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[ealgylden]

Jan 2004

True enough, but I'm posting it mostly because I like the picture of Phil Ochs.

Feb 2004

Blah blah behind as usual blah blah catching up blah blah stupid never-ending winter don't you know I'm solar-powered blah. Okay. Links!

Mar 2004

Does anyone know any good ways to combat insomnia? (heh, some things never change.- Joan 2005)

April 2004

Century City has been canceled.

May 2004

Gosh, it's been so long since I've posted here that I feel like I should dust the place first or something.

June 2004

Hmph. Teach me to assume that because I have a viable internet connection on one day, I'll have it on the next, too.

July 2004

Hi all! Sorry about vanishing yet again for, what, all of June and half of July (but just think of all that spam you didn't have to read).

Aug 2004

Figures, when I want to post, I can't get the blasted thing to cooperate, and when it actually is working, I'm far too tired and/or lazy to type.

Sep 2004

All righty, the official site is here. The official title is Beowulf and Grendel ("A Love Story." Heh.), and the dragon is indeed Sir Not-Appearing-in-this-Film.

Oct 2004

... alas, no, it's just me. And I'm not here, still. I meant to be, but... Oy, what a week.

Nov 2004

At last we come to it. Normally I love politics, but this campaign has been a joyless, bitter, repellent slog.

Dec 2004

I knew I'd forgotten something in all my nattering about The Librarian yesterday.


From the viewpoint of January 2005 thus far- wow, really quiet spring and summer last year. Only one post each for the whole of May and June. That's kind of depressing, but then, it was a lousy year.





What I Have Just Finished Reading:

Summer Light: A Walk Across Norway, by Andrew Stevenson. Very vivid descriptions, slightly slow, enjoyable overall. Stevenson really loves Norway and it shows.

Mediterranean Street Food, by Anissa Helou. At last! This book has been on my wish list since it came out two years ago. I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but I have a very long list of ones I plan to, and I really like Helou's writing style. She hits a great balance between personal anecdotes, historical background and cultural observation that supports the (very yummy-sounding) recipes well. I think I need to get her books on Moroccan and Lebanese cooking, too.

Love as a Foreign Language, vol. 1, written by J. Torres, pencils by Eric Kim. The first volume of Torres's new graphic novel series. Charming, sadly short, and going right into the stack of graphic novels to be posted about later.

More Home Cooking, by Laurie Colwin. An old favorite. I think I have parts of it memorized by now.


What I Am Currently Reading:

Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco, by Calvin Trillin. Trillin's one of my favorite food writers and essayists, so he gets a head start. But I am enjoying this immensely (after letting it sit in the to-read pile for... a year? Two?). Not something to read if you're hungry.

The Glorious Foods of Greece, by Diane Kochilas. Finally. Another one I've been craving for ages. I've barely started to nibble at it, but so far it looks scholarly, insightful, very complete and tremendously fascinating. Keen!

a stack of Beowulf translations, including Heaney, Rebsamen, Alexander, Raffel, Tinker and Kennedy. And the one I did as an undergrad. *g*


What I Will Be Reading Next:

Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen, by Nicholas Clapp. I really enjoyed Clapp's The Road to Ubar, so I have high hopes.

The Lost Heart of Asia, by Colin Thubron. I've liked Thubron in the past, and I'm interested in the region he travels in this one (the five "Stans"- Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan), so again, high hopes.

American Pie: Slices of Life (and Pie) from America's Back Roads, by Pascale Le Draoulec. Mmmmm, pie. The gods eat pie.

My lists are all light on fiction right now for some reason. I'll probably throw in some Nero Wolfe or something, just for spice.