Faith-head update

Merciful Sekhmet has largely lifted her paw off me. My relief and gratitude are indescribable. Must remember the effective combination of (non-drowsy) cough syrup, air conditioning, and tranks for next time.

At midnight, my solemn vow to Bastet and Seshat not to buy more books runs out. I may go a little berserk. The ladies have more than held up their end of the bargain: Frankus is taking up most of my desk as I type this, and didn't just survive his surgery (for which my oath helped pay) but is back to his ornery, obnoxious, cuddly, and thoroughly happy self.

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So, as we prepare to bid a fond farewell to 2010, I'd like just like to out-nerd the lot of you.

In Asterix and Cleopatra there's a panel where a baddie, interrogated forcefully by Obelix, gabbles a whole bunch of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Unlike most of the 'Egyptian' in the book, it's a real passage, copied out carefully enough by Albert Uderzo that, for a lark, I am attempting to translate it.

Whatever you're doing this fine New Year's Eve, it cannot possibly be as gleefully pointless as what I'm doing.

:D

Books read, December 2010

Kaz Cooke. The Crocodile Club.
Arthur Conan Doyle. The Sign of Four.

( Books borrowed )

Completed Writing Projects 2010

Strange Flesh novel outline and sample chapters
Black Sky Mining short story - In Uniform anthology, October 2010
The Five-Dimensional Man short story
Rare Earth short story - Torchwood Magazine #22, Jul/Aug 2010
Don't Do Something, Just Sit There short story - Bernice Summerfield: Present Danger, September 2010
Red-Handed short story - Torchwood Magazine #24, Nov/Dec 2010

Words in print this year: 5700 + 4100 + 4700 + 4300 = 18,800


(Ugh, this probably looks like feeble boasting. It's supposed to be self-encouragement. Plus a handy record for tax purposes.)