On Vox: Blah, humbug!
I’ve just crawled into bed with my laptop and a warm glass of cola. I am suffering from the worst case of indigestion in the history of the world, and all I had for lunch was half a sandwich and…
Archive for November, 2006
On Vox: Penance post #3: A quote
Taken from Sarah Pomperoy’s most excellent work the ‘Goddess, Whores, Wives and Slaves’:”Plutarch gives the additional information that, according to the regulations of Romulus, only the husband could initiate a divorce, and then only on the grounds that his wife…
On Vox: Ouch!
I was manhandled in yoga class this evening into headstand. There I was quite happily hanging out in the prepare position (modified downward dog with forearms on the floor) when the over eager substitute teacher made a bee line for…
On Vox: Penance post #2: Sometimes I need saving from myself
I am annotating my yoga mat with key dates from Roman history. Why I hear you ask because my exams are five months away (FIVE months away people, practically next week when you think about it) and I need to…
On Vox: Filmround
I may not have been able to read a novel in the last two months but I have managed to go to the pictures six times – The Prestige, The Queen, Death of a President, Borat, Casino Royale and Running…
On Vox: Bedside reading
Nothing would please me more than to sink my teeth into a juicy novel, particularly a who dunnit-like. The new Rebus would be grand or a James Bond adventure from Ian Flemming or perhaps I could try a Maise Dobbs…
On Vox: Wrapping up warm
Spent part of today Goldilocksing about town on the hunt for the perfect padded coat. Has to be a coat and not a “bum-freezer” jacket, even though there appear to be more options for the latter as Nike Town had…
On Vox: All’s well that ends well
I am tried. I started cooking at 9am and pretty much stayed in the kitchen till we ate at 5-ish. I am confused how Alex – who slept later than me and wasn’t on his feet in the kitchen grating,…
On Vox: Shredded chicken
I have survived running the pre-Thanksgiving grocery gauntlet. We have enough food to feed a small Roman legion and I even managed not to loose it over sweet potatoes in Whole Foods. I had a crisis of root vegetables, some…
On Vox: Four and a half days
I am counting down the hours to the long weekend like the ungrateful vacation starved ex-pat that I am. Despite the cleaning and cooking ahead of me I have grand plans to be chained to my desk and to get…