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A book meme
via bellinghman
Another books read meme: Tor.com have been conducting an online poll on the best sf/f novel of the last decade. As usual, bold the ones you have read, italicise those you have started but not finished, and strike through those you didn't like.
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Inspiring
The following old story of discussing wages for a new hire are inspiring, now that I'm looking for a job:
It wasn't just Seth Johnson's wages that really shed some light on Peter Ridsdale's time in charge of Leeds. It was bill for the goldfish. Johnson joined from Derby County in 2001. The midfielder had earned a basic wage of around £5,000 a week ( Read more... ) -
18 - 18
It's been a long, hard, difficult winter. Not as difficult for me as for others. But still ( Read more... ) -
Momentous events
At an emergency Nordic Council meeting overnight, the governments of Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Iceland have decided to split the countries up into smaller units ( Read more... ) -
The Big Match
Unlike 9 years ago, I'm not there.
So this is going to be somewhat different.
But oh, so very excited! -
Some publishers...
You simply have *got* to wonder about German publishers Heyne.
Long term Pratchett fans remember them from such gems as the soup ad in Sourcery and the very perplexing cover of the double edition of The Colour of Magic and Sourcery. Perplexing that is, until you see the the book that cover originally illustrated (which I have sadly forgotten what ( Read more... ) -
Little Brother
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow is free under a Creative Commons licence. Go read it. As soon as possible. And then go and buy it. -
Moscow awaits
So, there again after nine years of waiting, and this time it's the gloriously tourist friendly city of Moscow with its no-hotel-rooms-free and 1-month-wait-for-a-visa. Good thing it wasn't played there last time round, I was told the night before the match I was going, don't think that works for Moscow ( Read more... ) -
Home.
Am home safe and sound.
