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For Redshylock, mostly
Last thursday night I had a very entertaining high tea in Alice's TeaCup with Adela and Alice, and we bonded with the (already known and liked) waitress over the horror, the horror of the GOP's Veep choice. A couple leaving the teashop were suitably moved to stop on their way out and join us in the rant. The man joked "If the republicans win this ( Read more... ) -
I'm going to lock this journal to friends-only.
I've kept it open for a long as possible, because I know mates who don't have livejournal accounts like to read it now and then. If they'd like to keep reading, they can get an account. It takes seconds to set up, it's free, and you don't have to write anything ( Read more... ) -
I know I've been living through a 'proper' NYC winter because ...
I just looked at the weather forecast for today '-5 with highs of 0c' - and thought 'ooh, getting up to freezing! That'll be nice ( Read more... ) -
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I can't believe I am posting a link to the daily whale, but I did find this story strangely moving.
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I just had a great meeting with my advisor
I do believe I have the nascent stirrings of an idea about my PhD dissertation. I shan't say anything more about it here, in case it kills it stone dead (superstitious, moi?) but suffice to say, it feels wonderful. And my advisor Jenny likes it ( Read more... ) -
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oh! and also, this story about Africans having been in and around Yorkshire for centuries made me very happy.
Yorkshire!