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Dec. 12th, 2021 11:34 pmReading. Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman. In summary: if you are comfortable with academic language, read the two papers the book's expanded from instead; I found them much less frustrating.
The Last Graduate, Naomi Novik. It has, what with one thing and another, been A Bit Of A Week. I recently inhaled the first one of these, courtesy of the library, as reported herein; alas or perhaps fortunately the library doesn't even have the second book available for digital loan, which made it much easier to justify Just Buying It (as opposed to feeling like I should wait patiently in the endless hold queue). I am not finished yet -- I have only just started! -- but I am enjoying myself a great deal even as it makes no sense whatsoever. ( Read more... )
Watching. Because, again, it has been A Week, I have comfort-rewatched the first two episodes of Elementary with A. Spoilers for the whole show: ( Read more... )
Cooking. OCA FROM THE ALLOTMENT (roasted, with garlic and some lemon zest). Also Yet More Butternut Squash Tart.
Miscellany. Not actually fitting into any of my usual categories: we have also continued rearranging furniture according to my whim, and then putting everything we took off it in order to move it back on to it and then some, and the house is slowly becoming a bit more organised and it's great.
The Last Graduate, Naomi Novik. It has, what with one thing and another, been A Bit Of A Week. I recently inhaled the first one of these, courtesy of the library, as reported herein; alas or perhaps fortunately the library doesn't even have the second book available for digital loan, which made it much easier to justify Just Buying It (as opposed to feeling like I should wait patiently in the endless hold queue). I am not finished yet -- I have only just started! -- but I am enjoying myself a great deal even as it makes no sense whatsoever. ( Read more... )
Watching. Because, again, it has been A Week, I have comfort-rewatched the first two episodes of Elementary with A. Spoilers for the whole show: ( Read more... )
Cooking. OCA FROM THE ALLOTMENT (roasted, with garlic and some lemon zest). Also Yet More Butternut Squash Tart.
Miscellany. Not actually fitting into any of my usual categories: we have also continued rearranging furniture according to my whim, and then putting everything we took off it in order to move it back on to it and then some, and the house is slowly becoming a bit more organised and it's great.