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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Post NaNoWriMo writing

After NaNoWriMo 2008, a bunch of us wanted to continue the year-long writing experiment we tried last year. The group has a shared premise for stories, and can borrow each other's characters to create interweaving stories. Last year we had a fantasy premise, which was hard for me.

Orange belt!

I've been learning Chinese Kenpo at Tracy's Karate Studio since 17th November 2008 and I passed my orange belt test yesterday. There is a photo of me wearing the new belt on the wall of the studio, and I have a certificate to prove my rank.

Testing day

Tracy's Karate Studio, Kirkwood.

Feel better

BBC News: 10 ways to beat the blues? Charities are calling for a nationwide campaign to help promote mental health after a survey suggested more people are growing anxious. But what sort of advice might be offered? Blame a long winter, blame media fixations with bad news, blame the credit

Kakapo chicks!

BBC News: Big brood of rotund rare parrots. The New Zealand kakapo are breeding! One of the world's rarest birds, New Zealand's kakapo, is now not quite so rare thanks to the arrival of 34 kakapo chicks. Those chicks, born over the past few months, take

Take a break at 11:45 today

According to the Telegraph, Tuesday at 11:45 is the most stressful time of the week: Researchers found that nearly half of British workers identified mid-morning on their second working day of the week as the moment when they were most under pressure. Most workers coast through Monday getting their

Please hold

Thank you for calling Quantum Tea. All of our operatives are currently assisting other customers. Please listen to the full menu as our options have recently changed. If you know your party's email address, you can contact them at any time during this message. To speak with an

Something blue

I have two light blue scarves in progress. One is Juno Regina, using Conjoined Creations Pastimes, a soy lace weight. I've never knit with lace weight before and it's weird. I can't snap the yarn by hand, it's like knitting with a

Laser Fusion experiment

BBC News: Giant laser experiment powers up. The US has finished constructing a huge physics experiment aimed at recreating conditions at the heart of our Sun. The US National Ignition Facility is designed to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion, a process that could offer abundant clean energy. The lab

Back from MOPACA part 3

There's no sun at five in the morning, but the hotel had a snow plough clearing the parking lot and the interstate looked good. The sun came out early in the morning and by the end of the day, everything was melting. Jodi and I went to the

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