oooh, upcoming lunar eclipse with total visibility from the uk, at not quite stupid o’clock in the morning (around 1am) on a sunday morning which means i can lie in afterwards. sounds too good to be true. odds on it being a clear night?
Archive for October 27th, 2003

misbehaving
misbehaving.net is a weblog about women and technology. It’s a celebration of women’s contributions to computing; a place to spotlight women’s contributions as well point out new opportunities and challenges for women in the computing field.
this looks like an interesting new weblog; the fact that at least three of the authors (caterina, meg and jill) have been bookmarked on my frequently visited weblog lists for several years now makes me think that this will prove to be a very good read indeed.

jack o’ lantern
i need a little inspiration for what to do with a leftover carcass – the innards are going into the pumpkin lasagne i’m making for tea. there i was wandering the internet looking for an evil grin to copy and i came across a george bush halloween lantern template.
no further comment necessary, i feel.
The Characters of Love by Susie Boyt
I read The Normal Man years ago and enjoyed it enough to remember the author's name (that's less of an insult than it sounds really!) but it's taken until now for me to turn up another book by Boyt. It turns out this is actually her first book, I don't know if she ever published a third one.
This is the story of Nell, who grows up mostly without a father in London and goes on to fall in love with her poet tutor at Oxford. What's great about it is how well the characters are drawn and how deeply embarrassed I was about Nell's crush while I was reading it. It brought back memories of things that I'd rather have forgotten but it was all the better a book for having that effect on me.
Purchased on 11th October 2003.
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