A Virtual Bridge Across the Pond: Archive

12 year old kid is ordered to surrender his Wii as... →

reminded me of some of the troublemakers you taught :)

Nov 4th

Remember remember the 5th of November. Guy Fawkes'... →

Nov 4th

Oct 11th

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Phrasal differences

Sick (British) = vomit or vomiting Yakking up (British) = talking Chuck = to throw something out OR the leftovers of being sick (British sense) or vomiting Thus, the reasons why people look at me funny when I talk about: 1. My Chucks (as in Converse) 2. Being sick over the weekend (where I get the she’sgivingtoomuchinformation look)

Oct 6th

Sep 16th

Sep 3rd

Alain de Botton Is Heathrow Airport's... →

bbook: Since we’re going to be on the Airport Beat for a while, now… This is fun, and a point for Heathrow. Alain’s the Swiss Army philosopher who wrote The Art of Travel and On Love, amongst other popular, bestselling books. He was in Heathrow for a week, interviewing people, writing his diaries there, and having the writing projected on a big screen above him while he did it. ‘There’s a...

Aug 22nd

Aug 20th

Putpockets in London →

Aug 20th

Aug 17th

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oh goody.

emily has a copy of dragon tatuaje (+ rest of series). AND i really want to read “they fuck you up”… for next one…? it’s about parents and siblings. tres interesting. and very ev. psych.

Aug 16th

I've already read

Curious Incident… It was good. I’m good with most of the others and would like to add in “the girl with the dragon tattoo”.

Aug 16th

I don't understand tumblarity.

Aug 15th

We have a tumblarity of 0

Aug 15th

Book club

Hmm… I’m not sold on the zombies… but perhaps only because I watch CSI everyday resulting in nightmares about them every night. However, I want to read these: Blink - Malcolm Gladwell Hot, Flat, and Crowded - Thomas Friedman The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari - ? They Fuck You Up - ? (psychology read) 3 Cups of Tea - ? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the...

Aug 14th

Aug 2nd

Aug 1st

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Jul 31st

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We're only 1 book in so far...

and any additional book has to wait until I’m done with finals next week. :( Our first book was “Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters“… :) We can see where you are in Fortress of Solititude when we pick the next book and see if you’re in….feel free to throw out suggestions on book titles!

Jul 31st

What is this book club nonsense.

I want in, but only if you’re currently reading Fortress of Solitude because I’m only half-way through right now.

Jul 31st

this reminded me of angus

txtsfrmlstnght: (904): i think he just uses that whole “grew up in a castle” thing to get pussy and his whole “inherited a castle” thing

Jul 29th

Book club find.

They Fuck You Up … not sure about the author.

Jul 28th

This is directly from our book club book! →

Jul 27th

Jul 25th

I invited new peeps to our group page

takeaim: virtualbridgeacrossthepond: :) Now Tess and Amy can virtually bridge the pond, too! I do not know what this is. Now you can put hings that are specifically for Robyn, me, or Tess on this page . You choose virtualbridge from the “post to” menu when you’re creating a new post. :)

Jul 22nd

I invited new peeps to our group page

:) Now Tess and Amy can virtually bridge the pond, too!

Jul 21st

Jul 15th

Jul 14th

Jul 6th

Jul 1st

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Jun 26th

Jun 25th

Jun 18th

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Jun 16th

Jun 15th

They published my "Paperchase" photo on some... →

Jun 12th

rattebur: I can’t quite understand what he means...

Jun 7th

Vending machine prints any book in minutes →

plainoljane: “The Espresso Book Machine has access to 500,000 different books - the same as 23.6 miles of shelf space - and can even churn out a fresh copy of Crime and Punishment in just nine minutes. Pages are printed at a rate of over 100 per minute and are then pressed, glued and cut to produce a pristine book. Users simply pick the book they would like on a screen and wait for it to be...

Jun 1st