“He did the Sunday Times crossword in ink.” Who did? You’ll never guess. (Thanks, Luigi.)
Oh, and another thing. I’ll be seeking a new life any day now, thanks to that saucy Bramble Rainbowfly, aka Queen of the Shagbuns.
Your fairy is called Tangle Elfglitter
She is a cheerful sprite.
S...
Over at The Other Place I have ongoing discussions with Luigi (while we wait for the call from G****e) about the differences between momentary measures and long-term trends. He likes the former. I prefer the latter. 1 But when he IMed me to say we our Google-fu was powerful, I had to go over and...
I was going to rant. I was going to rave. I was going to find a voodoo doll of my printer -- or maybe of Photoshop -- and stick pins in it. Because after I had spent a decent amount of time cleaning up a scan and getting it just so on the monitor, when I came to commit to print, the blasted imag...
In the course of my previous couple of posts I faced a huge mystery. Google “what is the proper name for a nun's headdress” and you won‘t be much the wiser. At least, unlike Robert Browning, I know that it isn’t a twat. “Veil” is the best I could come up, thanks to the OED via Google Books.