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This is the second half of lines to make you smile (according to the subject heading) I posted previously from my inbox. Feel free to react :) 1. The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson. 2. Consciousness: that annoying time between naps. 3. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again? 4. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it! 5. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up. 6. Procrastinate Now! 7. A hangover is the wrath of grapes. 8. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance. 9. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere! 10.They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken. 11. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD. 12. A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory.. 13. I smile because I don't know what the hell is going on. Megan and Janet host Thursday Thirteen. Click here for more lists or to join.

These lines to make you smile (according to the subject heading) arrived via email. I'm putting up half of them this week. So then I can enjoy the rest of my temporary brain death for another week. Feel free to react :) 1. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't. 2. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it. 3. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them. 4. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke. 5. Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive. 6. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me 7. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. 8. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe. 9. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are just missing. 10. Out of my mind.. Back in five minutes. 11. Consciousness: that annoying time between naps. 12. God must love stupid people; He made so many. 13. The gene pool could use a little chlorine. For more Thursday Thirt

Write From Karen For starters, I'd like some milk and whiskey.... A muscle towed my brow upward. "We are talking fine dining, people, and I want you all to go international," I announced to a group of Marketing majors last Sunday. These are what I fancied from their presentation: 1. Red mullet and skordalia (Greek) 2. Salmon sashimi with avocado (Japanese) 3. Braised halibut provencal (French) 4. Chargrilled prawns with lemongrass, tomatoes and coconut (Malaysian) 5. Lamb Steak with tequila and chilli (Mexican) 6. Veal roast with aromatic herbs and potatoes (Italian) 7. Roast mutton with red currant jelly (English) 8. Vermicilli with oyster mushrooms and king prawns (Vietnamese) 9. Somboon crab curry (Thai) 10. Chicken chow mien (Chinese American) 11. Barbecued lamb cutlets with mango and coriander salsa (African) 12. Bulalo (Filipino) 13. Paella vegetarian (Spanish) Never again will I go to work with an empty stomach . Megan and Janet host Thursday Thirteen . Click here

Write From Karen Yahoo Business listed books as some of the things you shouldn't buy brand new. I don't recall ever buying a second-hand book; thought I'd explore a used book shop down Sukhumvit this weekend. It's been awhile since I read any biography and these titles piqued my interest: 1. Samuel Beckett by Deirdre Blair 2. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Lee Laurie 3. For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming & James Bond by Ben MacIntyre 4. J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter by Marc Shapiro 5. Jane Austen and Leisure by David Selwyn 6. His Eye is on the Sparrow by Ethel Waters 7. Into my own: the English Years of Robert Frost by John E. Walsh 8. Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche 9. All God's Dangers by Theodore Rosengarten 10. Karl Marx: a life by Francis Wheen 11. Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel 12. Leonardo da Vinci: heights of the mind by Charles Nicholl 13. Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize by Peter Doherty ( It do

When I feel like passing out attacking terrene everyday-ness, I turn to classical music. These things dance in my mind as the first strain goes off: 1. film scores 2. those childhood piano lessons 3. Europe 4. killer essay exams 5. pregnancy and babies 6. orchestra 7. Math and Science 8. relaxation 9. plenary halls 10. qualitative research analysis 11. humming to self 12. appealing quaintness 13. being at peace with the world What are your associations with classical music? ~ header from Samulli / click here for more T13 ~

Write from Karen Ever wondered how a bunch of university instructors absorb themselves during a meeting? Scenario: three languages; four age groups, five ranks, philosophies as varied as the total number of wrinkles of everyone in attendance and a common bottomline: pay. Some suffer burnout, others are eager for showtime one minute and ready to bite the academic dust the next, while the rest look forward to hearing the meeting is adjourned. A foreign few had to sit quiet through untranslated speeches. They interact via notes - 1. Crap. Syllabus doesn't match the book. Computer nerdery got messed up or who do we talk to about this? 2. Ah there goes conceptual thinking. Look at the powerpoint 3. I'm so sick of being professionally stagnant. 4. Business guys are paid $$ more per hour than the humanoids in Humanities .... 5. That's fair. 6. ... watched Sex and the City last night. It was funny but soon I was no longer laughing at the film... seatmates had to read the subtitle

Gradschool, Communication Theory class: we were grilled on the application of theories in everything at every turn. When trouble erupted in Thailand's Muslim south, we were required to analyze it using a communication theory. A major newspaper editor was fired and we set about combing pages for a theory that would best explain the circumstances around the sacking. Thank God Bangkok U has already released me or I will have been wondering which theory would explain the ongoing Red Shirt protests. I remember some of these theories (#3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12), and as I'm drafting a theoretical framework this week I have to consult texts which makes it easy for me to come up with my T13 today. Which ones are relevant to your experiences? 1. Critical theories a group of theories that seek to produce change in oppressive and otherwise undesirable practices and structures in society 2. Critical race theory examines how laws and legal institutions construct race and uses race as a critical

