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Need a laugh?

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Head on over to Shapely Prose and read all about spaghetti language. Spaghetti language is what you speak when you’re half-asleep and you think you’re having a real conversation but actually are spewing gibberish. Make sure you read the comments too! I have vivid memories of being the one doing this while reading bedtime stories to the kids. I’d be exhausted from the small-baby-in-the-house effect and reading a favourite book the words of which I knew off by heart. A page would be turned, “yep, I know this bit” I would think, my eyes would drift closed as I recited … Continue reading Need a laugh?

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I’m so proud

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It turns out that: 35 As a 1930s wife, I amPoor Take the test! And… 108 As a 1930s husband, I amVery Superior Take the test! (Actually I’m not sure that’s such a good thing.) Just reading through the test is amusing in its own right. I did take a look through the flickr set of the original test booklet when it was doing the rounds of the blogosphere a short while back and had a good laugh then and I remember thinking it needed to be turned into a net quiz! Continue reading I’m so proud

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Serenity Con stuff

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I went to the Hub Productions Serenity convention this weekend. Had a great time. Came home exhausted. This account will probably be a little disjointed as a result. Friday night at the cocktail party was fun, it pays to go hang out with the smokers despite a serious loathing of ciggy smoke. Here’s what happened, as told by ZB: As a long time smoker, I am very aware that cigarettes are very very bad. You know when they’re not bad? When Ron “Shepherd Book very ridiculously awesome and also amazingly sexy” Glass wanders up to me and Jenwah (and Mim, … Continue reading Serenity Con stuff

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What on earth does a colon have to do with leadership?

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The sheer weirdness of associating a punctuation mark with personality traits drove me to do this. I find the results…disconcerting. You Are a Colon You are very orderly and fact driven. You aren’t concerned much with theories or dreams… only what’s true or untrue. You are brilliant and incredibly learned. Anything you know is well researched. You like to make lists and sort through things step by step. You aren’t subject to whim or emotions. Your friends see you as a constant source of knowledge and advice. (But they are a little sick of you being right all of the … Continue reading What on earth does a colon have to do with leadership?

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I can’t make up my mind about this one

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As I walked up the hill from the car park to the bank today on my way to do the Uniform Shop banking I was accosted by a bloke I’ve never laid eyes on before who said to me “Excuse me, I saw you walking up from the car park and I just wanted to say how nice you look, you’re very attractive”. I think he was a little younger than me. It was…odd. But kind of nice…I think. There was no creepy vibe or anything like that, he was very polite and as soon as he’d said his bit … Continue reading I can’t make up my mind about this one

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What I’ve been reading

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I think I’ll give up on the plan to review everything I read this year, turns out it’s not something I actually want to do. I do like the idea of keeping a record of what I’ve read though so you’re going to get lists with short comments instead. So here’s what I’ve read since posting my goals for the year back at the beginning of February. I went on a bit of a Lois McMaster Bujold binge and plowed my way through a re-read of The Vorkosigan saga starting with The Warriors Apprentice and following on with, in quick … Continue reading What I’ve been reading