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[gfish]

Let me once again sing the praises of lotioned kleenex! I may be sniffly and congested and largely miserable, but at least my nose is a human color and doesn't feel sandblasted. And, glory of glories, lotioned kleenex travel packs! More thanks than mortally possible go to hpapillon for smuggling them into the country for me. Truly, Britain is a civilizsed place.
 
Yesterday was a very nice sick day, filled with Time Team, the new Agatha Heterodyne book and (later in the evening) construction of a hydraulic test platform.

In other news, I might be getting an apprentice. The world is a strange place.

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[rollick.livejournal.com]

Did you buy your copy of the Heterodyne book locally, or order it? I thought I'd get it and review it, and since they're such a small press, I'd just buy it instead of hitting them up for a review copy, but I was a little miffed when I bought it from Amazon and it told me it probably wouldn't ship for a couple of weeks.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Britain is a civilizsed place.
No, you're fine with -ize. The OED prefers it, even becoming quite snobbish about -ise in places. To paraphrase, but only slightly, -ise is from the 'vulgar' new spellings modelled on the French fashion [c.1800], whereas -ize is etymologically much more acceptable. It's house style at OUP and the University of Oxford as a result, so I rarely write -ise these days. Er, apart from where -ize is not a valid spelling, of course.

Of course, as time goes on fewer and fewer Britons seem to know that -ize is correct and not just 'an Americanism'.

[jhitchin.livejournal.com]

Have some salt & vinegar Hula Hoops for me (if you can find them)!