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Dragonriders of Pern Series
I absolutely devoured these books back in the day. She's a great writer. I loved her Damia series too.
JoHarrington, on 02/24/2014
The Truth Behind the Legend of the Tower of London Ravens
This is fascinating. I especially enjoyed Boria Sax's being a stickler about checking the source documents -- careers have been made from doggedly tracing backward to originals.
Also intriguing is the underlying potentiality of a transplanted ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/24/2014
One Hundred Pages on Wizzley: Enjoy the Journey Because the Destination Approaches Anyway
JoHarrington, Thank you! Time flies when you're having fun, doesn't it? These past five months have flown, not too fast, but oftentimes just right -- if time had been a little slower, though, I could have written more! :-) Actually, the spate of ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/24/2014
Sailors' Valentines Shell Art
Dustytoes, Sailors' valentines have fascinated me since childhood. They are so aesthetic and so intricate that it almost does not seem possible that human hands, especially sailors' well-developed hands, could make them. The precision of their ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/24/2014
One Hundred Pages on Wizzley: Enjoy the Journey Because the Destination Approaches Anyway
Dustytoes, Thank you! Me, too, I agree that it's nice that Shirley Temple shares in my milestone.
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/24/2014
How Working Together Can Stretch Household Budgets
I will look at what I I have,Jo, but you have given me something to think about. I might write something that fits the theme.
frankbeswick, on 02/24/2014
Giant Microbes Gifts Us Cuddly Viruses and Plush Toy Contagions
Might be. But as at least one colleague has a cold at any given time, thanks to dealing with so many patients in a day, the common cold virus is undoubtedly the most appropriate.
Guest, on 02/24/2014
Inexpensive Gay Pride Wedding Rings (Or Engagement Rings for Gay Couples)
Working in a hospital adminstrative division gives me a whole new viewpoint on health and safety. My colleagues are all in clinical short sleeve whites or surgical greens. I can get away with long sleeves as long as I am not on front line ...
Guest, on 02/24/2014
How Working Together Can Stretch Household Budgets
I'm a rhubarb head too, don't worry about that...my ideal garden would have rhubarb, courgettes, potatoes, carrots, cauliflower and broccoli in it. Maybe I should clear out the big urns this year and instead of getting bedding plants, try to ...
Guest, on 02/24/2014
16 Celebrities Who You May Not have Known are Deaf in One Ear
Or heading outside to have a sneaky fag (in your case) and a drink (in mine) so we can face the next onslaught? That must be how some of these celebs cope, I'm sure.
Guest, on 02/24/2014
Women and Children First? Titanic and the Suffragettes
Nor is anyone else, because I know we could meet the guys on their territory and maybe even beat them too, in some areas. I don't know whether it's to stop gay couples competing specifically, but I'm wondering if it's to allow the man to show a ...
Guest, on 02/24/2014
Will Australian Law-Makers Spin Trouble for Jagex?
Last year I started chatting to Singaporean interests about Runescape and social gaming gambling. Thank you Melvin Tan of Corporate Relations Division in the Ministry of Home Affairs. For some reason I've images of Harry Potter now.
It was a ...
Fargy, on 02/24/2014
Have Brussels Sprouts for Breakfast Some Days. Here’s Why
I've always been reading, just not commenting. I've also been writing in the background so you'll have some articles to read when I finally get around to posting them!
Guest, on 02/24/2014
10 More Celebrities Who You Might Not Know Have Single-Sided Hearing
Wow! That is a serious workload that you have there. Good luck with it all. :)
JoHarrington, on 02/24/2014
10 More Celebrities Who You Might Not Know Have Single-Sided Hearing
And I'm happy to be left to my own devices for now. I have a deadline of June to chase, process and upload 800 documents (200 of which I have found so far), which have to be approved by the relevant authorisation bodies before they can be ...
Guest, on 02/24/2014