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History Thing 006 - Pass the Bread Sticks
THIS POST IS NOT REMOTELY WORKSAFE, unless you work in an adult shop.
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I was just listening to the behind the scenes bit of a Doctor Who radio play, which was fun, and two of the actors were going on about how good it is to be in it because their children (6 and 10) love the new Doctor Who so much ( Read more... ) -
History Thing 004 - Differences and Similarities
With apologies for the brief absence, thing #4 will deal with the mysterious world of computers.
If you have an interest in computer sciences, linguistics, Victorian history or Lord Byron (... now there's a sentence that won't come up much), you're probably aware of the Difference Engine (an early computer produced by Ada Lovelace [Lord Byron's ( Read more... ) -
History Thing 003 - Common Reluctance
If you follow the politics of a Commonwealth country (and I can understand why you wouldn't, even living in one), you might be aware of a strange tradition that involves dragging the Speaker of the House of Commons (otherwise known as the House of Representatives in the land of Oz) to their chair when they're elected (which happens at the beginning ( Read more... ) -
History Thing 002 - Sinking for Your Supper
It's just possible, if you haven't been living under a rock on Mars for the last couple of months, that you've heard that today is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic ( Read more... ) -
Heads up
Just in case you're all confused by the strange new person commenting on your journals or whatever: I have changed my username. For a variety of reasons, but mostly a general feeling of being more gender-neutral than I've previously presented as. (Before anyone gets confused or whatever: female pronouns are fine. Practising your ungendered pronouns ( Read more... )
