Transneptune » books http://transneptune.net beyond the Kuiper Belt, over the sea Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:07:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Progress Report http://transneptune.net/2009/06/21/progress-report/ http://transneptune.net/2009/06/21/progress-report/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:53:21 +0000 Kit http://transneptune.net/?p=195 From halfway through Dracula: Abraham Van Helsing is the biggest Mary Sue I’ve come across in recent literary memory.  Geez.  “You forget that I am a lawyer as well as a doctor.”  Yes, thank you, I wasn’t certain you were a Mary Sue when you shared a name with the author of the work you’re in, and were the one dude who knew entirely what was going on.

]]> http://transneptune.net/2009/06/21/progress-report/feed/ 5 Brain Dump http://transneptune.net/2009/06/15/brain-dump/ http://transneptune.net/2009/06/15/brain-dump/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:03:36 +0000 Kit http://transneptune.net/?p=163 I finally finished Silas Marner; pleasantly written, but thin.  Not much there there.

I made great spanakopita this weekend, and biked, and hiked, and played frisbee.  I was productive, too—I achieved in 2 hours what would have likely taken me a day to a day and a half had I been in the office.  This is consistent.

I was sent this link, which made my day.

I played concertina, I sang.  I began to learn a new song, Farewell to Nova Scotia.

And yet, I still feel the pull of the East as strong as ever.

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