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From the Department of Defective Straitjackets: Hansis Hair of Horrors
Hansis Hair of Horrors
Characters: Van, Jake, Jake's puppy and Van's Mentalist hair (so egregious, it gets its own billing)
Summary: Jake is horrified by Van's Mentalist coiffure. A non epic poem about epic bad hair.
Disclaimer: Everything here is invented. Sincere apologies to Real!Van, Real!Jake and Real!Jake's puppy. But not to Real!Van's Mentalist ( Read more... ) -
Where Mitt Romney hides his money, and other nonsense verse
Sometimes, when confronted by the twin specters of ill health and work stress, a woman must do what she must do. That's right, write bad poetry about Republican Presidential hopefuls.
I'm reliably informed (you know who you are), that I've long ago lost all claim to relative sanity. In which case, I proudly own my madness, to paraphrase Michelle ( Read more... ) -
I think I want Rick Santorum to win Iowa
My first semi-sober thought of 2012 was, "I think I want Rick Santorum to win the Iowa Republican Caucus." Now that the hangover has passed, I haven't changed my mind. Because ( Read more... ) -
Broken down by Breaking Dawn
The deities help us: Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 opens in local cinemas today. I gather we managed stave off the mayhem one week longer than other parts of the world. But it's a tide that can't be turned back and so it arrives on these shores, awaited by a mass of over-excited fans.
Twilight: Eclipse was recently on TV and I watched it while ( Read more... ) -
A bitch before brunch
The sound of screaming on a Sunday morning ( Read more... ) -
There's History in Historical Fiction?
My grand experiment with multi-chapter fic writing, An Oakdale Farmboy in Camelot, is ostensibly historical fiction. "Historical" in the sense that it's not set in the 21st century, or even the late 20th century. NOT historical in the sense that it's in any way faithful to actual events or conditions prevailing at the time.
Herewith is my conscience ( Read more... ) -
And ... it's done.
It's taken freaking forever, but I have read and summarized 12 chapters on university innovation and technology transfer systems. Boy, that was a slog.
I don't know, I think I ought to go reward myself with a big chocolate sundae or something. But I finally hit that magic 51kg/112lb target last week, and I'd like to hang on to that for a few days -
Nostalgic II
London! Chaotic, overcrowded, expensive London. How I do love thee. But today's bit of nostalgia is away from the madding crowd, for a change.
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Nostalgic
I'm feeling nostalgic for one year ago. A lot of it has to do with the excitement over the just concluded Wimbledon competition and Mark Watson talking about the upcoming Edinburgh Festival. One year and two weeks ago, the SO and I were testing our fitness in the welcoming summer climates of Scotland. I was eating Green and Black chocolate last ( Read more... )