It's international book week. The rules: Grab the closest book to you, turn to page 52, post the 5th sentence. Don't mention the title. Copy the rules as part of your post ( Read more... )

I went to state primary schools in Hertfordshire in the 1960s, under the Wilson government. Which meant, on top of the basics ( Read more... )

We are landing in Boston w/c 13th August, and renting a car with the aim of getting to the Chicago Hyatt for Worldcon by Wednesday 29th. Then we're flying back from Chicago on the 4th September. We'd like to see people and places, eat and drink things, and travel slowly. Suggestions?

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The LJ Gods must have heard me, everything is coming back. Feed by feed, and silently ...

Is everyone else getting feeds showing on their friends' page? Since the LJ attack earlier, I can see friend entries and communities, but not feeds. Not even xkcd or cheeseburgers. Iz deprived.

We were in Wales again last weekend, so I took the opportunity to wander off to church on Sunday morning, for the 1st Sunday in Advent. I love this part of advent, where everything is still so nebulous. The specific bits of the story have yet to kick off, there's just this general air of expectation but you're not sure what for. There's a yearning ( Read more... )

Checking back on an old post about my personal advent calendar, and working out where we are ( Read more... )

Novacon this year was quite wonderful. There were some sad elements, though, the worst of which was learning of the sudden death last week of Keris (Chris) in an RTA ( Read more... )

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