Category Archives: Housekeeping

Burned over

Posted on March 17, 2009 by acb

I’m sorry not to have posted here much. I have been very busy, but also approaching the condition of upstate New York, ca 1830, when it was known as the burnt over district because of the continual evangelical revivals which … Continue reading →

Posted in Blather, Housekeeping, Journalism, Literature, nördig | 14 Comments

apologies for absence

Posted on October 28, 2008 by acb

I have been starting a site at the Guardian, and just too busy to post here, or even to think. I have never in my life had anything like the quantity and virulence of hatemail that I’m getting there. I … Continue reading →

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Gone Fishing

Posted on July 15, 2008 by acb

I’m off to the photograph in the header for three weeks and I don’t plan to post anything until August the 6th or 7th. Have a wonderful summer, all of you.

Posted in Blather, Housekeeping, Sweden | 1 Comment

Four weeks

Posted on July 3, 2008 by acb

Tomorrow it will be four weeks since the bloody ear infection started, which explains the infrequency of posting. In that time I have never known whether some sudden injudicious gesture, like wiping a sweaty forehead on my sleeve, will convert … Continue reading →

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Silence getting old

Posted on June 18, 2008 by acb

I know, I know. I have an infection of the middle ear, which has been on for nearly a fortnight now. The symptoms are tedious, and involve unpredictable and incapacitating giddiness, rising to occasional vomiting, and steady, well-established stupidity even … Continue reading →

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Paging Fred Clark

Posted on May 27, 2008 by acb

Dear Fred, not all the fanmail you get is spam. Some needs a reply …

Posted in God, Housekeeping, Journalism | 2 Comments

more feedback needed

Posted on May 7, 2008 by acb

I think I have changed the feed links over. If you get this in an rss reader, then your transfer to the new blogging system has worked. Please drop something in the comments to say so: obviously I can’t ask … Continue reading →

Posted in Housekeeping, nördig | 12 Comments

A farewell to MT

Posted on May 6, 2008 by acb

This is the first post written into the new live wordpress version of the blog. I started getting mysterious errors on the MT installation and it was all just too much. I think I have mostly reproduced the old layout, … Continue reading →

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Testing — please help

Posted on April 27, 2008 by acb

I have upgraded this to Movable Type 4.1; a lot may have gone wrong, and I am in any case taking off to Norfolk for the day. So will kind commentators please comment here and let me know if there … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A bunch of stuff

Posted on August 18, 2007 by acb

I have fiddled a little with the front page, after Tim Bray complained that he could not find a feed on it. I think this should work; there are also some photos down the right hand side to brighten things … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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