I know: I can’t spell anything ‘right’ anymore. With or without U, I can’t live… er, spell. And since I’ve been working on Old Norse again, everything looks quite possibly as if it might be right as long as it’s phonetically sound. I’m always stopping as I write something on the board in my classes,…
Category: Britain
Re-Imagining the Olympics
The 2012 Olympics are over. If you weren’t in the UK you might not have been aware of just how transformative these two weeks were. That I’m even talking about it is evidence enough. Like many of my geek and writer friends I’ve often found myself in the position of fighting against the popular attention…
The Maltman
Happy birthday to my big brother, Steve! Wandering the Howff again, trolling for material I suppose as always. That’s what I do all the time. You know that by now, don’t you? That’s what writers do: absorb everything and turn it sideways and fit it into stories. You have to turn it slant, as Emily…
Tuesday’s Overlooked A/V: Penda’s Fen
Big birthday wishes to my li’l brother, Bertie. He wouldn’t want me posting a picture that was not pre-approved or artfully touched up, so I will refrain from posting that pouty school photo from when he was about seven… Much as I might be tempted. Today’s overlooked A/V owes a big thanks to Mr B,…
Reviews: Harry Nilsson/King’s Speech/True Grit
I have no doubt about the finest film I saw last year this past year: hands down, it was Winter’s Bone. I’ve heard people carp about how “accurate” it was, especially people who felt it portrayed their part of the world unflatteringly. I don’t know — there’s plenty of areas like that, even here in…
Back in Black
I lie — I’m wearing grey at present, but how could I miss the opportunity to put a bad AC/DC tune in your head (okay, it’s not that bad). Seems like LoudTwitter gave up the ghost the last couple days, so you missed fabulous tidbits like: Kate Laity fell up steps Thameside, but did not…
K. A. Laity 