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By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Poco a poco

a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Poco a poco — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:29:35 +0000

[...] mistaken for one that has not been read a dozen times. Counting his edition of Paradise Lost, which I had signed at the Alternative Careers Fair, I now have two inscribed books of [...]

By: a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Lyra’s Oxford

a sibilant intake of breath » Blog Archive » Lyra’s Oxford — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:34:12 +0000

[...] Meeting Mr. Pullman may also have affected my thinking, though I have an odd tendency to confuse him - especially in dreams - with Tony Price. [...]

By: B

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:54:47 +0000

Natalie Lundsteen seems to be searching for herself on Google again. It’s funny how often people are led here that way. Of course, you could make your SiteMeter stats private and keep me from knowing, interesting as it can be.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 04:16:00 +0000

I also find self-marketing/promotion a chore… Depending what sorts of jobs you’re after, you may find several odd job earning opportunities available over the summer. Last year I spent a couple of weeks doing market research, a month in the University Offices on data entry duty, a few college open days and such… Plus I also saw an advert recently wanting teachers for some kind of summer school.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:41:00 +0000

@snorri the goblin

Milan’s from British Columbia and he used to be part of a group called Leadership Initiative for Earth.

He can handle environmentalist painters.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:18:00 +0000

Heh. Bien sûr, mais c’est le meilleur livre sur la recherche de l’emploi. It will help you with your self-marketing dilemma. It’s quite entertaining as well. Vois aussi son site, http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/.

(and you thought your French was rouillé!)

By: snorri the goblin

snorri the goblin — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:35:00 +0000

If you run into a painter who is also an environmentalist you could either
a) run to save your sanity or
b) stay until banking seems a good idea.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 07:41:00 +0000

Il y a toujours Google Actualites Canada. La vocabulaire dans les nouvelles est souvent tres difficile, enfin.

By: B

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 07:37:00 +0000

C’est fort difficile de retenir le francais quand on n’a pas de chance pour le pratiquer. J’espere que tu trouve quelque facon pour le faire a Oxford.

By: Milan

Milan — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:57:00 +0000

Sylvia,

Availability: usually dispatched within 24 hours.

You usually need a parachute rather sooner than that, don’t you?

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:22:00 +0000

Are you familiar with What Color Is Your Parachute?

By: Milan

Milan — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 01:16:00 +0000

His presentation was mentioned here twice: once in an entry and again in a comment. In any case, I am sure another opportunity will arise. As it happened, he didn’t have a chance to speak for very long.