Newton slept on my hands - must've been seeking bonus warmth, or he was jealous of my rubbing BHK's arm. --meme-time - snagged from Sean Think of 15 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you over for days, weeks,...

I spent the weekend in Cambridge, partly socializing and partly job hunting. Apologies for not letting people know I was travelling or making arrangements; the weekend ended up so packed that I couldn't have fit anyone else in. I got in late Thursday night, and there was cartesiandaemon to greet me ...

I'm currently watching the Red Carpet on Sky1, even though I should be fast asleep. It's really just because I want the cats to get some exercise before I go to bed and was so caught up with getting 'just one more repeat' done on this pair of socks Lou and I are designing that I didn...

It's a brand new term of linky love posts. I tend to slack off on these when I don't teach Advanced PR Writing, but for at least the next 7 weeks, you'll see regular installments of my favorites each week. The background: My students write two blog posts per week, one of which needs to be in respons...

Glittrgirl tagged me for this meme the other day and who am I to say no? Here are the rules: Link to the person who tagged you. Mention the rules. Tell six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about yourself. Tag six other bloggers by linking to them. Go to each person's blog and leave a com...

In a strange turn of events, my life seems overwhelmingly taken over by these three sites: Mediaeval clothing -- for all my pre-Renaissance sartorial enquiries Digital plagiarism -- for sniping all those naughty students Tax codes -- for banging my head against a wall Just for kicks I threw in half ...

This essay has been linked all over the place, but I think only about a third of my flist move in circles where you'll have seen it already. It's sort of a Jewish take on Cultural Appropriation, but only sort of. I think emotionally it feels very appealing to me, and it's very beautifully written an...

Not here, but over at Time for Elevenses it certainly is. Justine from the old Starry Starry Knits has given herself a rebirth with TfE and I love it! She's posting more regularly, and she's got so many FOs and pretty pictures it's just inspiring. To celebrate she's hosting a fab con...

The new knitty came out yesterday (the day before? The days, they fade into one!) and I've got such mixed feeling about it. Actually, that's not quite true. I have conflicting feelings about it and I'm not sure how they are going to reconcile. For a start, that cover pattern is genius! B...

If I manage to have sausage and spiced parsnip mash for dinner tonight, I will have had a perfect day. The lecture today was awesome -- the lecturer was not only an expert (as they all are in this series) but passionate and excited about his subject, which made it riveting -- which meant that the se...