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Going to Boston!October 15, 2012
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The Guilt of a Literary Critic
I’m ill, which means I read thrillers, and today’s thriller is le Carre’s Smiley’s People. I wasn’t expecting to come across this half a sentence: … for at the time he was composing a monograph on the bard Opitz, and … Continue reading
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Sonnet #2
So I told JB about my attempt at a sonnet and she suggested a drinks-based sonnet cycle, taking minty tea as my next subject: My love is like a cup of minty tea; A delicately fragrant drink of green. New-plucked … Continue reading
All the Books I Didn’t Read this Month
A little while ago I mentioned that KB had sent me a couple of books, one of which is Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom, which I started reading as soon as I’d finished The Marriage Plot. I got about halfway through before … Continue reading
I done gone written a sonnet
It’s official; my ability to procrastinate has reached new levels of artistry. Confronted with a to do list that includes, you know, getting some work done, I decided (as you do) to write a sonnet instead: Shall I compare you … Continue reading
Can you help me identify this band?
Dear people of the interwebs, I’m trying to remember the name of a band I really liked during the mid 90s but all I have to go on is a fuzzy memory of their album sleeve. It was all black … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, indie, music, puzzle, riot grrrl, rock, tapes
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Couchsurfing
Have just joined the couch-surfing site with big hopes. Let’s see how that one turns out…
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Keeps running through my head…
You pass through places And places pass through you But you carry ’em with you On the souls of your travellin’ shoes Be Good Tanyas, ‘Littlest Birds’ Got this running through my head a lot at the moment, which is … Continue reading
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Brizzle!
I came. The view from OB’s car. We saw. Chic CE. We partied. Ready? FOG!!!
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Julie Burchill Seems to Have Forgotten that Bisexuality Exists
Waiting for the parents to come over and move me and (nearly) all my worldly goods to LF and ME’s house, I came across this piece in the Guardian/Observer by Julie Burchill. I’ve spent years planning to write a book … Continue reading
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Tagged Avril Lavigne, bisexuality, Ceryl Cole, gay, Julie Burchill, lesbian, Rihanna
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Green Thought
A couple of days ago JB asked me if, while packing up my stuff, I’d managed to avoid getting distracted by books I haven’t looked at for ages. I HAD managed to avoid that problem until I came across Sam … Continue reading
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