Happy Bloomsday!

From Nora (Pat Murphy, 2000). In other news, can anyone tell me how that "Ewan McGregor as serious actor" thing is working out?

Carlos Bordas León (1983- )

Carlos, one of my students, came to see me at the Book Fair. Not only did he buy two books, but he took this particularly flattering photo of me. At least I look more human than normal, which is, as we say in the business, a plus.

Current Favourite Sentence

Sin embargo, ¿por qué no decimos que un árbol es más tonto que otro árbol?

Air Travel of the Future

I would like to fly in a plane with a transparent cabin. More photos here.

John Plumbe (1809-1857)

View of the Capitol, Washington (1846).

One of Wales's finest. More information here.

A little bean...

Андрей Аствацатуров, Люди в голом (2010)

Crazy name, great book. More information (in Russian, with some optional irrelevant English bits just a click away) here.

Îles Maria, or Nororotu

More (basic) information here. A sort of ornithologist's paradise / Doctor No's hideaway.

Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)

Green Tea, or La Dame Ovale (1942). Oh, timing. Leonora Carrington died on 25 May 2011.

Current Favourite Sentence

"To the best of our knowledge, with the experimental precision we have, the electron appears to be round," Hudson said.