- January 28, 2026I am reading a book about murder in ancient Rome and it has used both “large adult son” and “chinny reckon” and I am FASCINATED by how these phrases (and others) have been translated not just for North American readers but also into other languages
I realise there are a billion Catholics on the planet but I’m still thinking about the conviction Jacob Elordi had that everyone could hear the capitalisation in his speech, when he was talking about how Guillermo del Toro told him to regard his 10hr makeup time as “The Sacrament” – these thoughts partly brought to us by that one dude I know who has no idea what Advent is
I took part in the RSPB’s #BigGardenBirdWatch, and my top spot was the Blue Tit but I saw fewer Tits than the national average bit.ly/3tgxjGSContent warning:Food
Turns out the disappointing potato letters are greatly improved by applying gravy to them, who knew?
Could have done with Pascal making it through to the duels for my predictor score #FormulaE
I love how you can press the little superscript numbers in an ebook and it takes you right to the footnote and you press it again and it takes you back to where you were readingIn honour of Tolkien’s birthday, Kobo has recommended me 4 books… that I already have.The most delightful thing for me lately, as someone who likes to learn about everything, is that the friends and mutuals I’ve been blessed with over the last 20+ years all know STUFF about THINGS to a high level so I get to enjoy newsletters, blogs, academic papers, books, podcasts etc about it allIt’s been mainly a “watch what’s on regular telly kind of time” #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched[contains quote post or other embedded content]
Extremely looking forward to Christmas curry, we’ve not had leftovers for it after Christmas lunch for some years now and ohhhh I love it
After literally decades of seeing me wear the spooky pyjamas and drink out of mugs emblazoned with all the characters, my Mum has gotten curious enough about The Nightmare Before Christmas to actually watch it.