So, I’ve been logging long hours in front of my notebook lately. The first rule of writing is just to keep your butt in the chair. It’s really half the battle. Right now I’m struggling with wanting to run inside and make a cup of coffee but that’s easily a 5-minute distraction and a big [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Butt-in-Chair
Posted in writing on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Omnivore’s Hundred
Posted in food, fun, tagged meme on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh dear, I’ve started with the memes. Please forgive me. I found this from Chocolate & Zucchini and you know how much I love Clothilde. Or maybe you don’t, but go there and you soon will too. This comes from another great food blog Very Good Taste. The idea is these are the things [...]
Well, you must get up very early in the morning!
Posted in fun, real world, writing on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, I do! This morning I was up by 5:50 AM as the sun here gets up yet earlier. If I remember rightly, there was a good deal of light by 4:00 AM when we first arrived here in January. But, as I reached over and grabbed my notebook and pen, I thought, I can [...]
Year in Review
Posted in life, transformation on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, I’ve been introspective lately–I think life has finally slowed down enough to start actually thinking. My culture shock is a slow simmer now, barely detectable but flashing up again from time to time. And I do have to continually explain where I’m from, why I’m here, and if I like Australia. (The answers: [...]
One more week!
Posted in fun, writing on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Next week is my last full week of work at my day job. Starting Monday, 13 Oct. I go three days a week–Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. I am excited about this. I am the freakin’ Platonic ideal of excited about this.
Today’s Word: Denudation
Posted in writing on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All of these are from progress reports I’m working on:
Denudation
Thermochonology
Pelagic
Cosmogenic
Telemetry
Isotopic
Apatite
Fission track
Clastic
Yum
