Sometimes birds look at windows and see the reflection of the sky. Which is unfortunate, because they then think they can fly through the glass… The result can be a dead bird, or one with a very, very bad migraine. … Continue reading
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There was a computer technician in the house tonight for over two hours, trying to get my brand new modem and broadband connection up and running. He failed. Do you get the idea that I am jinxed? … Continue reading
TMnet is the name of my IP which supposedly provides internet connection. I haven’t worked out what the “IP” actually does stand for in the real world, but it is not internet provider, not on a permanent basis. They provide … Continue reading
UPDATE: see here. Microsoft are in my good books again… So there I am this morning, typing away, just 50 pages from the end of the final (I hope) major revision of book 1 in the Random Rain Cycle. And … Continue reading
I just had to do this again, because some of you are just soooo weird. People often get to this blog by googling. Obviously, it’s usually by googling my name or the title of one of my books. Other than … Continue reading
Remember that final few days holiday we had before we left Sabah? Well, I didn’t post all the pix, so here are some more. Banggi island is just south of the Philippines, at the far northern tip of Borneo. Picture … Continue reading
Interested in finding out just how good your vocab is? (Alma, this one is definitely for you. If you can’t do better than me, no one can….) Try this site: http://www.freerice.com/ Best of all, for every word you get right, … Continue reading
This post is inspired by Karen Miller’s blog the other day, when she said how she loves getting the flats for a book. (That’s the cover, already printed, without the inner pages.) She put her latest in a frame on … Continue reading
This has been around for a bit (erroneously supposed to have been composed and sung by Julie Andrews on her 69th birthday). I am somewhat younger than that, but right now – feeling as sick as I do – it … Continue reading
Sorry for being offline so long – phone troubles, coupled with a bout of food poisoning of unknown origin that you really don’t want to hear about. Moreover,I have a project paper due on Monday. And I was in the … Continue reading