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Unread 07-20-2018, 12:06 PM
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Wahey!!!! It is raining!

We haven't had a single drop for EIGHT weeks. It's the hottest, driest summer since 1976.

I think I might strip off and go out into the garden; it will be great to feel cool. Don't worry, it's secluded, so I won't frighten the horses

Jayne

...on second thoughts... it's now a torrential thunderstorm, so I'm staying indoors!
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This event will be live-streamed at the above link, if anyone wants to check it out. The San Diego hub's rehearsal last night at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral was awesome.

Jayne, here's a video cued to the point just before the "torrential thunderstorm" part of Eric Whitacre's setting of Octavio Paz's Spanish text in "Cloudburst," which Whitacre will be conducting at this concert.

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Default Virtual respite from Sirius better than none

Thank you for sharing, Julie. That torrent brightened up my hour so blistering now! Even virtual relief these dog days is welcome. I love thunderstorms, and I love this thread. Such a brilliant idea for one and such that cannot get old! Rght?!

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Tonight I got a few beers with Andrew Szilvasy and he is good people.
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My wife and I celebrated our anniversary today, and got an extra seven hours of it by crossing the Atlantic. :-)

Cheers,
John
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I have five weeks off work (woohoo!) and just booked tickets to see Macbeth at the RSC in Stratford upon Avon. Christopher Eccleston is Macbeth - the guy who was the first of the 'new' Doctor Whos.

'Lay on Macduff!!'
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Hi,

Congrats to all <(:-) (party hat)

Earlier this month, I was asked to join the publications review team for Arthritis Research UK and Arthritis Care. I accepted, and currently I'm looking over an introduction to arthritis. There'll be lots more to come!

I'm still writing poetry, just for fun.

Best wishes,
Fliss
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Unread 07-27-2018, 02:33 PM
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Tonight I got a few beers with Andrew Szilvasy and he is good people.
I learned that Aaron has a lot of awesome poetry memorized and rattling in brain. It was good conversations and decent beer (though good enough to have a few of them).
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Today I

– put the finishing touches on the first full draft of my dissertation (introduction, conclusion, acknowledgments and all)
– found out that a paper of mine was substantially cited in a major reference work in my field
– had a poem accepted for publication in Antiphon, my first acceptance in 14 months
– learned that one of my good friends passed his dissertation defense
– bought Emily Wilson's new translation of the Odyssey.

One could say I'm happy.
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Today I

– put the finishing touches on the first full draft of my dissertation (introduction, conclusion, acknowledgments and all)
– found out that a paper of mine was substantially cited in a major reference work in my field
– had a poem accepted for publication in Antiphon, my first acceptance in 14 months
– learned that one of my good friends passed his dissertation defense
– bought Emily Wilson's new translation of the Odyssey.

One could say I'm happy.
And all this happened after having a few drinks with me? Correlation does not prove causation, but, I mean, come on. I don't want to take all the credit for what looks like an awesome day, but we did talk about the Aeneid and Odyssey...
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