“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...

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I first came across Kiva in early January 2007. I had read a blog post about a woman in Africa who wanted a mini-mill to help grind millet.¹ I thought, well, that's not hard, and I know, from the day job, what an effective investment it could be. I'll send her the money. And so I looked for onli...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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