I have just bought a house!! I will be moving in today. However, this does mean that I will have no internet access for a week as the earliest available appointment for a telecom engineer is next Saturday. Hence, I won't be on SG for week (unless I find a cafe with free WiFi, that is).
So, anyway, I'm off to Devon for a week... pasties and cider here I come!!!
When I am not getting 'cidered up', I plan to spend a big chunk of next week sitting some place peaceful and reading. I am currently reading Tolstoy's War and Peace and it is friggin epic! Seriously, I am loving this book!!
Just Stopping by to Wish You a Happy Early Birthday.
Hope you have a Great Day.
And May ALL your Wishes Come True.
And this Special Day Brings You Happiness and Joy.
And, Of Course, Fun..
I wont be around SG much for the next week, or so, so I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a fabulous New Year!!!
Back in 1989, when I was 16, I stopped eating the flesh of land and air animals. In 1991, when I was 18, I stopped eating sea creatures. Years later in 2003 or 2004, I stopped eating eggs and dairy products. My primary motivation at the time was a belief that eating meat makes a person spiritually or ritually... Read More
Blimey!! I have mumps! The weird thing is that I have already had mumps. I had mumps when I was eleven.
The other day when I got up my neck was bit swollen near my jaw and below the ear. I was in no pain but when I probed the swelling with my fingers it felt a bit tender. Over the course of the day,... Read More
Answering you question -- alcoholic cider is not wholly unavailable but it's not common, in the US. Some bars carry it, and some grocery stores. Pear cider, though, is very rare -- I only ever found it at one restaurant in Arizona before.
Lately, I have been spending my evenings lurking suspiciously in the back garden staring at the sky. Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn have all been very visible this month. I can't claim to be especially knowledgeable about Astronomy but the planets have been unmissable lately so I thought I'd take a look at them and spend a bit of time seeing which constellations I could... Read More
I think it was last week, I noticed the sliver of new moon, attended by two planets. I assume planets, they were bigger and brighter than any stars I can see here in Milwaukee. Which planets, I dunno. But, it was a cool sight to see.
Great god of all mankind, of nature and of lust
Of the future yet untold and nations in the dust
From an age of wood and stone, through bronze, iron and steel
In the forests and in the trees and in... Read More