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Rhymes With Truculent: November 2010
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Savage, juicy, full of light. Sunday, November 14, 2010. The irresistable lure of quantity. When it presented itself. In the last month, I've scrambled around working at things without being especially productive, due to several rather unhealthy and misguided views of my own work system. Perhaps unveiling them here will help me move past them. Myth: When I stop working, it's because I am, generally, an ineffective person with a deficient brain. It's a quantity vs. quality argument; and my own self-do...
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Rhymes With Truculent: October 2010
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Savage, juicy, full of light. Friday, October 29, 2010. RED: a spoiler-free review. This is not a deep film. It is silly every chance it gets. But the entire cast is eminently watchable while being silly. Although, if you think John Malkovich has gone overboard with wackiness lately, then you might object. And conversely, there are not quite enough opportunities for Rebecca Pidgeon to be silly. Though having Rebecca Pidgeon at all is very good for the film; verily, any film. On reflection, though, I thin...
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Rhymes With Truculent: Review: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente
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Savage, juicy, full of light. Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Review: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente. I really wish I'd had more time for blogging lately, but between my own class, and taking on a friend's class for the rest of the quarter, as she has a gorgeous new baby - well, time is a precious commodity. I hope to be blogging more soon; and I do have a couple more reviews to get out this week. What made me want to take the book to bed with me for r...
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A German in Scotland
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A German in Scotland. Jun 2nd, 2007. UPDATE - Baby language blog. Be:bi/, /bebi/ - Baby, doll (in German). Nana/ - fruit in general, bananas, oranges. MaUf/ - Maus (mouse). HaUf/ - Haus, house. FIS/, /wIS/ - fish, Fisch. Ke:/ - okay, mostly as "ja, okay" (whispered). English and German equivalents. NO/ /nOU/ - /naI/ no/nein; lately, it's almost solely /nO/. Dea/ - /da/ there/da. Mama/ - Mum (Mama). Baba/,/papa/ - Daddy (Papa), men in general. TUtU/ - car (Auto). TUtU/ - down (runter). O:/ - up (hoch).
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A German in Scotland
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A German in Scotland. Jul 26th, 2005. When I first got pregnant, I shunted all discussion of bumps and babies away into a separate filter in a bid not to offend any childfree/childless friends. I've now rethought that decision for two reasons:. 1) This child is a big part of who I am, what I do, and how I live my life. If you don't want to read about it, fine - defriend me. Having said that, I solemnly swear not to:. Now back to our scheduled programme. Posted at 10:51 am. Jul 13th, 2005. At 730am, we'll...
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A German in Scotland
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A German in Scotland. Sep 25th, 2006. You may remember me blogging some time ago about our daughter's visit to her German paediatrician, where a potential eye problem was flagged up. I got a referral from the GP in mid-August after having had to wait two weeks for an appointment (hooray! I think my health visitor intervened to secure it for me. S experience with her little girl, but . no. We were lucky this time. I don't know what did it; it was close to her nap time, as well. To cut a long story short, ...
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Rhymes With Truculent: December 2010
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Savage, juicy, full of light. Thursday, December 30, 2010. I have been working on this chapter intensively for the last 3 months, albeit while teaching a challenging but rewarding composition class. Before that, I was working on it while trying to work on a research grant in sort of, but not precisely, the same area. Today, for whatever reason, I'm tending to think of it in terms of Doctor Who romance fanfic. This results in various metaphors that I shouldn't record here in public. But we'll see ...I hav...
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If you're going through hell, keep going.
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If youre going through hell, keep going. There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result. Day 2: In ten years time. Mar 4th, 2011 at 4:16 AM. Everyone's doing this now! I'm enjoying reading the answers. Day 2 - where you’d like to be in 10 years. And dogs. Dogs are crucial. I hope that I'll be still be close to my friends, and writing with several of them. I'd like to get something published, either collaboratively or solo - both are good! 30 Day Meme: Day 1, singlehood. Day 1 - your...
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Rhymes With Truculent: Review: Barbara Hambly's Those Who Hunt the Night
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Savage, juicy, full of light. Thursday, April 28, 2011. Review: Barbara Hambly's Those Who Hunt the Night. Several of Barbara Hambly's novels have been released in eBook format recently; and I didn't hesitate to offer to review a couple in exchange for a free copy. I haven't read any of Hambly's novels, but I've been hearing about them for years, so I was excited to have a reason to put them onto my official to-do list. Those Who Hunt the Night. I found James Asher, the chief protagonist, a little dull i...
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