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Aug. 13th, 2013 08:55 amNaomi Novik’s new Temeraire book, Blood of Tyrants, comes out today, but I’m having trouble downloading my pre-order. Gimme my book, stupid iBooks!
Does anybody know how to pronounce the name Ephraim? I read it in the newspaper and realized I have no idea what it sounds like, whether it’s Ef – rah – eem or Ef – ram or what.
Had coffee with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
katherine after work and got to catch up with her, which was fun. We’re both at the tail end of being sick, though. I’ve still got this alarming-sounding hacking cough every so often. It doesn’t hurt, but it worries my co-workers.
My uncle sent me a letter which includes a clipping of a column from the Daily Telegraph all about how men are the oppressed sex now. I have no idea how to respond politely. I think I will settle for thanking him for sending me a thought-provoking article. That way I don’t have to specify which thoughts I had about it.
The letter also included a very funny anecdote about how when Jacques Chirac was in charge of France, a burglar (or possibly someone who was mentally ill) broke into the Chiracs’ official residence and was discovered by Madame Chirac in her bedroom. No shrinking violet, Madame Chirac attacked him with a can of hairspray. He ran away, fell down the stairs, and broke his leg. One can imagine him being quite thankful when the gendarmes and the ambulance showed up, and got him away from the scary lady!
My PVR is irritating me profoundly. I was trying to do a search so I could record the upcoming Europa League matches, and the PVR insists there’s no such animal. I tried searching “UEFA” but only got “UEFA Champions’ League”, I tried searching “Europa” and got nothing. Pouting now.
Does anybody know how to pronounce the name Ephraim? I read it in the newspaper and realized I have no idea what it sounds like, whether it’s Ef – rah – eem or Ef – ram or what.
Had coffee with
katherine after work and got to catch up with her, which was fun. We’re both at the tail end of being sick, though. I’ve still got this alarming-sounding hacking cough every so often. It doesn’t hurt, but it worries my co-workers. My uncle sent me a letter which includes a clipping of a column from the Daily Telegraph all about how men are the oppressed sex now. I have no idea how to respond politely. I think I will settle for thanking him for sending me a thought-provoking article. That way I don’t have to specify which thoughts I had about it.
The letter also included a very funny anecdote about how when Jacques Chirac was in charge of France, a burglar (or possibly someone who was mentally ill) broke into the Chiracs’ official residence and was discovered by Madame Chirac in her bedroom. No shrinking violet, Madame Chirac attacked him with a can of hairspray. He ran away, fell down the stairs, and broke his leg. One can imagine him being quite thankful when the gendarmes and the ambulance showed up, and got him away from the scary lady!
My PVR is irritating me profoundly. I was trying to do a search so I could record the upcoming Europa League matches, and the PVR insists there’s no such animal. I tried searching “UEFA” but only got “UEFA Champions’ League”, I tried searching “Europa” and got nothing. Pouting now.
