Monthly Archives: January 2008

Oh, Copenhagen

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Karie

Oh, Copenhagen. How I do not really miss thee but then again I do. Recently I found Copenhagen Street Style – a Danish blog trying to capture all the hip young things gracing the streets of Copenhagen. Copenhagen is peculiar … Continue reading →

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The Clare McLean Shortlist

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Karie

AL Kennedy, the recent winner of the Costa Book Award, has been nominated for the brand-new Scottish literary award, the Clare McLean Award. She is joined on the shortlist by Ali Smith and Alasdair Gray for “Girl Meets Boy” and … Continue reading →

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Me & QWERTY = <3

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Karie

We went to the hospital today. I am going to have my brain-waves measured next week which is terribly exciting. I hope I do emit brain-waves and that they’ll be interesting enough to result in a diagnosis. Right, let’s move … Continue reading →

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Dodge Vs Lodge

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Karie

Ah, the first of many possible author showdowns: David Dodge versus David Lodge. Popular culture author versus acclaimed literary critic and author. Is there really any competition here? Won’t Lodge just throw Dodge to the floor? Ah, but to quote … Continue reading →

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Bitten By the Bug

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Karie

If you look at the “Now Reading” bit in the sidebar, you can see that I’m tearing through the novels at the moment. Five novels thus far this month and that is not even counting Douglas Coupland’s jPod which I … Continue reading →

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NHS Delivers!

Posted on January 20, 2008 by Karie

I’m seeing a neurologist on Wednesday which is great news. I’ve been waiting almost a month for this appointment. Stupid me for falling ill during the holiday season.

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Re-Arranging Letters

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Karie

Facebook has been asked to remove the Scrabulous application as it infringes upon Scrabble’s copyright. Scrabulous is one of the two reasons why I have not grown entirely tired of Facebook yet (the other being Staries where I’m trying to … Continue reading →

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Book Widgets

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Karie

I have been playing around with widgets today trying to find the perfect a suitable library-type widget for displaying current and past reads. I found the Now Reading widget and it seemed great. It was simple, didn’t require me to … Continue reading →

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Joan Eardley

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Karie

One of my biggest regrets about falling ill right now is that I have missed out on an exhibition of Joan Eardley’s work. She is probably my favourite Scottish painter and I had been looking forward to the National Gallery … Continue reading →

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Apologies to WCW

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Karie

This is just to say that amazon.co.uk is running a couple of promotions which end on Sunday. I just placed an order worth roughly £18 for some fiction that would’ve set me back far more. Forgive me but the books … Continue reading →

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