... on a comfy couch >_ ( Read more... )

Interesting.

I hope they leave the existing Basic accounts alone indefinitely, or I'll have to ditch soulfiresnippet and go internet-hiking for another notes dumpy place without ads. Can't say as I find the tone of this promising, though.

... *rather fed up with policy shifts in various online communities lately*

I do not like panel interviews.
I do not like panel interviews.
I do not like panel interviews.

Thank you.

What I did like was 'The Lies of Locke Lamora'. Actually I finished it yesterday, but was too distracted on my Shirt Hunt to post.

( A review, why not (all mini-spoilers whited out - highlight to read) )

Today I went out and did something I've been dying to do for a long time ... I bought some books. :)

( The State of Fantasy These Days *shakes cane* )

Agh, the stars, the stars, the stars - how'd I last another whole year under an eerie black sky? They are so gorgeous tonight. There's a whole field of them all sprayed up there, benevolent and twinkly*. (My parochial soul doesn't like to admit it, but they'd be even more gorgeous back in Hobart tonight than with the mild light pollution in central ( Read more... )

(I think it's today ... *prods GMT conversion*)

Have a lovely trip, adaneth_djd! :D

STOP WRITING SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT THINGS INTO RANDOM TEXT-FILES AND LOSING THEM. I MEAN IT, ME ( Read more... )

I watched this on TV and I read the transcript again and am impressed by the grace and sincerity of it ... and while the sad, cynical history student in me is still muttering that words are marvellously easy and there's still absolutely no change in any system, she's probably just partially embarrassed that a politician brought tears to her eyes ( Read more... )

# Happy birthday to you
# Your hard-drive's a zoo
# There's kelpies and centaurs
# And a Nawala too

# Happy birthday to you
# [Think I missed Shaylie's - boo :(
# But] happy birthday dear Beccaaaaaaaaaaaa...
# Happy birthday to-- you---!

(appropriate barbershop chord please)Hemhem - happy birthday, Becca me dear ( Read more... )

Actually I got back on the 11th, but given that I'd had 8 hours of sleep over the preceeding three days, that my regular bedtime the previous two weeks was 4am, and that I had an all-nighter trying to get to the airport after my first taxi company bailed on me ... let's just say I am only just human again (and barely ( Read more... )