Snow domes, pork hocks and typewriters
Posted by elena | Posted in General | Posted on 12-05-2010
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We all know how much bookish and literary blogs rock.
However, were you aware that the blogging phenomenon is spread far and wide outside the world of books?
It’s true. I came across a couple of new ones recently which I heart, greatly.
A Dome A Day promises what it delivers. It’s about one woman’s obsession with healthy love of snowdomes in all their weird and wonderful forms. I don’t own any snowdomes and so I live vicariously through this blog. If you would like to do the same, I suggest giving it a look-see. Whether you like cute Hawaiians or like me, love love love dinosaurs, I’m sure you’ll find something you love among this vast collection.
I never particularly liked cooking blogs. Mostly because my own attempts at cooking, outside of a handful of staple dishes, are embarrassing at best. Enter Neil Perry Asian Cooking Challenge to remind me that you don’t have to be even slightly adept at cooking to appreciate a good blog. Inspired by the Julie & Julia blog, this particular cooking challenge blog has taught me a few things, the latest being that I don’t ever want to cook a dish that involves pork hock.
In other more bookish news, some of you may remember me bitching about, and then becoming part of the ABC Radio National Book Show blog. My concerns about whether to post my blog articles here or there have been put to rest, as the book show blog doesn’t require us to write book reviews or interview authors. So With Extra Pulp will still be around doing what it does best (crapping on about literary-related hoo-hahs), but I will shamelessly link to any of my stories over in ABC land. Hooray for internet link-love.
And big hello to my fellow bloggers, Sarah Malick, Oliver Phommava, poet Geoff Lemon (who’s blogging from Argentina (!) ) and Ronni Phillips (who is living it up in UK-town).
And we have Sydney Writers’ Festival coming up in a few days. I will be shortly posting up a run-down of all the events I’m planning to attend for full hello-ability. In the mean-time the program can be found here.
Finally, because I love a good reason to show off, here is a photo of me and the awesomely rad manual type-writer I was recently given as a present. I am hearting my family so much right now.
I feel so privileged to have made it to your non-literary list! And although I AM obsessed with the domes, I am SO loving your new keys. I was trying to get your family to sell it to me instead.
Snowdomes: Hehe it’s portable! You’re welcome to have a-punchy-punch with the keys anytime ;)
I want a typewriter!
Does it make you more creative?! Do you feel inspired and like Hemingway or someone? Wait, were there typewriters in Hemingway’s day? Maybe you felt like Stephen King minus the trailer.
Benjamin: Yes, yes I do (feel like Hemingway :p). Umm I find writing on a type-writer completely new. The typing is a lot slower and I’m used to typing at 70+wpm, so it forces me to slow down my thinking. Also, it unleashes a sort of stream-of-consciousness I didn’t think I had. My friends had a go with it last night and the stuff they came out with was insane and awesome. It’s definitely a medium that influences the message.
If you see a guy with blonde hair sneak into your house in the middle of the night, it’s your imagination k?
Beautiful typewriter! I’ve got a typewriter sitting in my room as well, but it’s a present for a friend of mine. I’m tempted to just keep it for myself… but because I’m such an awesome friend, I won’t :)
Benjamin: Ummm *locks doors*
Soph: Hehehe you are an awesome friend! The person that gave it to me was also tempted to keep it, but she lives close enough that she can use it anytime she wants :) (again, portable = heavy but AWESOME)
oducuvexiwuv…
Jane Merrow…
That is one rocking type writer. You must be churning out all those papers by now. And congrats on writing for the Book Show!!!