mit gin

allo.

I am tipsy. Tipsy blogging, this is. Evidence herein I am capable of typing coherently when slightly addled (albeit not sober).


Reading today: Policy/regulatory documents, research on mushrooms and other fascinating 'medicinal' plants, a book by a friend which is rather good, and none of this right now as I am finally off to bed. Bonne nuit!

porcelain tease

Beautiful bowl, vexingly does not keep my lentil soup hot for very long.

Damn you design with poor function!

obmutescence

definition, etymology sought.


Meanwhile, check out wordie.org if so inclined. Note the definitions of amusing words on offer. Note a definition for obmutescence is not among them ....

quote

"Who the hell chooses to be Catholic?"
— friend Andrea, discussing Citizen columnist David Warren

Quote of the day

"I came home to find bits of red plastic everywhere and then I figured it out. So I yelled 'You ruined mommy's toy!' while crawling around picking up the mess. I still can't find one battery. "
— said by laughing friend who found her dog had destroyed her vibrator

apple watch

Thursday, November 15, 2007
2,499 US Dollar = 2,394.17 Canadian Dollar


Macbook Pro price:
U.S. site: $2499
Canada site: $2799


hmmmm.

Neither Apple customer service nor media relations lines have yet to return my calls.

really ...?

There have been a few notes/emails sent to me wondering when I'd next post to this site.


I'm reeling a bit from all the attention.


So here is a post.

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psst. I'm having a very-terrible-no-good-extremely-bad day. I do not care what books I've been reading or music listened to or even if a sentence ends in a preposition. If someone offered me ice cream I'd sneer. Flowers would not be enjoyed. It's a walk around in the rain at midnight, snarrling kinda day. That bad. I wish I were able to literally bite off someone's head.

News hit

Saudi gang-rape victim is jailed
By Frances Harrison, BBC News
An appeal court in Saudi Arabia has doubled the number of lashes and added a jail sentence as punishment for a woman who was gang-raped.
The victim was initially punished for violating laws on segregation of the sexes - she was in an unrelated man's car at the time of the attack.
When she appealed, the judges said she had been attempting to use the media to influence them.
The attackers' sentences - originally of up to five years - were doubled.
read rest of story here