Aug. 28th, 2006

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Well, mainly good. Went round to the health centre after work for Nurse Rosie to do a "doppler" test
things medical )


And then home to pack, eat, and dither, then drove up to Mel's in the rain. There's a choice of turnings from the A1 to head to Melton, and I missed all but the last one - must have been driving on automatic or in my sleep or something. Arrived as it was getting dark, tired, airmattress hates me, friends are good )

Next morning life looked a great deal better. Woke at 6 as per usual Read more... )

Sunday involved more being awake harps, pottery, spears, and why not to attack a Bard )

And Monday was a case of dodging the rain, healing and home )

Now I just have to post to a few games including the one I run, finish off that bit of translation/English polishing for Gregory, answer Donald re. his latest post about Kallyr (ILH2 has made us revise some of our thoughts on her Lunar opponents), finish an army or two ready for Berkeley, oh, and do that Sun County structure that keeps getting delayed :(


I have a nasty feeling there's something else, too...
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"Canicule". Gregory used it in the article I'm helping him with. To him it means "a period of very high temperature". I couldn't think of an English word that fitted the context, so Googled this one.
http://frenchfood.about.com/library/blcanicule.htm tells me that: "In France, the period from July 22 to around August 23 is called "la canicule". It is during this time frame that the sun rises and sets at the same time as Sirius. Sirius, is the largest and brightest star in the Canis (dog in latin) Major constellation. The word canicule, from the latin canis, designates this hottest period of the year. In English it's called the "Dog Days" of summer."

Looking at the weather this weekend, I can see why that isn't a meaning I'm familiar with!

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