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Well! If you'd read the damn thing back when I started this thread you'd have heard my ranting, wouldn't you!?!?!? :p It took me completely by surprise, I must say. . He really ruled out the possibility of further sequels through doing it, which actually made me happy. Because when I closed...

John Marsden's 'So Much to Tell You' is about a girl who keeps a journal just like this. It's required as part of the English class, and the teacher checks to make sure they are writing in it, but the journals aren't written. I expect these kids were doing little more than thinking they were...

They know you're reading it, right? It's probably a way for them to get you to know about some of the 'injustices' that they perceive in the family life. Perhaps you should just indicate that if they want to talk about these things they should let you know. Otherwise just let them rant. I used...

Ha! I was just waiting for someone to say this. This is one of the most commonly 'out of context' quotes. Let me give you the poem it comes from: Mending Wall by Robert Frost Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper...

You do realise that it's the "American People" who are the problem here, right? It's citizens amongst the "American People" who are greedy enough to employ illegal immigrants far below minimum wage who are the root of the problem? If there were no work opportunities in the US then people would...

Best wishes, muggle! That sounds very painful indeed. I hope all goes well for you :o

I was thinking about this while waiting for the bus in the rain this morning. Why not try describing real people and writing them as characters? Go sit in a public place (public transport for example) and start creating characters from the people around you. Look at their faces, clothes and most...

IE on my office PC and Safari at home on the Mac (sorry CDA, me and firefox had a falling out :() When do you put up your christmas tree (or do you?)

Yep, that sounds like it. I remember thinking it was Dianora. It was very abstract, and you're right that Fionavar had the same sort of cover released. It just looked very dated and not very appealing to the eye. Maybe you should take that up with GGK when you get your next cheque. :D

I agree - having a one-word name is a little dated. Secondly, people wouldn't know which was the title and which was the author's name. Finally, in the event that your novella is a runaway success, you wouldn't want your name to raise more ruckus than the content, would you? What's the "Ellis...

Really? I wasn't such a big fan. I just bought that cover of Tigana for my Dad's christmas present and actually didn't really like it so much... But it's better than the old one with the weird painting of the lady on the cover. I just thought the cover could be so much more relevant, you know?

Maine Public Radio - Classical 24 webcast. I can only work to classical music that I'm unfamiliar with, so this is perfect.

Indeed it is! But that's not the well known title!! I thought you would guess the better known one. This song was originally released as Wednesday Morning, 3AM on the album of the same name (1964). On the next album, 'Sounds of Silence' (1966), Somewhere They Can't Find Me was released. It...

Traditional songs: Silent Night; 12 Days of Christmas (the muppets version is great :D); Little Drummer Boy. Non-traditional songs: Baby, Please Come Home - U2; There's an orchestral song with lots of strings, very up-beat tempo, but I've no idea what it's called. I hear it every year and ask...

No, I still don't think it is appropriate to accept such gifts, and I think the AMA would concur. If a doctor was to receive a gift then it doesn't "look" good. The impression is that some patients may receive better care than others if they give gifts. In my engineering ethics class we were...

Good point. The shoes example is perhaps a little simplistic. It involves using a number of different sources of information and combining them in a cognitive manner.

They're all within the 64 pixel limit. I cropped them a little to make it clearer. Original: Partial crop: Larger crop: Even larger crop:

I've discussed this many times in an academic context. My conclusions are: Data --> Information --> Knowledge That is, one begins with data. Through interpreting this data we get information. From this information we may build a hypothesis (or a belief). This belief can be tested to...

I thought the second one was easy because I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be ethical in the medical profession to do this. It's technically not okay for a teacher to accept gifts from students, you know. Something about receiving gifts in a position of authority or something. Where's mehastings...

Don't forget, bonus points for getting *both* titles!!