Hmm. I've noticed a few gaps in my bookcase, and I can't quite remember to whom I've lent what. cartesiandaemon has my copies of "The Well of Ascension" and "The Hero of Ages" ceb has the two Cat Valente books pseudomonas has quite a lot of books and I didn't keep a record of exactly which; certainly includes "Red Seas Under Red Skies" and "Snake Agent". Somebody ...
... parry the Bum is similar to an apologetic argument I've seen, whereby the believer says "If you have an unevidenced belief that your senses aren't under the control of the Matrix or of a cartesiandaemon , why not round it off by believing in my religion?" This is an odd argument: the believer mentions beliefs you might doubt if you're a radical sceptic (you'll recall that you risk ...
... gay rights groups. At least one headline I saw read HOT LESBO KISS celebrates equal marriage law ... this refers to two middle-aged, smartly dressed but not conventionally "sexy" female politicians. In other news, I'm mostly offline at the moment, because cartesiandaemon is visiting, and I am overwhelmed with Pesach prep and other urgent stuff, and because my main computer is dying.
...I took a train out to Cambridge and got in to cartesiandaemon 's place at about 8, and got some sleep before ... did not catch, and a later appearance by livredor and cartesiandaemon and the friends with whom they were going to see ... ended up mistiming catching a bus and walking back to cartesiandaemon 's place with mobbsy ; it would not be a Cambridge ...
... City blues is a thumping good story, in spite of technical flaws. Reasons for reading it : cartesiandaemon recommended it, albeit with some reservations. We've mostly run out of books that we ... now, but still like raiding eachother's libraries anyway. How it came into my hands : cartesiandaemon lent it to me. Polar City blues is nothing to write home about; it does the...
... reviews without worrying about spoilers, and hopefully join in the conversation. Circumstances of watching it : cartesiandaemon 's friends T&R invited us to join them to watch the film. We saw... ignorant of the whole superhero genre that it's commenting on, both comics and films. ( cartesiandaemon had to explain some common tropes to me so that I could understand The incredibles...
In brief; hanging out with livredor , meeting cartesiandaemon , and having an afternoon with a whole pile of people in Cambridge was brilliant. Ryanair suck but are bearable and the worst of their annoyances are copable with given planning. Crashed out, mostly, in my uncle's house for a couple of days; went to Galway and saw my sister, which went pretty smoothly; am now in ...
... and surprisingly refreshing week. Weekend with cartesiandaemon , followed by a trip to Edinburgh ... Edinburgh on Monday evening (yay for cartesiandaemon being willing to change plans and ... pretty exhausted after three hours, anyway. cartesiandaemon continued being lovely and supportive, ...two days is exhausting, but having cartesiandaemon there made the whole thing a...
