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I'm going to stop being dull and boring and go to sleep. The good news is that I've done all but two of the things I had to do today. The better news is that I've caught up bits of my backlog (from when my email died and when I actually counted the articles I had to read for the Beast). I actually read half a book purely for fun today (about a Torres Strait pearlfisher) and it suddenly dawned on me that I totally love what I do and I get squillions of wonderful books through my life, but right now I don't often have a choice in what I read, just in the order in which I read them. That won't improve until I submit this doctorate, I suspect. And now you know why I'm dull and boring...

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This is the week of the behind-the-scene negotiations. Some things move forward. Some things stall. Some things die in a ditch. Later this year, the things that are moving forward may (all going well) turn into Real Things and I'll be able to talk about them. Maybe even some of the things that stall will turn into Real Things. That'd be nice!

What would also be nice is less thunder on the right, the left and centre. I am willing to give my weather superpower to anyone who wants it, as long as they take the aches and blurred vision as well.