January 2010
“The barbaric civil war being waged here is the most lethal conflict since World...”
– Orphaned, Raped and Ignored - NYTimes.com
Harrowing report from Congo.
I’m on potato duty today. My mum is taunting me with tales of a magical potato-peeling machine they had when she was a child.
Missed the tennis (felt crappy and couldn’t get up) but considering the result not that sorry. I like Federer - he’s amazing - but GAH.
RT @TVGuide Allison Janney to Star Opposite Matthew Perry in “Sunshine” pilot - http://bit.ly/bgQBvJ
“We’ve seen manila envelope cases, cases that look like desktop icons, and...”
– The BookBook Laptop Case for Your MacBook and Macbook Pro
“This is so cool. I knew about blackboard paint, but not about Ideapaint, which...”
– india knight’s posterous
Such a brilliant idea and less oppressive-looking (and chalk-covered) than blackboard paint.
Would be nice to watch the Murray/Federer match tomorrow, but there’s only one 8 in my day, and it ain’t in the AM.
Time for So You Think I Can Eat Crisps And Drink Smirnoff Ice? Or something. #SYTYCD
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: charity shops are brillo pad.
“As Venture Beat and other blogs have noticed Friday evening, books from...”
– Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price Disagreement - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
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“Thxthxthx is Leah Deiterich’s daily excercise in gratitude. She writes a...”
– Thxthxthx - india knight’s posterous
Sweet and funny.
“The all-white, overwhelmingly male selection of authors chosen by Australia Post...”
– Australian writers’ stamps send the wrong message
“Tara told me about a young woman she met - a journalist - whose four-year-old...”
– jordan reid • Nonsociety
There are no words, really. Jordan’s post is relatively brief about the impact of the earthquake in Haiti but very powerful in summarising just some of its horrors. I didn’t want to think about these things, but I’m not sorry she made me.
Sweet dreams, Tweeters! Maybe I’ll dream about *your* hideous plastic surgery tonight.
“A blockbuster from Hollywood was also a vocabulary blockbuster for December:...”
– Word.com: December Top Twenty
“So Clay Shirky wrote this rant about women. Uh oh! Basically, he’s all mad and...”
– finslippy
Forgot link last time! If you’ve read the @ReadInPeace book club book, would be fab if you’d comment *winning smile* http://bit.ly/aeJQzz
I dreamed that @CamillaChafer and her kids drove up here to take me on a cruise but she’d had plastic surgery so I didn’t recognise her.
“So New Times Roman doesn’t change the words into Italian?”
– Clients From Hell
Oh, lumme.
RT @alexthegirl RT @NewYorker: We have posted twelve classic Salinger stories from the magazine online. Enjoy: http://ow.ly/11vce
“Another reason the nation should get behind Murray is the fact that Australia...”
– Punch declares: Australia must support the skinny Scot | Article | The Punch
Did not know this.
Also hope Murray wins *eek*. Although I won’t be unhappy if Federer does.
RIP to my Dad’s favourite author and the man who inspired me to write a truly dreadful short story which featured fencing.
Have vowed to restrict my internet activity and use the time more wisely instead. So, y’know, no offence if you don’t see me around so much.
“While in St. Barth’s, I sampled “Magic Fruit” (a.k.a. “Miracle Fruit”), which...”
– jordan reid • Nonsociety
Finally a way to tolerate grapefruit! I’d like to try this. I’d probably hate the taste of the “magic fruit” though. Sigh.
Have just read every iPad san-pro joke I ever want to read. And eaten tacos.
I’m v v early for Clooney. But luckily not too early for vodka. #funatthecinema
Thanks even more people for the kind birthday wishes :) Just spoken to my Dad and now off to see George Clooney.
I have to stop thanking people now, I’m getting a bit Halle Berry-at-the-Oscars ;) But thanks @orbyn @mokuska @MissySimps :)
Thank you for even more birthday wishes, lots of lovely people! xx
My birthday present to myself was not watching The Wright Stuff when it came on. (I’m very grateful.)
And thank you @LucyTweeting (hope your eye gets better soon) and @HelenRedders (I think there may be *another* cake…!)
Thank you for the birthday wishes, you early risers! @AnneMarieT123 @Keris @Prettyandwitty2 :)
Last tweet before I’m 31! Nothing of interest to say! Night peeps.
Watching pilot of The Good Wife. Like it a lot. Though woman on left is claiming to be 25 and her accent is wobbly: http://bit.ly/aUCV1x
RT @awollenberg Please sign (and RT) my petition to make NI fairer for freelancers: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/selfemployedNI/
So true. Spelling bot says: “‘Deschanel’ could be Dashingly, Decennial, Searchingly, Delusional, Musicianly, Beseechingly or Decision.”
Made Malteser cake (not without issues!) then re-watched Kissing Jessica Stein (good film!).
“However, no matter how independent women get, there will always be that part of...”
– Demands You Should Ignore - AskMen.com UK
Omg, women are soooooo weird! But once you understand why we say one thing and mean another you’ll be OK because we are all exactly the same! We love dresses and pretty flowers and “crave” marriage! We’re soooooo different from MEN!...
“We can turn things around any time of the year. And it’s probably quite...”
– How to Beat the January Blues (BitchBuzz Life)
“author Jennifer Weiner (Good in Bed, In Her Shoes) is leading a drive for ABC to...”
– Philadelphia Inquirer
Having a “when great clients turn bad” experience. Utterly disheartened.
Well, enough wallowing. I have a Maltesers cake to make, @HelenRedders -style, and a George Clooney picture to look at. Busy busy.
Brad Pitt’s beard makes me think of soggy Weetabix. I don’t think I can look at it anymore.
This real-life story is amazing: RT @RebeccaSkloot: Excerpt from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: http://bit.ly/6jpzdc
Loose Women “discussing” sex offenders. They don’t seem to have grasped that not all will be paedophiles. Or men.
“Daryl at DWPub (which owns Response Source and job site SourceThatJob) recently...”
– Getting Ink: The world is going to Hell in a handbasket.
I’m a couple of weeks late to this, but Mizz, a professional magazine, advertised for writers to contribute to their publication - UNPAID. Thanks for devaluing the profession, there. (And good on DW Pub for refusing to run ads like this...