March 2007 - Posts

(metaphorical) nose back to the (metaphorical) grindstone
26 March 07 05:04 PM

Today is my first day back from suspension. It feels a little like sitting in a rollercoaster carriage as it settles momentarily into stillness at the top of the slope before plunging downwards. From here it is - or should be - all down: finishing the Read More...

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Filed under: one word after another, and what have you done for us today, finishing line?

Sometimes (TV) life requires cupcakes
12 March 07 04:06 PM

In honour of my sister's new 'crystal-look' Tupperware cakestand (it is actually blatantly plastic and rather tacky) I made cupcakes on the weekend. I tried to be good and leave the majority uneaten so they could be displayed, but the various emotional Read More...

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Filed under: frivolity, mondays, recipe

Sometimes Haraway fails me....
06 March 07 05:18 PM

I tried to plug my earphone into my ear. The plug end, not the earbud end. I'm willing to think of myself as Harawayian cyborg, but this is ridiculous. Read More...

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Filed under: frivolity, bring on the technology

Pottage of Goat
05 March 07 06:13 PM

or, I hacked up a leg: how did you spend your weekend? The leg in question was the goat's: it arrived on my doorstep, frozen in goatsicle form, on Thursday night to be defrosted over Saturday and dismembered into gobbets of flesh on Sunday. It was for Read More...

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Filed under: mondays, recipe

Cutting to the Chase
01 March 07 01:44 PM

There have been a few changes in my writing style that I have noticed as a result of doing the half hour daily sessions: - it is a bit more 'bitty': some of the transitions and flow of the argument will need work. - I'm drawing more heavily on work I Read More...

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Filed under: writing