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Redesigned book covers
Drive-by linkage: His Dark Materials, Harry Potter and other books redesigned to look like Penguin Classics. Also lots of other pretty and/or interesting art/design, but especially the book covers. Sadly, only for fun, not for production and sale :-( -
Goth pasta
One of the most memorable things smiorgan and I ate on our honeymoon in Venice was risotto nero, made with cuttlefish ink - which really did make the whole thing black - and ever since then I've vaguely been looking for somewhere to buy some and attempt the same thing at home ( Read more... ) -
Boot saga, part two
( Part one is hereThere have been many more trials and tribulations. The boot retailer apparently only answer their phones on alternate days, and ignore all voicemail messages, but are perfectly helpful and friendly on days they will deign to answer the phone. Accordingly, my boots have just been delivered to my office ( Read more... ) -
The boot saga
I am trying to buy new boots. I have been trying to buy new boots for a couple of years now, so it's fortunate that my old boots are still going, but they won't go on forever, and the problem is becoming increasingly urgent ( Read more... ) -
Blogs and feeds
I've been vaguely using LJ as an RSS feed reader for ages, but have just started moving over to Google Reader, and am trying to impose some order on the non-LJ stuff I'm reading. And part of 'imposing order' means gathering up new and exciting stuff to read ( Read more... ) -
Today is Friday
And I am wearing purple socks, as I have done in intermittent bursts since high school (worn them specifically on Fridays, that is. I've never stopped wearing them in general). ( What colour are your socks (or tights, stockings, etc) today? ) -
Christmas?
I just had my first carol singers (two teenagers in Father Christmas outfits singing "We wish you a merry Christmas").
I shouted "It's November!" at them, and they said "OK" and went away. -
I can resist anything except temptation
I might, possibly, find myself in a place surrounded by an incredible abundance of crafting*-related shiny this weekend. If you've been in my library recently** you'll know that I already own a reasonable abundance of crafting-related shiny, so in order for there still to be room for the books, I need to exercise some restraint.
My current working ( Read more... )