I dare say I’m drawn to good books, at times. The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich, reprinted almost continuously since the first edition in 1950, is one such treasure. I don’t know why it caught my eye yesterday — perhaps the pale jadeite cover, or the twin ribbon bookmarks — but I’m delighted that [...]

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I signed up for Flickr in order to share my Prague pictures (the digital ones, anyway) as I take ‘em, or at least, on a nightly basis, so if you’re into architecture, Art Nouveau or just seeing new places, keep an eye on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoshichan/

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Bookstores, used in particular, are the devil. >.>; This trip I picked up:

The Case For Mars, Robert Zubrin — [le sigh] Commence teeth-grinding. (This one was actually bought new.)
God Emperor of Dune, Frank Herbert — I knew if I just waited long enough I’d find the next book in the series used. ;P
Speaker For The [...]

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…Apparently, since I have been anointed and the fanlisting for web design has been bestowed upon my humble person. @_@;; I haven’t screeched that loud in a while. ^^;; That one I’ll have to think about, as it needs to be extra-special. After all, it is my #1 hobby and passion, wouldn’t you say? ;D [...]

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Today was my first trip to the Duke University campus, and boy was it fantastically Gothic in architectural style. Every building reminded me of things I’d seen in Britain. What started out as a bad day turned good after all, when I finally found the UNC-Duke shuttle and enjoyed a peaceful 25-minute ride to Durham. [...]

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Saturday morning Elrohir and Lenneth, their parents and nephew picked us up in the neatest decked-out vacationing van I’ve ever seen… two tvs, headset ports, a SNES plug and station, cup holders, storage everywhere… it was like being in a private jet. ^_~ We drove out past McCloud and were let into Wyntoon, 66,000 acres [...]

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Oy. I just got an @$$-chewing by what must have been a ten- or twelve-year-old, over a Digimon fanlisting… and it’s my fault for reminding her to finish it… and it’s my fault I didn’t notice she had emailed me about it, seeing that her email had no subject line and was easily overlooked..? [big [...]

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