Not so long ago, I had to have my photo taken for my drivers license renewal. I rummaged around in my purse, found some lipstick, and put it on. I have never been particularly photogenic and things have not improved with age, so I decided to take whatever help I could get. The lipstick was there only…
Here is the first paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities…
Yes, I know this review is about 35 years overdue, but this is a book I somehow never got around to reading before (nor did I see the TV series or the recent Korean film). Now that I am educating myself about Australian “culture” I decided it was time to request a library copy of…
[If you get bored partway through this post, please go straight to the end and click on the link to the clip from the Carol Burnett show. It is not to be missed.] A few days ago, I showed up at my dentist’s office at 7:30 a.m., to deal with an aching tooth. He promptly referred to…
“Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2005” I wouldn’t give him any prize for this depressing book. It was certainly skillful, and the language impressive. Good vocabulary exercise, for example… leporine proscenium declivities of my shoulders concave integument below his breast-bone an interior succubus a clear ichor glinted pharaonic nostrils [I can guess this one]
I am very pleased with myself this evening, given that the day didn’t start so well. When I got up, I remembered that last night my computer was infected, as I watched, with a fake Security Protection malware bug. I just turned the computer off since it was late and I knew I needed a clear…
Here’s an ad from the intranet at work: FOR SALE: CASELOT OF CHAPSTICK (200), 1987. SPECIAL EDITION “CYNDI LAUPER – GOONIES MOVIE THEME” ASKING $75 The punctuation suggests that the Chapstick is 24 years old. I wonder if it has a best-before date. It is an interesting combination – the Chapstick caselot plus Cyndi Lauper.…
So many things to do, so little time… Thanks to a Canadian blogger living in Uruguay for the link to Hyperbolic crochet. Hyperbolic crochet was “discovered in 1997 by Cornell University mathematician Dr. Daina Taimina… The basic process for making these forms is a simple pattern or algorithm, which on its own produces a mathematically pure shape,…
Seeing Clarely 