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Lost my email contacts :(
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back up your emails folks!
Wish I had. I found out there was a new version of Pegasus, which I've happily used for years. In a hurry, didn't think to back up my mail folders (which held data from... you guessed it, many years.) Downloaded the new version, told it was an upgrade and... All of my old data has disappeared. All of it. Vanished like it had never existed ( Read more... ) -
can't post comments...
to other people's entries and I really want to. Argh. Stupid live journal keeps changing things ( Read more... ) -
Vale Anne McCaffery
Anne McCaffery died on Monday and there is a tremendous stillness in my heart. Her Pern novels, the Crystal Singer, the wonderful romance Mark of Merlin, the Ship who Sang: all of these are fundamental to my love of novels, my love of flawed, strong, persistent heroines, and my love for speculative fiction ( Read more... ) -
Twitter, finally
Alright, I've finally set up a Twitter account. If you want me to follow you, or want to follow me, I'm MelindaGoodin. (I know, really creative, right? Will try to be more pithy and interesting on Twitter.) -
Auel abandoned, Pierce embraced with glee
The exposition and rehashed plot in "Land of Painted Caves" has done me in. Normally I slog through just about any book rather than abandon it, but I couldn't force myself this time. Did some googling and review reading and feel totally justified in my decision. I won't spoil the ending, just in case there's anyone out there with more fortitude ( Read more... ) -
Help! I'm drowning in exposition....
Trying to read "The Land of Painted Caves" by Jean Auel, but I want plot, dammit, not a digest of all the excellent research carried out for a baseline for the world. I think, in waiting so long for a finale to the series, I forgot how much wading through exposition I had to. Time does strange things to my memories of long-ago-read stories. I ( Read more... ) -
Hello from the Indian Ocean
I can't believe it's already day 41 of the 46 day cruise around the Indian Ocean. I'll be back home in a few days, and have waved goodbye to our last port, Mauritius. It's been an amazing time on the ship. I've had little "taster" visits to Malaysia, Thailand, India, South Africa, Reunion Island and Mauritius - just enough time to decide if I want ( Read more... ) -
A wild ride on the Indian Ocean
Having an interesting 24 hours on the ship - have hit 3.5 metre swells (10-12') and have had to change our itinerary to avoid a nasty cold front that could cause 5-8 metre swells. The ship is pitching and rolling like a wallowing pig, but is handling the surge well enough. Some of the elderly travellers on board however are suffering sea sickness ( Read more... ) -
Saturday May 21st - Malé, capital of the Maldives
This morning we sailed into the Maldives, and anchored near Malé, the tiny capital of the Maldives. It has a population of 100,000+ people in barely 4 square miles of land. There isn’t a square foot that isn’t developed and it is seriously threatened by global warming, being only about 3 feet above sea level. If you think of the Maldives and think ( Read more... )