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Early morning Edinburgh Apparently I can get insomnia even in Scotland. This is not a fact I was hoping to discover. Anyhoo, it’s four am, I have to get up in two hours to catch a Mega-Bus, and I figured I’d use the time to blog day 1. Fortunately, not all that much . . . → Read More: Euroland Day 1 – The will to drive myself sleepless
PDX I’ve had bad luck with airport food. What I mean by this, is that the second worst food poisoning I’ve had in my life was at Ngurah Rai International Airport, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Fortunately, it was relatively a short flight from there to Palau where I was doing a dig (still finding myself . . . → Read More: Euroland 2011 – Zero Day I came across an article about this court case a few days ago: http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/High-Court-decide-foster-carers-bid/article-2824985-detail/article.html The article I read simply explained that the court’s judgment* had been in favor of the foster care system, declaring the couple ineligible to foster based on their inability to condone the homosexual lifestyle.” Alice referenced this case this morning with . . . → Read More: Debate of the Day There’s nothing like a family reunion to take an exquisite index of every flaw you may / or may not have. The downside is: I’m a stress ball with stress-ball shoulders so tight that hunched is the new relaxed. The upside is: I can’t feel like any of the misfortunes that ever landed in my . . . → Read More: En Passant  Comments are closed  I went on the world’s most romantic walk yesterday. We met up at 4:40 and walked through an alley to a park to a stream, then walked along it. We crossed a bridge and climbed a hill just at sunset, standing in silence watching this incredibly beautiful scene. The trees stood out against the sky. . . . → Read More: Novel Romance The reason my last post was merely “part 1″ was that, even by the time I posted it, it was already outdated. I’ve been typing in word and posting here later. I thought of simply not writing it, but I figured other posts may tie back to the same sentiments expressed there, so there’s no . . . → Read More: Classes February 7, 2011 – 10:40 am Paranoid over not knowing the precise location of my classroom, I left the dorm at 10:15 for an 11:00 class. Needless to say, I am early. I’m not registered for – nor approved for – this course. It’s a senior English course, so I have to cross my fingers . . . → Read More: Classes – part 1 February 7, 2011 – 10:40 am I stopped in the Museum of St. Andrews Saturday. It lies in the field I walk through to get to and from my dorm, perhaps a six-minute walk from my door. The current exhibit is an alphabetical history of St. Andrews. I has intended to visit, but was motivated . . . → Read More: Museum visit
Click the image to go to Powell’s “Quentin did a magic trick.” And thus begins Lev Grossman’s novel The Magicians. First of all, this is my first book review. Be gentle with me. The Magicians, plural, is by Lev Grossman. This is not to be confused with The Magician, singular, which is . . . → Read More: The Magicians 31-01-2011, mid-afternoon in London Stopping over in Heathrow at the moment. I overestimated the time it would take to go through immigration / customs and get back in through security. Luckily LHR is a fairly mellow place to wait. I had never flown Virgin before, and it was slightly surreal. I’ve grown so accustomed to . . . → Read More: Heathrow Musings |
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