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I have only seen some of your top films (LOTR and Hunger Games, both which I love). I'm not sure of my ten but it would definitely include Braveheart (my all time favourite movie ever), Slumdog Millionaire and Point Break (which I know is corny but I love it, especially a young Keanu Reeves!).
I saw a great film from
Bhutan called Travelers and ( Read more... ) -
Feminism alive and well?
I put in for maternity leave the other day - my (female) supervisor (who hasn't had kids) has to sign it. I decided to go for the year, as I'm not sure how I will be feeling when bub is born, and as a PhD student I'm entitled to it. I've been finding the pregnancy really hard and been feeling crap all the time with various ailments etc. I had ( Read more... ) -
Romance Fantasy
I like reading fantasy. And I like my fantasy to have good strong woman characters that grow throughout the novel. And, (please don’t cringe), I love having some romance in the storyline. The more the better, to be honest. Now that its out in the open, a recent post by Aberwyn about romance novels and formula got me thinking - which are the books ( Read more... ) -
World book day
What I'm reading:The Wild by Linda Nagata ( Read more... ) -
hot hot hot
It's so hot here in Perth I feel like I am melting. How am I going to get through the summer? -
Whatever happened to reading what you sign?
Whatever happened to reading what you sign?
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Ocelots
I was at the chiropractor last night, sitting in the waiting room eagerly awaiting to be cracked (I do really love it! And it has helped my neck heaps), while I flicked through a National Geographic magazine. This issue seemed pretty recent, lots of the typically beautiful photos that adorn the pages, and I slowly managed to get pulled in ( Read more... ) -
US researchers explain how cats lap liquids with elegance
RESEARCHERS at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Princeton University today unveiled the secret of how cats lap water or milk with such elegance, a phenomenon that happens so fast it cannot be followed by human eyes.
Cats are among the many species that, unlike humans, cannot close their mouths and create suction.
With help from ( Read more... )
