myResearchSpace

I had to delete 'evil Atlanteans had much more straightforward plans for world domination'.  And they did, goddammit. And I had the footnote to prove it.

Well, one of my office sweepstake horses did. And that means I have won a pile of (chocolate) gold coins - which, I must admit, is more my style of winnigns than any serious gambling. It's been a while since I've posted a recipe, so in honour of the event, here's what I brought along for the celebration. Caramellised Onions and Chorizo ...

I'm just going to ramble a bit so that any implied SPOILERS end up below the preview feed thingy on the main page, and so I will note that my devotion to the Harry Potter cause can be measured by the fact that I went to Whitfords on a Saturday morning to get it. The good thing about Whitfords being, of course, that one doesn't have to get out of ...

The final word on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 'Won't the book spoil the seventh film?'

I've just gone crazy with this whole getting paid for doing work thing and have ordered 3 books and 1 DVD set - only gone of which could be even vaguely justified as 'research'. (And when your area is cultural studies, that's saying a lot.) That's isn't including the planned Potter purchase this weekend. O the evilness of me! 

In the spirit of the Popestakes, I bring you Potterstakes! JK Rowling has proclaimed that two important characters die in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (released in 9 more sleeps, or so my Dymocks bookmark says): who will they be? Nominate your picks for dead characters below, and I will award the winner with chocolate! My picks are: 1. ...

I caught public transport to uni this morning. Getting to campus without the 78 buses sucks. Having your front numberplate fall off your car in the middle of the freeway sucks. I suspect that my interchange at lunchtime with the lisencing department will - guess what - suck. Nonetheless, there is cheerful old-school jazz turned up loud ...

I'm just back from afternoon tea (one of the cute (not-so) little cupcakes over at Neds). Is it just me, or do postgraduates have an obsession with food? I know that my mother was quite shocked when, on her recent arrival at the house, I offered to introduce her to Pierre and Norman - Pierre and Norman being the two camembert cheeses that I'm in ...

I am a sad person that fantasises that one day I will be called for one of those 'who will you vote for at the next election' and 'who is your preferred prime minister polls' because, goddamit, my opinion is important (a tendancy that I'm afraid has been exacerbated by teaching and postgraduate education). So when I recieved a call last night ...

Dear Brain, I'd really prefer if you didn't wake me up at 5pm in the morning to come up with lesson plans for the next day's tutorial. But if you must, would you mind actually holding onto the plan you come up with? I can tell you that staring at a page convinced that there were three more topics to include - death grip of the first coffee ...