Laurabelle’s Blog

So we're going to war Real Soon Now. Although Bush talks about Saddam's leaving the country, I think Kevin is right. Even supposing that he's willing to exile himself, where's he supposed to go? So he won't leave, and that means we're going to war. Ironically I went to two peace protests yesterday at Green [...]

Yesterday Maggie said her browser (Netscrape 4 on SunOS) was borking on text/xml. So I tried to fix that and, of course, managed to break things that were working before. Phoenix at least seemed to be loading the site normally, but IE was displaying raw XML, and it didn't seem to have any content-type at [...]

I'm having a lovely, lazy morning. It's gorgeous to have nothing I Have To Do urgently, to be able to sleep as late as I want without guilt, to read the comics, to curl up in a chair, still in pajamas, with oatmeal and a fleece blanket. Horace seems to have caught the bug, too, [...]

Dorothea wrote an interesting article about methods of foreign-language instruction which has brought my thoughts back in that direction, after a couple of years of abandonment. As my friends know, I speak, read, and write French, German, and English, not just conversationally but academically as well. Though I am somewhat out of practice, I was [...]

The Bermuda Triangle: Gotta catch 'em all. Fnord.

Self-confidence is not surety of success but ability to cope with failure. Just thought you'd like to know.

I haven't written anything for the past few days because there hasn't been much to write. Heck, I haven't even had time to read other blogs. The quarter is over at the end of this week, all my work is due, and for better or worse I will be a less-stressed woman as of Friday. [...]

I just got home from the St. Bunstable/Porte de l'Eau Day of Dance/Winter Maskerade. It was smashing fun. I put on my plain garb at home, fixed my hair for the evening, and wore it on the bus, complete with draped headdress, which drew funny looks from bus drivers and other mundanes. I think they [...]

For years I've been meaning to read Mary Stewart's Arthurian novels, and then this fall The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, and The Last Enchantment practically fell into my lap in used bookstores. (How could I not give them a loving home?) I finished The Crystal Cave last night. I'm kind of disappointed to find [...]

Over Christmas, when my family was moving Grandmama to Dallas, my father told me that my cousin Allison was a better person to accompany Grandmama in the car because she is a good comforter. I can do it if I need to, but she's better. I think that's a fair assessment, but I'm growing up [...]