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Can I Have Another Piece..?

I have a guilty pleasure blog that I read ever so often whenever I either want to cheer myself up or want to depress myself (and sometimes I want both - I’m a complex woman). The blog in question is Tartelette and it is a food blog. No, let me rephrase that: it’s a food […]

Posted 04 July 2008 † Karie § Blogging § Personal § Scotland ‡ Comments (2)

Five Things I Have Learned Recently

Don’t you just love lists? I do.
+ Mattel has made The Birds Barbie. It’s brilliant. (thank you Darth Ken)
+ Wordle is the greatest thing since sliced bread. It even makes Spandau Ballet seem cool.
+ I have finally found a food item that I simply cannot abide.

The falooda we bought at today’s Glasgow Mela […]

Posted 22 June 2008 † Karie § Personal § Popular Culture § Scotland ‡ Comments (0)

If Food Be The Music of Life.. Hang On.

Robert McLiam Wilson is an author from Northern Ireland who wrote a series of critically acclaimed novels in the early to mid-1990s. Unsurprisingly he was interested in exploring what constitutes ‘nationality’. At that point I was interested in his works from a literature student’s point-of-view: could I say he was ‘post-colonial’? Could I yoke him […]

Posted 08 May 2008 † Karie § Denmark § Personal ‡ Comments (0)

Stranger Things Have Happened

If somebody could explain to me why I spend an entire day feeling excruciatingly guilty over telling my manager that I’m still ill and, no, I do not know when I’ll be back at work, then leave me a comment. I shouldn’t feeling guilty for telling the truth but I suspect it’s that old authority […]

Posted 09 April 2008 † Karie § Craft § Personal § Popular Culture ‡ Comments (0)

Slices of Life

Since I last had an MRI scan (mid-90s, if I recall correctly), technology has allowed the patient to listen to the radio during the scan. Unfortunately this meant I was forced to listen to a talk show debating killing stray dogs and then people suffering from claustrophobia. Not ideal listening material for someone who […]

Posted 05 February 2008 † Karie § News § Personal ‡ Comments (0)