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How to See Grand #Conjunction of Jupiter, Mercury & Venus tonight: http://t.co/5mqiIPoXfY #space #astronomy 09:12:33 (snort) RT @Markgatiss: American tourists on the train. 'What happened there?' "Harry Potter, I think". They're discussing Durham Cathedral. 12:02:59 Every Series, Every Episode of #StarTrek available online… http://t.co/hk8pdJeTsS 12:19:13 Can this man get any cooler than he is?? "Christopher [...]
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Schwarzwälder kirschtorte is named for the Schwarzwald or Black Forest region in southeastern Germany, so it’s often known outside the German-speaking countries as “Black Forest Cherry Cake” or “Black Forest Gateau”. This cake is possibly one of the most famous of German desserts… which is interesting when one considers that it (or the inspiration for [...]
On this day twenty-six years ago, I got married (for the first time*) to the coolest man on Earth. There he is in a pic I took of him some months previously, by the boathouse on Central Park Lake. That afternoon seems like about ten minutes ago, some ways. And even after two and a [...]
Writing projects sometimes get started in unusual ways. Some time back in early 2007 I was chatting electronically with an old friend and former neighbor, the gifted Somtow Sucharitkul — a splendid writer and (at least) equally splendid musician and composer, now the artistic director of the Bangkok Opera. And somewhere along the line, Somtow [...]
Does anybody have an 800 number for the ancient Mayans? Because I need to lodge a complaint. Seriously, 2012 has been something of a wash all around. Tragedies. Mass shootings. Anguish of all kinds. Local cataclysms of the flood-and-earthquake variety. Wars and rumors of war (well, yeah, we always have those, but this year has [...]
Before Peter’s Mum died some years back — before she went into the hospital — she and I were sitting around together in her little back-of-the-house sitting room, and she was complaining to me about the state of her attic. “It’s full of linen,” she said. It took some explanation of Morwood family history to [...]
Noted in passing...
- Note the European dates for Janis Ian's fall tour... (Sooner see her in AMS than in Milton Keynes, I think.) #
- Via PM: "Esteban Fragances: Still in existence. The English-language version is a bit spartan (maybe new?) but they have the ceramic fragrances as pot-pourri and 'good-luck charm' pendants (en française, "gri-gris porte-bonheur".) #
- That homemade ricotta recipe... #
- Re the Games Wizards Play cameo role contest: ...So Lee has consulted the magic number-generating website, and having used some obscure formula involving matching random numbers to tweeting times (or something...) has chosen our five winners. In no particular order, they are: Moggie (@zz9pzza) The Sharklord (@thesharklord) Tony Kyle (@TonyK50) Octopus Gallery (@OctopusGallery) N. Kolyfoides (@placebetween) I'll be contacting everybody individually over the next day or so and we can start sorting out the details. Congratulations, all! #
- From SeriousEats: How to grill skirt steak. #
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A blog more or less evenly split between writing, cooking, tales of travel, and random musings on life events and whatnot.
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Photobomb at the CSIRO Canberra deep space communications complex.
What the hell is that? I mean, I know whatever it is, it wants you dead, but really. What is it?
A currawong. It’s not a raven (though it looks a bit like one), but a native passerine bird, and it will eat pretty much anything. It was probably trying to work out if the camera was edible. The little hook on the end of the beak is the giveaway.
(Also, the deep space tracking centre is well worth a visit if you’re ever in Canberra. It’s one of the city’s best-kept secrets.)
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30+ years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Also: the Young Wizards series, 1983-2010 and beyond.
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