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Ottomania
wardytron and I went to Cappadokia on an insanely cheap trip advertised with my RSPB membership. It was just £190 each for flights, four and five star hotels and a round trip tour that ended up being nearly 2000km, and another £175 quid each for lunches, dinners and entrances to all the museums etc ( Read more... ) -
Help!
I normally read LJ by clicking on my friendslist and then scrolling backwards by repeatedly clicking the 'previous ten entries' button. That button has vanished!
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The King of Hearts Didn't Make Tarts
revonrut asked why we call it the United KINGdom when we have a queen.
We do it because the words 'king' and 'queen' had very different meanings and still have different values. 'King' comes from the Anglo-Saxon cyninge which originally meant supreme (elected) military leader with an implied sacral element. Her or His Britannic Majesty is still the ( Read more... ) -
drink Red Bull before you go, and save your popcorn for the end
Well, the shocking news is that Hobbit 2: Desperation of Smeg is much, much better than Hobbit 1:Some Short Fat Ugly People get Chased About by Some Tall fat Ugly People. It took me a whole ninety minutes before I got bored, and the remaining three hundred and fifty minutes were still nowhere near as dull as the last film ( Read more... ) -
Where have all the (lovely, boozy, reckless) flowers gone?
Peter O'Toole was my first, possibly my only proper crush. I am immune to fannishness, generally; I've just been shrieking in dismay at the telly because wardytron and were about to watch Friday's episode of Mastermind and realised it was a bloody Dr Who-themed one. I thought the Beeb's self-promoting tosspottery about that anniversary was finally over ( Read more... ) -
National Poetry Day
I like this simple, lovely poem. I think it needs a wider audience.
For the Child Who Became ChristopherMay you come safe ( Read more... ) -
Stuff For Sale - go on, fund my summer debauchery for me!
Loads of size 12 - 22 stuff for sale, including lots of BNWT poshish stuff and some fetish wear. Most of it has never been worn (and if it has, it hasn't been sweated on because I can't). Some things look a bit squashed from being stored, but all has been stored smoke-free and with lavender bags and cedarwood balls, and everything has been aired ( Read more... ) -
I tried. Really I did.
Almost half a decade ago, when I turned 40, vin_petrol gave me a gift at the last of my three birthday parties.
It was a book. A book called THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN Volume 1 Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolfe, in the Fantasy Masterworks series. You can, if you have ever met me (or probably even if you haven't), imagine how delighted I was to receive this ( Read more... )