Do written signs have an impact on you? They must have on me as they recur from time to time. The first twelve of these signs are some I remember from MVC, a boarding college my parents sent me to. Situated on a hill and nicknamed The Hilltop, it is puritan, replete with angels and demons . I loved and hated that place. But signs, here we go: 1. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life ~ in the Music department. I did an entire summer job there pounding pianos for voice students 2. There is Math in your future ~ this has proven useful to me now 3. Reading maketh a full man ~ library obviously 4. Come out of here my people ~ looks like a line from the Bible. Occupants of the room where this sign was posted were male Theology majors. Boxer shorts hung on their ceiling during Open House, a once-a-term event when ladies and gents are allowed inside each other's residence rooms 5. Don't get mad. Get even ~ etched almost inconspicously on the wall of a tiny room

In York I was inwardly moaning that I could not join a ghost walk because I could not stand the cold. I missed viewing 13th century manuscripts because the tour ran out of time. So these 13 things I love about what I did not miss in that lovely city had better make up: 1. Guy Fawkes hotel . Although having a large portrait of England's catholic restorationist in my room was eerie, the four poster was cozy 2. Historic breakfast . It's served adjacent to the cottage where Guy Fawkes was born 3. Room with a view . The window is like a picture frame into which part of northern Europe's largest cathedral fits 4. York Minster : massive, magnificent, enough said. 5. Staring awed at the Five Sisters , reputed to be among the finest and rarest in the world. 6. Evensong . Beckoned in by the vesper chime, I quietly joined other worshippers for a bit of spiritual exercise 7. Minster choir . As voices rose to the spires, so swarmed gooseflesh from my gloved fingers to my shivering

Bucolic is listed on Dr Goodword's alphaDictionary as one of the most beautiful words in English. I typed it on google images and as I strayed, like I usually allow myself to when leisurely searching, I was led to words that reflect concepts appealing to me: 1. eclogue 2. denouement 3. cynosure 4. pianoforte 5. palimpsest 6. onomatopoeia 7. riparian 8. inglenook 9. petrichor 10. lilt 11. arcadian 12. vintage 13. Jenny what else but my idol Jane Austen's nickname :-) Share your Thursday Thirteen list with Megan and Janet .

Random reads I spent some time on this week: 1. Right in your kitchen Inexpensive yet for optimum health, foods one should eat everyday are leafy greens, whole grains, nuts, yohgurt and onions 2. Red shirts march to US embassy in Bangkok Sabotage or no sabotage and whether the Thai premier steps down or not, I hope protesters' demands don't escalate to the airport again or my out-of-town trips are soo affected 3. Fashion police at the 2010 Oscars They point out what's hideous, outrageous, precocious, precious or atrocious. It's entertaining to keep knowing. 4. Salespeople and insurance you don't need A summary of money-saving tips 5. Out of the Crooked Timber An academic blog (which is no longer updated but) I visit for its archives 6. Screamy window Gwrych Castle. A dose of charmingly eerie stuff 7. Workplace attitudes Avoid toxic co-workers 8. Shooting location tours Feel what it must have been like. I'm interested in the Anne Shirley, Sound of Music, Harry Po

Talk of wondering how did a face take form. You look at the hair and you remember that you've forgotten it is not cement. I first came across paper sculpture from those regular emails sent by a friend. As I looked at one after another I got more curious and wondered who is the talent behind this amazing work. So off to Google I searched and found this: "The Eckmans (Allen and Patty) are the inventors of this process and the Eckman Method® of Cast Paper Sculpture is a trade mark of theirs alone. Since 1988 Patty and Allen have developed and perfected the medium of cast paper far beyond any other artist in the world. Their work is considered to be the premier of the industry by many critics." ( source ) This art has been around for awhile (1988), but it's never too late to appreciate and enjoy beautiful things. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Megan and Janet host Thursday Thirteen. Click here for more lists or to join.

