes, plural). Then he berates me for keeping what he considers to be unnecessary amounts of chocolate on hand. "Chocolate," I tell him, "is like books. You do not want to wait until you run out before you buy more. It's important to have some in reserve."
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The thing about Picross is that on large grids, you tend to spend a lot of time making trivial-but-important fills before you get into genuine brain-teasing territory. The risk of getting a single cell filled wrongly in all that is higher than I would like - most of the grids I end up spoiling are down to a single, simple, instance of miscounting ( Read more... ) -
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Technical terminology
I have four brothers. To people who do not know their names, or have better things to do than remmber the names of my siblings, they are called "My older brother", "My younger brother", "My little brother", and "My baby brother". Never mind that they are all bigger than me, or that the one designated "Little" is the largest of the lot ( Read more... ) -
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It wasn't raining at 13.59 today, when I left my office on a quest for chips. I'd've taken my coat, if it was raining, but it wasn't raining.
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Fire and flood and mayhem, oh my
(I lied about the fire)
I had a plan for my Saturday. It wasn't terribly exciting: let the Curtain Guy in to install our curtains, make cheesecake (and fudge), and photograph the latest origami yokes.
Everything was on track until about noon, when I left George (who stayed over last night) under orders to listen out for Curtain Guy and took the ( Read more... ) -
Beautiful
I have just had a lovely encounter. I was taking the lift down to get coffee, and just before the doors shut a tall, very attractive woman stepped in. We stood in silence for a few moments, and then she asked "What do you think?". I smiled and asked of what, and she said "Just, in general ( Read more... )