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| Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 | | 9:11 am |
Dreamwidth
OK, since the user name johan was still available, how could I resist at least creating an account at Dreamwidth? If everyone moves over here, so will I. We'll see. Thanks for the invite, ![[info]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) jessikast! | | Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 | | 7:32 pm |
Hmm...
In 2008,  jophan resolves to... Be nicer to redneck_penguin. Pay for my carl barks on time. Overcome my secret fear of fanzines. Give up sf cons. Connect with my inner rune stones. Lose ten dialects by March. | | Friday, November 14th, 2008 | | 9:53 am |
Brave little scatterbrain
I let Bonadea, our calico cat, out of the house this morning as usual. After having dressed, I caught sight of her through the window. She had a magnificent bushy tail and watched something in the patch of forest that borders our garden. Another cat of course, I thought, but when that cat materialised so I could see it, it wasn't a cat but a fox. I openened the window so that Bonadea would be able to escape indoors, but instead she faced the fox and hissed. Then the two of them trotted off around the corner. I don't know much about foxes, but I know they prowl at dawn looking for prey, so I ran to the terrace door and opened it. Out there, just off the terrace, the two animals stood facing each other, Bonadea upset, with bushy tail and hissing and the fox next to her, trying to circle her. I beckoned her to come in, but she just turned her head and gave me a look before turning to face the fox again. I made some noise and the fox, noticing me, started to move slowly away. Bonadea made to follow, but was distracted by me and stayed where she was as the fox trotted away. By now Linnéa was up and managed to entice Bonadea to come indoors. I don't know how dangerous foxes actually are to cats, but I suspect she was out of her depth there. Linnéa googled some and it seems that it's very rare for foxes to kill cats, but that's mostly because cats are too fast for them. When the cat doesn't understand that she's supposed to run, I don't know. On the other hand, I don't think the cat's claws are nice for the fox. | | Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 | | 11:15 am |
| | Friday, April 25th, 2008 | | 12:50 pm |
Beer update
As I wrote a few weeks ago, I'm listing the beers and ciders I'm drinking this year. New since last are: Anchor Porter Archer's Best Black Forest (Saranac, bottle) Blackthorn Cider Carlsberg Export (bottle) Carlsberg Hof (draught) Dale's Pale Ale (Oskar Blues, can) Fuller's Vintage Ale 2005 Grolsch (bottle) Grolsch (draught) Guinness (draught) Harvest Pale (Castle Rock) Kilkenny (bottle) London Porter (Fuller's, draught) London Pride (Fuller's, draught) Monkey Wrench Strong Ale (Daleside) Norman's Conquest (Cottage Brewing, draught) Old Hooky (Hook Norton, draught) Old Speckled Hen (draught) Ommegang Abbey Ale Paradox Islay (Brewdog) Penny Black Porter (Hampshire, draught) Punk IPA (Brewdog) Schiehallion (Harviestoun, draught) Sign of Spring (Stonehenge, draught) Spitfire (Shepherd's Neame, draught) Stallhagens Påsk (bottle) Stiegl Pilz (Stiegl, draught) Stiegl Weizengold (Stiegl, bottle) Summer Lightning (Hop Back Brewery, draught) Youngs' Bitter (draught) Disappointments? Well, I'm not mentioning the crap I drank because of a lack of choice, like Kilkenny and Carlsberg. They were bad, but I knew they would be. The Ommegang was probably too young to impress, let's see in a year what time does to it. The Monkey Wrench was OK, but tasted a lot less than I expected. The Fuller's Vintage was too smooth and polished, no bite to it. The yummiest one was the Schiehallion and the most intense one was Paradox Islay. Lovely peat in that one. And the Punk IPA was very hoppy, but on the right side the border. (No, not that border.) | | Saturday, April 19th, 2008 | | 5:15 pm |
*hiccough*
88%DRUNKARDMost of them were dead easy, a couple of them I had never heard of before. Everclear? What's that? | | Thursday, April 10th, 2008 | | 4:07 pm |
Americans, look here!
