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Monthly Archives: November 2008
The Next Doctor?
Philip Rhys – a UK actor starring in BBC’s new adventure series Survivors with Freema “Martha Jones” Agyeman and Paterson Joseph – had a little slip-up during an interview on BBC News 24 tonight: “Yeah, we have a great cast. … Continue reading
A Bit About Yarn
I wonder what my favourite colour is..? I have been spending the past few evenings winding up a lot of yarn from hanks into these cakes you see. It’s both totally gratifying and hard work. Gratifying because I get to … Continue reading
Posted in Knitting, Purls, yarn
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And Then We Came To This
We have the dreaded November lurgee in Casa Bookish. I have also found myself embroiled in an unexpected and uncalled-for family drama (it’s double the fun when you’re in another country). So, this is all the blogging you’ll get out … Continue reading
Fa’en!
My partner, David, doesn’t really speak Danish. He knows a few, carefully selected, words like tak (thank you), hej (hi), ja/nej (yes/no), tillykke med fødselsdagen (happy birthday), and the good, old chestnut undskyld (sorry). He’s also very fond of exclaiming … Continue reading
Fangirl Overload
I hardly ever post twice in one day, but this needs to get out of my brain, through my fingers and onto my blog so I can stop saying Holy Guacamole!!! Neil Finn announces “Seven Worlds Collide, pt. 2″. In … Continue reading
Posted in Finn
Tagged anti-social behaviour, events, fangirl, Finn, kiwiana, love, Music, omg, pop culture
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Rules and Regulations
I like that Rufus Wainwright attempts to get on the radio. I am not sure it is the best format for him, but bless him. His latest studio album, Release the Stars, was said to be his most accessible and … Continue reading
Buttons and Books
These are my Buttony Mitts. I test-knitted them for Lilith of Old Maiden Aunt. Basically, she asked me one day if I wanted free handpainted yarn and I replied with my best teenage “dooooh” face. The yarn is gorgeous. It … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Knitting, Personal, Print Culture, Purls
Tagged Bibliophilia, Blogging, buttons, Crafty, friends, paratextuality, Print Culture
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Either I’m Nobody, Or I’m A Nation
Oh, my president-elect crush burns strong: Barack Obama seen with poetry collection. Of course it’s not just any old poetry collection, it is Derek Walcott’s Collected Poems. A Nobel Prize laureate; a Caribbean poet straddling colonialism, post-colonialism, and the Western … Continue reading
Codex or Kindle?
I am off to Edinburgh to attend a discussion on The Future of The Book. Codex or Kindle.. or something else? In the meantime, have fun with these links. + Urban Knitting: the world’s most inoffensive graffiti. I’d argue it’s … Continue reading
Six Weeks of Solitude: Back To Reality
Anna left an astute comment to my first post on the Six Weeks of Solitude idea: I find the idea of six weeks alone in the middle of nowhere very tempting, but I think I’d had to not take my … Continue reading
