Tag Archives: TV

A Hustle moment and some links

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Cora

At school today, I was practicing asking for and giving directions with the kids. First we used a practice map of a made-up town stuffed full with all sorts of interesting places to go and then the London tube map. … Continue reading →

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Some TV Linkage

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Cora

I’m a little tired and don’t have much time today, so have some TV-related linkage instead: Salon has a terribly condescending article about half of Sweden watching a particular Disney holiday special every year on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. … Continue reading →

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Just some links

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Cora

It’s still very cold and didn’t even get any higher than minus eight degrees or so all day long. Still snowing, too. There’s perhaps been another three centimeters or so of snow over night. What is more, I was away … Continue reading →

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Snowpocalypse Now

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Cora

Today was another clear and fairly sunny day, though if the weather forecasts are to be believed, the next snowpocalypse will be hitting us tomorrow. Here, it will start snowing early in the morning, perhaps even during the night (though … Continue reading →

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Watching TV with Kids and Writing Links

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Cora

No new snow today, at least in my part of the country, just enduring frost. Since this is the last week of school before the Christmas holidays, I’m watching English language films with the kids. Most of the time, I … Continue reading →

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On this day…

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Cora

On this day, December 9th, in 1983, I first got to see more than just a few glimpses of Star Wars. That’s the reason why December 9th will always be an important date to me. However, a lot of other … Continue reading →

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Stuff Kids Say

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Cora

At school today, my students talked about St. Nicholas Day and the treats and presents they got. I told them that Kinder Surprise eggs were banned in the US, which completely boggled their minds. One boy: “You mean, guns are … Continue reading →

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Urban Fantasy and Fandom Hate

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Cora

No, I’m not talking about SFF fandom’s hate for urban fantasy, though that would be a whole post in itself. Checking my stats today, I discovered a couple of referrals from a site I did not know, all linking to … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Linkdump

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Cora

I’m very busy with all sorts of work-related things today, so here’s yet another linkdump post, mainly writing related. From the Book View Cafe: How to write a romance novel by Marissa Day Jim van Pelt detects some unexpected parallels … Continue reading →

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Links – mainly TV-related

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Cora

I’m still playing around with the appearance of the site and added a few plugins. Hereby, I have found the plugins developed by fellow German Nicolas Kuttler very useful and easy to customise. What is more, I have also added … Continue reading →

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