I'm in a terminology discussion elsewhere. In very relaxed and colloquial US English, is Canada included when the average American talks about North America, or do both terms North America and America refer to just the US? Does "I live in North America, not in Canada" come off naturally in your ears, as something an ordinary American in a bar might say? Comments desired! | | Saturday, March 29th, 2008 | | 12:38 pm |
| | Sunday, March 16th, 2008 | | 11:03 am |
Beer
OK, run and hide, folks, I'm about to post to the journal. Inspired by something I read on the big web thingy, I decided to log the different beers I drink during a year. Ideally, I'd also make some rudimentary tasting comments about them, but that's a lot of work and although ultimately satisfying, I don't like to have to think and analyse everything I drink with respect to smell, colour, bitterness, and sweetness during the different phases of drinking. And my palate is quite ordinary, I'm not a supertaster. Here goes the first month: Lindemans Apple Traquair Bear Ale Samuel Adams Black Lager Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale La Cidraie (yeah, ciders are included in this log) Nøgne Ø God Påske Slottskällans Imperial Stout Jever Timmermans Kriek Newcastle Brown Ale Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout Old Speckled Hen Pilsner Urquell 3.5% ABV Pilsner Urquell 4.4% ABV Primator Premium Dark Pumpviken Påsköl Rogue Santa's Private Reserve Nørrebro Skärgaards Porter Oppigårds Easter Ale Oppigårds Spring Ale Great Divide Titan IPA Michigan Wheatland Williams Black Williams Gold Young's Double Chocolate Stout A few comments: The easiest ones, the ones that just went down the throat and made me happy without being complex or challenging were the Michigan Wheatland and, surprisingly enough, the golden ale Williams Gold. That one was much better than I thought it would be. Timmerman's kriek is really boring; just sweetness and glue. Why on earth do Systembolaget not replace it with a decent kriek? And Oppigård continue to make yummy beers. Current Music: Neil Finn: Into The Sunset | | Sunday, November 25th, 2007 | | 2:42 pm |
| | Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 | | 10:07 am |
Another meme
So what am I doing in the embedded computer business, you might ask... | | Monday, October 1st, 2007 | | 1:04 pm |
A Kingdom for a play
Our SF group book circle are going to discuss John M. Ford's The Dragon Waiting in a couple of weeks. Before reading it I thought I'd read Richard III first, because TDW is supposed to tie in with it. I wasn't prepared for the complete lack of Richard IIIs in our bookcase, though. Granted, we don't have all Shakespeare's plays in commented editions, but I was sure we had all the major ones. Not so. I'vs spent almost an hour going from bookshop to bookshop, and the library, without finding anything else than the Penguin edition. Hrmph. The English Bookshop had the Arden Pericles, but nothing else. No Hamlet. No Macbeth. What is the world coming to? I'm seriously shaken. Celsiusbokhandeln, LundeQ and Studentbokhandeln had a few plays each, but only LundeQ had Richard III. And only the Penguin. Ah, well. Penguin it is. I prefer the Ardens, but I guess it can't be helped. | | Thursday, July 12th, 2007 | | 12:45 pm |
| | Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 | | 11:11 pm |
The End of Days?
OK, folks, either it has been raining a lot (and no, it hasn't, not excessively), or else the end of days is here, or perhaps there are three witches on their way here to convene and cackle. (I'd hazard a guess that at least three wiccans or at least pagans read this LJ, so own up!) Today I've found one grass snake and one toad around the house. (Actually, Cassandra found the snake. I had to drag her away from her newfound toy, and it was priceless to see her eye the USB cables to the computer suspiciously immediately afterwards!) I've never seen either around the house, and we've lived here for almost six years. They're both dead if the cats run across them (in the case of the snake, run across them again), so I hope they make their way away from the house. A pity, it feels good to have toads and grass snakes around the house. I like amphibians and serpents. Hiss! (Yes, the grass snake hissed at me a lot when I tried to shoo it away.) | | Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 | | 9:19 am |
| | Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 | | 2:57 pm |
Music meme
Got this from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) dalmeny: "List seven songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to." Well, last.fm is my friend here. 1. David Grisman Quintet: "Blues for Vassar" 2. John Fahey: "In a Persian Market" 3. John Fahey: "Summertime" 4. Kirsty Maccoll: "They Don't Know" 5. Leigh Nash: "Stars in My Eyes" 6. The Decemberists: "Kingdom of Spain" 7. Bill Jones: "From My Window" Tagging. Nah. Sorry. | | Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 | | 10:24 am |
A little bit of a weirdo they claim
So, jophan, your LiveJournal reveals...
You are... 6% unique
(blame, for example, your interest in snorfcon)
and 13% herdlike
(partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy tea).
When it comes to friends you are popular. In terms of the way you relate to people, you are keen to please.
Your writing style (based on a recent public entry) is conventional.
Your overall weirdness is: 40(The average level of weirdness is: 27.
You are weirder than 82% of other LJers.)
Find out what your weirdness level is! | | Thursday, May 31st, 2007 | | 1:05 pm |
Keys to my heart meme
I'll echo darnia: Yes, that's a mostly correct description of me, but just like a horoscope it's pretty generic and will fit most people. | The Keys to Your Heart | 
You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free.
In love, you feel the most alive when everything is uncertain, one moment heaven... the next moment hell.
You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring.
You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.
Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.
Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.
You think of marriage something you've always wanted... though you haven't really thought about it.
In this moment, you think of love as something you thirst for. You'll do anything for love, but you won't fall for it easily. |
| | Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 | | 11:59 am |
He has been laid in his barrow
Swá hit gedéfe bið þæt mon his winedryhten wordum herge ferhðum fréoge þonne hé forð scile of líchaman laéded weorðan swá begnornodon Géata léode hláfordes hryre, heorðgenéatas: cwaédon þæt hé waére wyruldcyning manna mildust ond monðwaérust léodum líðost ond lofgeornost. Yep, I'm done. Ding-dong, the King is dead. I feel like I should get started both on Heaney's other œuvre and on other recordings of Germanic epics. | | Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 | | 9:09 am |
When I got up this morning
there was no Heorot, and Hroðgár was still not even a twinkle in his father's eye. By the time I got to work, the warriors of the Danish court were celebrating the son of Ecgthéow, praising his strength and the day he was born. I am incredibly moved by this old poem and impressed with Heaney. |
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