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Con-withdrawal

*SIGH* So many people have gone to Conflux this year. I hope you’re all having a fantastic time! Post photos! You know you want to. It’s starting to look like I might be able to afford to go to conventions again next year. I hope so. I miss it. *SIGH*

Gardening post

The wonderful Rabia Gale has been pestering harassing gently reminding me to post some more gardening photos. So here we are 🙂 The garden is coming along. It’s slowed down by my lack of money and dedicated gardening time, but it has turned out to be a wonderful hobby, getting me out into the sunshine, …

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PIR

I have had a rather bitter post about the Productivity Commission and their recommendation to remove restrictions on the parallel importation of books in Australia sitting in my drafts folder for a while now. Today I deleted it. Because we don’t need bitterness — even if we may feel it — at the moment. We …

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Sad day

So, apparently David Eddings has passed away. This makes me so sad. When I was much (much) younger, had just devoured Tolkien and wanted more, I picked up The Diamond Throne from a shelf in the local library, and became an addict.

Star Trek

I agree with this review. Except I am a lot less forgiving. Stay the f**k away from The Dark Tower, J J. Stay away.