Posts under ‘Miscellanea’

Okay, so here’s the thing. This summer is busy beyond all reason.
It’s like this: graduate, quit job, find job, work, camp, new niece, camp bus falls off the highway (seriously), back from camp, work, more camp, back from camp, work, travel, more travel, camp again maybe, other camp after that maybe, BAM! September. (For those [...]

I’m off for a week, here:

For some of this:

With some of these:

I love girls’ camp.
Be good while I’m gone. There’s food in the fridge and grandma has an extra key. Oh, and try not to break anything. I’ll be back next Saturday.

Here’s a confession: I get kind of ridiculously excited when books mention and/or are set in Canada. Not the CanLit type of books set in Canada — where everything is ostentatiously Canadian, the kind of books that teachers like to thrust at you with crazy eyes, proclaiming that yes, we do have a literary culture [...]

I would like to present to you, the internet, some handy tips for correcting errors I see — all too frequently! — when I am reading your blogs or your tweets or your comments. This is not directed at anyone in particular; I speak of general evils.
Homonym abuse is the problem. Homonyms — words that [...]

This book was sent to me for review by the ever-patient TJ at Planned TV Arts, so long ago that I am frankly embarrassed just to remember when it was, never mind to actually tell you. The fact that I’m reviewing an ARC and the book has been out on shelves since last October [...]

Happy April, everybody. Let’s look at what brought you here last month.
“i’ll start purging at school” Honey, don’t. You’re not going to keep it a secret there, either, and you’re not doing yourself any favours. Eating disorders — what I assume this is about — are a nasty business. You can find more information here.
stroke [...]

What I wrote in my paper proposal:
The answers to these questions will serve to further our knowledge of Jack London and his particular interpretation of Darwinism, as portrayed in The Sea Wolf. They will also enhance our understanding and appreciation of London’s novel as a carefully constructed social statement, as well as an excellent seafaring [...]

Every once in a while I like to take a look at the search terms people are using to get to this site. As usual, they are full of wackitude. Please enjoy some recent search terms, with brief commentary appended.
benazir bhutto in swiming pool haha, what? Some kink I don’t know about?
boy rotating He must [...]