fourth edition

Want to feel jealous in a bookish manner? Go look at Neil Gaiman’s library. The colours, the layout, the view from the windows and the mind-boggling amount of books.. I hardly ever covet anybody else’s possessions but I do covet that room.
On the topic of Neil Gaiman, people tend to assume that he is one [...]

I saw this* and then I started missing academia once more and also really, really wanted to move to London. But, you know, life isn’t so bad. Thursday I’ll be baby-sitting the Old Maiden Aunt studio as Lilith’s away, so do pop by West Kilbride if you fancy buying some lovely handpainted yarn and a [...]

Today we went to the Doctor Who exhibition at Kelvingrove. I had my photo taken with a rather short reincarantion of the Fourth Doctor (and Other Half rather worryingly said he fancied a Doctor Who scarf clearly not knowing how long it takes to make) as well as a very cute K-9. Loads of things [...]

Denmark is the oldest kingdom in Europe with a rich history of conquest, trade and culture. Regrettably, being lower even than the Netherlands, Denmark will be the first to disappear as the waters rise.
The 5.5 million people of Denmark speak a language they themselves do not understand, with a numbering system that contradicts all laws [...]

Yesterday we had snow, rain, thunder and sunshine .. and it looks like this pattern will continue today. Four seasons in one day.
Who am I to resist posting this:

PS. worst cover ever?

Jonathan Coe cancelled Aye Write, he bloody well did. I had even brought along my hardback copy of The Rain Before It Falls (not my favourite, but my nicest copy of a Coe book) and a big bucket of courage so I could ask him to sign my book.
Boo.
Still, I went to see Andrew Crumey [...]

Don’t you just hate when Real Life interferes with important things such as blogging? I have a multitude of things going on at the moment, alas. To paraphrase an old, old Alison Moyet song, my head is so full it is fit to burst.
So, obviously, this is the perfect time to revive my once-passionate love [...]

NASA needs your help to name Node 3 of the international space station. A short-list of names have been drawn up for your perusal .. and “Serenity” is one of the possible names.
(For the ones among you going bzuh: Serenity?)
Time for some thrilling heroics: go vote!

In the past week I have learned that:

The majority of my friends here in the UK are either bloggers who knit or knitters who blog. I had a really nice birthday lunch the other day and counted just three non-knitters (although all three are bloggers). Interesting.
I really, really like edamame and it could very easily [...]

The Aye Write literary festival lineup is pretty good – and for the first time since I moved to “Glasga”, I can actually go!
I have booked tickets to see Jonathan Coe and Andrew Crumey in conversations with Rodge Glass and I’m rather excited. You must understand that I’ve been used to the Copenhagen Book [...]