Boudica Marginalia

Reading, writing, and other things

Category: Fun

  • The oddness of phonetic english

    Last week someone gave me a really unusual book: Edition 11 of Decimal Clasification and Relativ Index by Melvil Dewey. Which is interesting because it is written in phonetic English. …


  • Plugs

    I’m covering some extra work at the moment while we’re temporarily short-staffed. Some of that work has to do with the standardization of plugs. Which turns out to be fascinating.…


  • Bloggy love – Captain Awkward

    Captain Awkward is a an advice blog helping people find the words to have difficult conversations. It has a zero-tolerance policy towards accepting or excusing abuse, micro-aggressions, and generally creepy…


  • I meet the criteria, why aren’t I famous yet?

    Maybe I should finish something?


  • Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

    This charming little book was a gift and is not something I would have picked up for myself. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell is a collection…


  • Not 50 Shades of Grey

    So, loads of people are reading this book which is apparently pornographic fanfic of Twilight. Seeing as Twilight was offensive enough, but not IMHO that badly written, I didn’t want…


  • Thank you hater!

    This is awesome. That is all. (H/T to Dances with Fat for sharing it).


  • What I think I do

    I love a meme. Have I mentioned that? The latest meme I have particularly liked is the ‘What I think I do’ poster. Here are two that apply to me.…


  • Announcing a read of A Dance with Dragons!

    Inspired by Leigh Butler’s fabulous A Read of Ice and Fire blog on Tor.com, I am going to do a chapter by chapter commentary of A Dance with Dragons. When…


  • What I’m currently reading

    I got tagged by Martin at From Sand to Glass to do another book meme. It would be rude not to. The rules are: 1. Take a picture of the…


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