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Fun memories from rosclarke 847 days old

My favourite game in the world ever is 'the book game' in which people bring books and read out the blurb to everyone else. They then have to write ...

Much squeeing this morning from rosclarke 848 days old

My quilt arrived from the exchange. It's full of pink and green and cream and it's beautiful. Pictures will be along later. Plus my partner also sent ...

Mr Picassohead from rosclarke 849 days old

Looking for a way to let out your inner Cubist? Mr Picassohead is the place for you! Here's one I made earlier.

Hooray! from rosclarke 858 days old

Since David Field doesn't permit comments on his blog (spoilsport!), I shall do my cheering for this post here. I discovered Jasper Fforde simply by ...

Literally a nightcap from rosclarke 862 days old

Nobody quite guessed the identity of the mystery object. It was, in fact, a nightcap. Which leads me on to one of the most exciting things that happened ...

Some things never change from rosclarke 863 days old

So I've started the next long slog that is the NT equivalent of the big scary OT reading course I did last semester. Only 101 books this time but a ...

Home again! from rosclarke 912 days old

It's the middle of the night here in England and, having slept for most of the day I'm now wide awake. So I've had some tea and toast (simple pleasures ...

A nice cup of tea and a sit down from rosclarke 918 days old

This is just what's needed at this time of year. (HT: Pete Jackson)

Sometimes scholars take themselves too seriously from rosclarke 921 days old

Skimming through a book on the Septuagint, I notice that one of the early manuscript sources is a papyrus discovered at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. This is ...

Lego makes it all so obvious from rosclarke 927 days old

This is hilarious. I especially like the woman with the 'shaven' head being attacked with swords. (HT: Ed Drew)