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Monthly Archives: October 2008
As You Wish
The third and final US presidential debate has been and gone whilst I was soundly asleep. I have looked at various reactions – ranging from Republican blogges to left-wing UK newspapers – but this remains the funniest take I’ve read: … Continue reading
Self-Awareness
Nothing says GEEK quite as much as a grown woman shouting “Byron! Byron, you idiots!” at University Challenge. Whilst knitting a jumper.
For the Love of Old Books
I like many things, but there are not many things that I love. I definitely love incunabula (books printed between 1455 and 1500) and early modern period printed books. Yesterday I went to Edinburgh to look at some very old … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Print Culture, Scotland
Tagged academia, books, geek, history of the book, incunabula, lettering, Scottish literature, technologies of writing, texts and words
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Saturday Verbal Rampage
I managed to spend yesterday afternoon in very pleasant company. Whilst the rainstorm nearly flooded Glasgow, we had hot chocolate, listened to jazz, curled up in chairs and knitted whilst discussing the US presidential election. I appreciated the afternoon all … Continue reading
Lovely: Wisely – Through Any Window
October 9, 2008
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Nobel Prize ’08
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio? I feel so insular (and Anglophone/-phile) but I had to go look him up. Lengthy discussion on why the US hasn’t received a Nobel Prize in Literature for some time (parts of the discussion isn’t terribly … Continue reading
Break
Some days there are too many things I want to write about: the Othering of Barack Obama by the GOP and whether it is an entirely successful discursive strategy, the idea of knitting as a subversive feminist activity, the question … Continue reading
Words Fail Me
Worse, Palin’s routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric’s questions for her … Continue reading
Crossing The Line
Yesterday someone I knew roughly fifteen years ago wrote to me via Facebook. She asked me if I were dying because she had noticed my status updates on Facebook (and quite possibly this blog) and was, I quote, sooo worried … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Personal
Tagged about karie, being slightly snarky, blog geek, facebook, friends, identity, musings, personal stuff, real life, self, silly games, wtf
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Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Things seem to fall into place today as you’ll find from these links and stories. Rhi wrote: I received an email from an old internet friend that I’d fallen out of touch with several years ago. After adding each other … Continue reading
