Well, I'm awake and Alisa isn't, so I can't start packing for my trip back to England tomorrow (yay!).  I will do a meme instead:

Names for alternate realities

1. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (Mother and Father's middle name)
Rosalind Eric.

2. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad)
Donald Joseph.  (For Lorna's information - Nascar is ( Read more... )

I've always thought there might be some advantages to having nasty psoriasis.  One of the more fun instances occurred on the subway in New York on Monday.  I was going up to meet Alisa after she finished work, on the uptown 4 train.  It being the rush hour, I was standing when I got on.  At Brooklyn Bridge, this massive guy got on and stood near me ( Read more... )

They die the bagels green on St. Patrick's Day...

As reported by Alisa:

"The hammer is big; my baby is little."

I've been extremely busy since term started.  As a sample, next week i need to read over 200 pages of Nietzsche, a whole book of Diderot, a whole book of Spinoza and several articles on the philosophy of law.  Oh, and the really fun part - someone else's research paper from among the graduates.

I'm enjoying my classes a lot, for the first time in ( Read more... )

Thank you very much, m'dear.  Great questions.

1. What do you prefer about the USA to the UK? (The Girl doesn't count ;)).

Hmm... Well, excluding The Girl (TM) isn't very fair!  Being me, I prefer the salads.  We just don't have enough salad bars back home, but it's easy to get salad made up in front of you with stuff of your choice here.   Also, ( Read more... )

Alisa moved into her new apartment in Manhattan at the weekend, and I joined her up there from Friday night until this morning.  It's a really cool location, about ten minutes from Battery Park, at the southern tip of the city, where there's a clear view of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, and about five minutes walk or so from the World ( Read more... )