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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Summer, spiders, and tails

It's the middle of summer, according to the spiders observed by Fred First in his blog Fragments from Floyd. I would be watching the spiders around here, but they're all in the basement and Quantum the kitten turns out to be an expert bug hunter. The

News

Telegraph report: Fury as academics are sacked for being Israeli, by Charlotte Edwardes, filed: 07/07/2002. Mona Baker, a professor at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), admitted yesterday that she had dismissed Dr Miriam Shlesinger and Prof Gideon Toury because of their nationality. There

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In the Blogosphere Ecosystem, I'm just an Insignificant Microbe. Nice to be loved. The list is created by The Truth Laid Bear. Apparently St Louis had a minor earthquake in the last week. And I missed it!

Beta group: New Responsibilities

Philippians 2:12-18 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.

Kitten in the house

The obligatory cute kitty picture: We named her Quantum, though both Fermat and Fragment were close seconds. How she broke her tail I don't know, but it had to be amputated, leaving only a little stub. Her previous owners didn't want a "deformed" cat,

Kitten

We have a kitten with no name, and also no tail, but that's besides the point. Any suggestions for a name for a female kitten, tail lost in an accident, not wanted by previous owner, and arrived in our house today? She's a mackerel tabby with

Laws and Amendments

Before I start, let it be perfectly clear that I am not an American, I am a British citizen trying to understand what's going on. Please don't bite me. On Thursday 27th June, I said, about the Pledge of Allegiance ruling: It's been ruled

I am...

Hubby mentioned Google searches of "Paul is" so I thought I'd try an "Alison is" search. The best results are: * Alison is designed to work with Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or higher. * Alison is allergic to chocolate (Not me. Definitely not me)

Going native

Oh my, this is starting to get worrying. If You Are A Brit In The USA, You Might Be Going Native If.... People have stopped asking me if I'm Australian. I do get all my news from the BBC UK site, I'm not bothered that the

Unconstitutional

The US "Pledge of Allegiance" goes like this: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. It's been ruled unconstitutional because of the

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