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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Literal Hay
It really cracks me up the way people say “literally” when they mean “metaphorically”. Why do we do it? Where does this odd quirk come from? There was a corker today in an article on Stuff concerning the Phoenix Mars … Continue reading
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Amazon.com Tags Abuse
The latest Dune book from Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert – Paul of Dune – scores 3.5 stars on Amazon.com, but people who don’t like it are making their feelings known in other ways, via the tags system. Tags … Continue reading
Vegetarian Expo
I went to the vegetarian expo today, expecting there to be very few people. Imagine my surprise to find that I had to queue to get in! While waiting to get in we were amused to notice that they were … Continue reading
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Beige MG Lyrics
I really really dig the lyrics of some of the songs on the Claudia Christian CD. I’m sure there are some Mondegreens in here, but as far as I can tell here are the lyrics for Beige MG: Beige MG … Continue reading
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Petrol Engine Memorial Park
A neat new piece of art work that is also an interesting piece of social commentary has turned up at the Arts Centre recently: the Petrol Engine Memorial Park. (The left-hand plaque reads: “FOR THE SPECIES WHOSE WORLD CAME TO … Continue reading
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Baptism of Fire Review
You can read my review of Baptism of Fire here.
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Book Disposal Techniques
I had me a most excellent dream last night, inspired in no small part by the Thornspell Launch yesterday. In the dream, the new Lord of the Rings book was finally out, and so I scurried in gleeful anticipation to … Continue reading
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Thornspell Launch
Today was the official launch of Thornspell by Helen Lowe. It went very well, and was pretty much a perfect book launch. The event was held in the Fendalton library, and was exceedingly well organised. Helen and Andrew had made … Continue reading
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Baptism of Fire
Baptism of Fire, the book written by Claudia Christian that was the focus of the “life-saving knives” saga, has arrived. It was accompanied, entirely unexpectedly, by a CD of Claudia Christian songs. All that remains is to determine whether either … Continue reading
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