Protected: Off to Dunedin

Monday 25 October 2010, 9 am I woke up this morning with the beginnings of a cough and a sore throat. Not surprising, really, after yesterday’s adventures. The rain continued in fits and starts of drizzle all day, with an occasional downpour to break the monotony. It was still reasonably warm though (on land, at…

Fuzzle solved at least part of the mystery of the спасибо-shouting woman. Apparently this is common in Russia – if a performance is particularly good, someone will start slow-clapping and shout out something about how good it was. Other members of the audience will then take up the clapping and add their own praises. It’s…

I just spent an hour writing a long and involved entry about all what I’ve been up to this week. And I managed to hit whatever that key combination is that Firefox interprets as “go back one page, and while you’re at it, don’t bother to cache anything that was in that textbox”. So it’s…

I had a very creative day today. More creative than I planned, in fact. I had promised MrPloppy that I’d finish doing bookstrings this weekend, and finally clear the dining table so we could stop eating off our knees. But then we found all those extra beads yesterday. And then Lytteltonwitch came round today with…

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I’m going to London for the bookcrossing convention!!!!!!!! I can’t stop smiling. More details later. ^ ^00=+=V