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In a few Dickens novels, and also a couple of other 19th Century English novels, the end involves a marriage and also, often, the distribution of a large amount of property. Many times, the heroine is gifted with her very own cottage (or even full-blown manor).
I deserve such a cottage! I am the heroine of my own story, aren’t I? So where’s my benfactor? I know, I know, this is the 21st Century. I suppose I have to be my own benefactor.
My Dickensian cottage sits on a decently sized plot of land. I also think that one should be able to bike into the nearest town, so it can’t be more than 5-10 miles away. The kitchen is on the ground floor, and opens, typically enough, onto a kitchen garden with all kinds of herbs and things that don’t grow well in Texas. Because, you know, it’s in England. It’s made of stone or brick, and has a high peaky roof and at least two chimneys. Upstairs would be home to the bedroom (with a fireplace in it) and the bath and a small sitting room, while downstairs would house the large kitchen ( complete with huge tables, coutertops, and an honest-to-god cooking fireplace, not to mention a complete stainless brewing setup and a stone oven), library (again with fireplace) and dining area. I suppose there’d have to be a laundry/utility room and some storage. Guest quarters would be nice, too. Maybe those could go upstairs.
I’m currently taking any offers of cottages any wandering Dickensian benefactor might wish to bestow on me. Anyone who wants to give me a cottage would have an open invitaton there, and I would treat him or her to a full Dickensian meal as outlined by Cedric Dickens in his book Dining With Dickens. Hehehehe.
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The Way the Future Blogs, an online memoir by science fiction writer Frederik Pohl » Blog Archive » My Worst Prediction Ever: Corporate Leisure Time
He’s intelligent, insightful, and admits when he was wrong… what a guy! Oh yeah and there is still all that groundbreaking Sci-Fi he wrote to be considered.
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I was chastised this weekend for not updating the blog, but all I could come up with was a really good recipe for pulled pork in the crockpot. I posted it on my recipe blog.
I also added my other “in progress” beer. I will try to think of something interesting to post tomorrow or Thursday. I like to do things on Thursdays because I don’t have to teach in the evening.
Hmm. When I start thinking about my own beer recipes, will I have to put them in the recipe blog or in this one? Neither of them even have a “beer” category! What a travesty! A travesty, I tell you! Anyway, I’m a long way off from making my own beer recipes.
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I got an email on the Austin Zealots‘ Yahoo group today. (The Zealots are a local hombrewing club here in Austin, and a great bunch of people.) A member was expressing his disappointment with the contents of this article:
Austin home to a few good brewpubs
I read the article, and went to reply on the list, but as usual I waxed verbose and was forced to move my opinions to a forum in which I (mostly) reign supreme. I did this to avoid spamming the list with my copious rants and opinions. I’m sure people everywhere are grateful I have my own website.
In short, I share the disappointment of my fellow Zealot. Allow me to elaborate. Continue reading Establish Your Writing Authority
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No really, I am. Now, this is going to seem a lot like some of my friends’ experiences when we were younger. I had friends who “came out” to us, their friends, and we all said, “Oh, really? You think we didn’t know already?” And I think anyone who has known me for, oh, five minutes or so, will have a similar reaction.
But I find it necessary here, to make some kind of public announcement. I’m a big nerd. I like to do nerdy things. I thought that as I got older and/or made more time to really look at my life and my interests, I would somehow find more “adult” and “sophisticated” versions of the favorite activities of my younger years. To some extent, it’s been true. I am able to do things now that I wasn’t able to do when I was younger. So what do I do with my time now that I have a little money and I have finally reconciled myself to the fact that I do have more time, and that’s ok? [editor's note: This is a very long entry. It is also very self-absorbed on my part. You have been warned.]
Continue reading I’m Coming Out
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I don’t really expect anyone of my acquaintance to have read these things.
That being said, the author seems hugely successful. I was just curious because her vampires, fairies, and other creatures seem to inhabit a section of the country I’ve tried all my life to escape. If someone has read these, can you please tell me how accurate the depiction of North Lousiana is? If it’s accurate, why the hell, if you’re a powerful vampire or whatever, don’t you go to California or New York or at least New Orleans, like in the Concrete Blonde song?
Ok, so I realize that after Katrina (that bitch) that a lot of people fled North. But if you’re a vampire, who has powers and stuff, wouldn’t you go somewhere, oh, I dunno, cool? Interesting? With better food? Oh wait, you’re a vampire, and they don’t eat. Okay, forget about the food part. But maybe better tailors and shopping? Vampires always seem to have the best tailors.
Someone solve the mystery for me!
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Girl Genius is the best online comic ever! I would have a great little graphic here but my website is experiencing technical difficulties. These difficulties are probably due to a component error between the chair and the keyboard and will be rectified when I figure out what I did wrong.
In the meantime, I want to tell you about Girl Genius.
Thought I forgot, did you?
A student at Transylvania Polygnostic University, Agatha Clay seems to be your average beautiful but clumsy underdog of science. She’s orphaned, ignored, and seems to have a painful version of ADHD. The universe is created in the Steampunk genre, so you get the Victorian underwear and the more elaborate Rube Goldberg type technology. What could be better? Magic and Science combined. Oh wait. and the best scientists are also a bit… well… MAD! Mad, I tell you! Oh, yeah, and the art is nothing short of fantastic. Fantastic, I tell you!
It should be noted that I have only reached volume three. I have to read the rest of it. You should too.
Ta.
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I have updated this website to WordPress 2.7 and also installed the “Subscribe to Comments” plugin. Now you can leave a comment and be notified if someone replies! Nifty, huh?
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It’s not what you’re thinking.
I have a plan. If I start knitting now, By Christmas 2009 I can have 12 pairs of socks knitted. That could mean that 12 lucky people would get handknit socks for Christmas! On the list so far are 3 people. That leaves 9 slots open for sock-a-mania 2009.
If you are interested, please contact me via email or my contact form on this website. I will need color preferences and foot length from toe to heel. If you want, you can even buy your own sock yarn and send it to me. I would love to get responses from this and I think it could be really fun and interesting.
Oh, and Happy New Year, Y’all!
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