In the zone/out of the zone
The following paragraphs were written with programmers in mind, but they’re absolutely true for me concerning writing, translating, blogging and everything else, …
Doctor Who – Christmas special 2013 review [spoilers]
Warning: this review contains spoilers. And it also doesn’t make any sense if you haven’t seen the episode. Or the series. If …
Yet Another Christmas Carol [short story]
[Note: This is yet another short story I wrote a few years ago and never got around to editing. Well, ’tis the …
A short explanation of the Romanian Santa invasion
So, here’s the deal. I know you English-speaking people around the globe sometimes refer to Santa Claus as ‘Nicholas’ (Saint Nicholas). But …
A bunch of book offers tomorrow
For other book geeks like myself: The Book Depository is organizing another one of their book offers tomorrow, November 28, 2013. Starting …
Writing, video games and so forth
I don’t often write blog posts because somebody says “Be part of this! Write about this topic!” And yet here we are, …
Working with the Big World Network
Flight from Hell is well into its second season by now – the fourth episode is out today and episodes 5, 6 …
Doctor Who – The Day of the Doctor [first impressions, no spoilers, no coherence]
…and it was everything that I remembered Doctor Who being, because it was awesome and plot-filled, humor-filled, and with loads of adventures …
Some sort of funny book sale
There’s this site that sells books and ships them all over the world for free. It’s called the Book Depository. It’s kind …
Reading the Romance [Book Review(s) + ruminations on women's literature]
A few years back I read this interesting academic book by Janice Radway, called Reading the Romance (published in 1984). The romance …