One thing I'm trying to control about my reading habit is succumbing to the temptation of buying more books than I can carry in my luggage when it's time to move to a permanent place. The bookcase I got is space-limited, city-ish. My hoarder instinct makes it a major object in my daydreams: ship the contents home when I'm finally through with Bangkok. header by Samulli ; click here for more lists These are book(s) in my bookcase I read: ...devour more like 1. Harry Potter 1-7 by JK Rowling passage by passage 2. A Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren in less than 4 hours 3. Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown to satisfy my curiosity 4. Empty Promises Vol. 7 and other true cases by Ann Rule to pass the time away 5. Prince Charming: The John F. Kennedy Story by Wendy Leigh for entertainment 6. The Complete Neurotic by Charles A. Monagan 7. You Don't Say I forgot the author but it's about identifying people who should be credited for famous quotations we know, like

Orphans, governesses, novels and novelists. And yeah, an erring vicar's wife. What else... oh, beautiful, charming countryside scenes galore! These are stills from some of my favorite movies. I put what I remember about each movie. The images are apparently google; each link is provided to acknowledge the source. I guess you would know some or all of the titles. 1. A precocious orphan who insists her name be spelt with an 'e' ( image ) 2. "You take care of the swing, I'll worry about the hole" ( image ) 3. A children's storybook illustrator and a conservationist ( image ) 4. A governess who falls in love with her employer whose wife lives imprisoned at Thornfield Manor ( image ) 5. Another governess who falls in love with her employer. She's also "a nun who gave up her habit for a guy in the military" that's Vin Diesel describing the movie. ( image ) 6. "Don't go growing a big head. Your crown won't fit." ( image ) 7.

Two weeks ago I wrote an essay in a bid for a PhD slot in a university in the southwestern pacific. Just when I was about to send it over, I realized that if I were offered a place, the very topic I built a case on would send me back to Thailand for data-gathering. I didn't fancy that and decided to work on something that will keep me afloat should I face drudgery at some point in the research. Since I have always been a fan of a rector's daughter who was a writing machine at a time when a king's son ruled England, I happily spent hours breezing through massive literature on her. Jane Austen, the name that could launch a thousand nights of delightful observations. Except for the titles in bold font, I listed them according to how they appear on Literary History . They should help me nail an idea on how to proceed with brainstorming later. If I ever change my mind about the unfinished essay yet again or even abandon PhD for some reason, I know I won't regret the pleasur

At night when work is done, two old maids chat. These are random snippets from their late night cyber tete-a-tete, which no longer is in this case. This is six weeks worth of observations of the state of things about and around them. Besides disclosures that one is a mama, and the other a medical doctor, most likely you can easily spot giveaways to infer their general philosophy and theorize their old maid status . Header by Samulli . Megan and Janet have more lists here . 1. My stuttering fingers... 2. I dive feet first... Australia in October ... after suffering and embarrasing myself doing PhD I'd like something lighter like learn how to fly a helicopter and before the luggage joins the cobwebs - PEI: Anne Shirley of Green Gables; Chawton: Jane Austen 3. Happy sabbath, mareng (mareng is slang for matron) ... he probably doesn't know how patrician National Trust staff are 4. You? cry over a guy? no way!... 007 as in James Bond?... and you thought he's in touch with reali

Conrad Kottak's international edition of Anthropology: the exploration of human diversity is my bible this week. Here's part of the glossary. The 13th item on the list is mentioned on the author's account of his study on the economy and social life of the Betsileo people in Madagascar. 1. adapids early (Eocene) primate family ancestral to lemurs and lorises 2. advocacy view the belief that precisely because anthropologists are experts on human problems and social change, and because they study, understand, and respect cultural views, they should make policy affecting people 3. affinals relatives by marriage, whether of lineals (e.g., son's wife) or collaterals (e.g., sister's husband) 4. agnates members of the same patrilineal descent group 5. ahimsa Hindu doctrine that prohibits harming life, and thus cattle slaughter 6. allele a biochemical difference involving a particular gene 7. Allen's rule Rule stating that the relative parts of protruding body p

Whilst strolling the grounds of St Mary' s church in Scarborough, I was humming "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme..." All I saw though was Anne Bronte's grave in the shadow of Scarborough Castle. Of course Scarborough Fair ended in 1788. Showing up in 2006 was rather late. I didn't get the T-shirt but I got the mug from which I sipped coffee yesterday in the faculty lounge. With Sherri Buck Baldwin's lovely painting on it, moccona has never tasted better. Sarah J Home Decor Either you are like me - curious at what's on a painting or fond of herbs for whatever purpose, 'tis sweet of the manufacturer to have contents of the Herb Wagon written in gothic-like font around the mug: (I collect mugs) 1. Lavender, Angelica 2. Lemon Verbena, Ginger Mint 3. Tarragon, Bee Balm 4. Fennel, Lovage 5. Meadowsweet, Chervil 6. Star Anise, Artemisa 7. Marjoram, Chicory 8. Oregano, Sage, Thyme 9. Dill, Saffron, Bay Leaf 10. Sweet Basil, Coriander, Cilantro 11. Parsley