November 2007
21 posts
Food issues
The problem about working from home that I discovered today is the lack of quick access to amenities. Whereas in the office there was always someone with an emergency stash of chocolate for moments of panic, when I had a little media-induced freakout earlier today, my quest for comfort through eating was only rewarded with leftover beet salad. A little too worthy, really. So I decided to head to a...
Mozart busts a groove - Times Online →
I saw this last night - it was ACE.
My new office
Today was the first day of the rest of my career: as a fulltime freelancer, working from home. Happily, I actually have quite a bit of work to do, but unhappily - as anticipated - I find the lack of colleagues troubling because I have no one to make tea for or to tell jokes to. “I have no one to tell jokes to!” I said to my friend S. “I need to get a dog.” “Dogs...
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America 2011 | Review | The Observer →
Tak
For someone who hasn’t lived in the US for eight years, I have certainly doggedly adhered to the tradition of Thanksgiving dinner - I’ve never missed one, although my last year in college I believe we dined on fish in a touristy restaurant in Montreal’s Old Port. But still! Special fish! In honour of Thanksgiving! Anyway, it has become something of an annual tradition for me to...
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“…and probably no one would ever be mad about her, really mad, and shoot...”
– Alfred Hayes, In Love, an amazing, odd, wonderful little old book
Grab and twist
This morning I went with my friend C and her friend T to take a self-defence class, taught by C’s excellent kickboxing teacher. I’m not sure how I feel about self-defence training. The only other exposure I have had to it was in high school: one day in my junior year, all of the girls in my gym class were herded into the wrestling gym, where we were led by a retired military character,...
Exploits
Dutch man on tube platform: You're a journalist? Let me give you my number, and then you can write about my adventures!
Me: Thanks, but I'm okay - I have my own adventures.
What's wrong with homeopathy, by Ben Goldacre |... →
Ben Goldacre is a hero.
“I would be more troubled by sexist comments from people who aren’t...”
– My brilliant mother
Behold them, reader, and despair | By genre |... →
Best book review ever? I love how he goes mad at the end.
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Patter
The highlight of my day was watching my friend S, a photojournalist, in action on a photo shoot for a small piece we’re doing together. S is a bit of a livewire - utterly hilarious, grumpy and occasionally apt to say rather inappropriate things in social situations. What I was amazed by today was his application of photographic patter that closely mimicked the tone and syntax of a...
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What is it about public transport that so often begets love?
“What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger!”
– B, my courageous flatmate, in reference to our broken dishwasher
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CPH
Back this morning from a weekend in Copenhagen – it was my first Scandinavian jaunt, and certainly met expectations, from the lanky flaxen-haired hunks to the fleece blankets at the outdoor cafes to encourage continental-style al fresco dining despite the fact that it was cold enough to be kitted out in a full complement of winter accessories. Oh, and couples holding hands while riding...