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Guy on phone: But someone has to turn up as John McCain! Otherwise I'll look like an idiot being Sarah Palin on my own. Happy anticipation of Halloween, everyone...

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Given I'm a champion procrastinator (so far today I've baked a quiche and a cake and done the dishes twice), and fellow Knowledge Pimp/Wondergrad Danica posted a meme on her blog papercut heart today, I thought I might as well volunteer for tagging. I have also been told to update this here blog more often, so that other people may ...

Now, just because I have failed miserably at staying away from the computer after 10pm doesn't mean I'm useless at all other pursuits. It's October the eighth and I have written over 6000 words, so i'm not doing too badly. I was perhaps a bit ambitious thinking I could keep the pace up over the weekend, but I did get some reading done. Did you ...

Sky's post made a little inspiration kick me in the head: ''Hey, how about you collect some tips and ideas on approaching research/work in a sensible way and actually apply them to your own life?''. This is also partly driven by a rather conscious effort on my part to diminish my stress levels. So - bring put your good ideas, of any ...

That about says it. Tuesdays are my ''running around being late for everything falling over myself tired because I haven't had time to eat'' -day. This is really just a quick update to inform anyone who reads this blog that I am, in fact, still alive and more or less recovered from my bout of illness. I am also - fun fun fun! - getting four ...

This seems to happen quite regularly to me. Yesterday was worse, today at least I'm in no great pain and I've sweated off most of the fever, if not all of it. To give you an idea how bad yesterday was, my greatest achivement was watching an hour of Australian Idol (which I never watch, ever ever) - crying constantly. Yet did I turn off the ...

Time to purge an obsession. While writing the Kalevala* lecture last week I got caught watching YouTube clips from the Finnish folk group Varttina. Here I am again, rather transfixed. So, what better way to spend the minutes nearing midnight than sharing some folklove with my e-peeps. Or something. One of my favourites is Aijo, sadly I can't emed ...

I am here to promote not one, but two worthy fundraising efforts. First being the Dr. Plonk film night  held on the 7th of September at Cinema Paradiso. The screening is hosted by Limina , a peer-reviewed journal published by postgraduates right here at UWA. The price of the tickets ($15) includes free wine and cheese, and profit goes ...

1. The Sorting Hat would have to go. On the one hand, the houses have caused nothing but awfulness throughout the history of time. If Slytherin is supposed to be the nest of all evil, why continue to place only the shrewdest students in it? Still, I can understand that in a boarding school environment, a ''house'' can really be the equivalent of ...