And the winner is…

It seems some of my newer readers were a bit mystified by the nature of George, and read entirely the wrong meaning from my opening paragraph last night. Meet George: See? Definitely a cat, not a man. I hope that alleviates your fears about my morals 😉 (He normally looks a lot darker than in…

I’m in San Francisco, and contrary to predictions, California hasn’t slid into the sea yet. Having a fantastic time (of course) and lots of laughs (even more of course) and loving America to bits. I’ve only got a few minutes (I’ve borrowed Skyring’s laptop while he’s off sorting out the car) so I won’t go…

A little puzzle for you: What’s wrong with this picture? It’s a page from Shopping with Dad by Lesley Pether, a reader from the National Geographic’s “Windows on Literacy” series I borrowed from the ESOL-HT library. Spotted the weirdness yet? Have a closer look at this bit: It may be lost on my overseas readers,…

Had our regular second-Tuesday-of-the-month meetup tonight. No lytteltonwitch, of course, because she’s in Australia on her way to the BC-AUS convention, but awhina and the kitten were there, and MrPloppy and me, of course, and Marcie130 turned up – she hasn’t been to a meetup for ages, so it was great to see her again….

After a couple of incredibly busy weeks trying to catch up with work and study after my unplanned break, I had my final exam on Friday, which means I have finished my BA!!! (Ok, so there’s still the little matter of actually having passed the exam, but I’m feeling pretty confident, especially considering I’d done…

I’ve had a couple of days of sleeping late and reading most of the day (I am *so* glad I decided to take this week off work!), so I’m pretty much recovered from the convention now (it wasn’t so much the actual convention events – it was the staying up half the night talking and…