Oh, the temptation…
People are mean. I know I´ve said this a bit too often, but I really am busy. I´ve spent my Saturday trying to find out why rubeanic acid reacts with acetone to develop chromatograms of Ni, Cu and Co solutions. And I´ve only found answers in a freaky German book from 1859. I think I … Read more
Actual books
I´ve got other stuff I´d like post here first, but- Can I just say something? I realise being able to download books into my phone/tablet/whatever would make life a whole lot easier for me (not just cheaper, several books I want to read simply don´t get here) and that that´s the solution given by most … Read more
Three Super Awesome Inventions
There comes a time in a person’s life where she just needs to stand up and ask for help – in my case, after researching on about five different inventions/discoveries and not really finding what I need. So I hereby, humbly, ask for HELP! I need to write about three significant discoveries/inventions for society and … Read more
The fault…
…is mine and I’ll put it where ever I want. (“A culpa é minha e eu coloco ela em quem eu quiser”) Or something like that. I was convinced it was a line from Zaphod Beeblebrox, Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxies, but I can’t find it anywhere. I miss Zaphod. I feel guilty not putting anything … Read more
Old friends meet again
I don’t remember ever being so excited about a match, or so heartbroken about a family reunion, or so upset about my super awesome broomstick being taken away. Last year I started rereading the Harry Potter books for that reason – I’d forgotten. The first three books were read to me more than 10 years … Read more
Poor Dudu
I’ve got a stuffed dog named Dudu, who has been my loyal bedside table guest and companion for every trip I have taken in the last… 12 years? Something like that. During that time, I think he was washed… once? Maybe twice. Which means he has been dusty for years. And for years I have … Read more
Twenties Girl
(I´m sorta skipping class here, be proud.) If you´re anything like me, if you read the back cover to Twenties Girl (Sophie Kinsella) you won´t want to actually read it. It says it´s a ghost story. A contemporary ghost story. Not particularly fond of them. But I didn´t even glance at the description when I saw it … Read more
Miscellaneous
Ends of holidays always end up being more productive than the rest of it, don´t they? I´m halfway through a really fun read by Sophie Kinsella, “Twenties Girl”, which I found at a second hand shop last year and had forgotten all about it. I know it´s kind of difficult not to like Sophie Kinsella … Read more
Spreading the Meg Cabot fever
I’ve started what? 3 or 4 books over this last month and completed zero. Which means not only moping for me, but no reviews for a blog that was supposed to be all review-y and push me to read more. Fail. But this weekend I went out with my little cousin, which is a rare … Read more
City’s font identity
I bumped into this while go through my Bulk mail (why does Gmail insist on keeping stuff from me?), through Good.is . I’d loove if my city took this up. Around the world, only a few hundred people make a living as fulltime typeface designers. Two of them happen to live in Chattanooga, Tennessee, population 167,000, … Read more
