Today I found a chestnut tree! And I picked the nuts and roasted them this evening and they were wonderful. This is the most exciting thing that's happened in ages ( Read more... )

Ah, today I've been to Bergen and back. I'm in Trondheim, by the way - I have been for the past week and a half. Yay holiday, etc ( Read more... )

Seriously, though, who feels the need to bomb Norway?

And shoot young people at a political camp?

Dear the world: wft?

(I've texted my cousin who lives in Oslo, and he's OK.)

My brother's on the mattress on my floor reading a book about feminism.

I have the best brother.

So Jon Ronson was unable to come to Skeptics in the Pub on Thursday; there was an accident somewhere in London which meant he couldn't leave and had to cancel ( Read more... )

Good new and sad news ( Read more... )

If you've got 1 minute 42 seconds to spare, why not watch my brother's rather fab video?

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(I may have linked to it before, I don't remember. It's my brother, and it's a brilliant video.)

And if you've got another 2 minutes, why not watch this Pappy's video too?

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It's delightful ( Read more... )

Three things ( Read more... )

Back in February I remembered Torchwood, so I rewatched it and pretty much fell in love all over again. I may post later about how Jack and Ianto's relation is (only) based on manipulation, lack of communication and a slightly perverse sense of obligation. There's no true love/OTP in that relationship ( Read more... )

I'm back from doing my exams. I have no idea how it went. I can't really remember much of it or what the texts were about ( Read more... )