Touch of Aussie Christmas

Weird and bad week. The new job is stressful (I have a new appreciation for the foot-soldiers out there in the world of retail and commerce). The loss of Warrior Princess weighs heavily on me. Friends are troubled, and I cannot help. The Prof is reluctantly in his state of origin for a visit with…

I’m a tad disappointed in the Shakespeare magnetic poetry words. No “whilst”? No “thou” or “thee”? How the heck am I ever going to work “vouchsafe” into a poem without cracking myself up? ╒╕╘╛╒╕╘╛╒╕╘╛╒╕ Magnetic Poetry Creation of the Day I envy winter for it doth not die but grows to young spring whilst I…

of Salamanders often go astray. No, I didn’t make it to the gym last night. Not my fault. The Professor (who, it must be said, did a fair amount erranding yesterday, getting the apartment situation straightened out and picking up my freshly cleaned camera) informed me when I got home that he hadn’t gotten around…

I have a new plan:Give test answers in Haiku.Bonus points for style?

mille : a thousand. millies milies : a thousand times. My thousandth entry, and the best I can do is wonder why one thousand isn’t called “one million” since “mille” is Latin for “a thousand”. I tried to look up the etymology of million on Google to find out why it’s called that, but all…

I want to talk to you about a few things now because I don’t think we have too many more days to have conversations with each other. I want to thank you for being one of my best friends. I want to tell you that you are without doubt the best cat in the universe….