Pastimes

[This page is under construction.]

Writing

• My weblog of verse.
  • Poems based on Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Day.
  • Limericks.
  • Clerihews.
  • Something different.

• An old blog of mostly linguistic experiments. Here are a few reproductions.
  • "Parting words", a dictionary of words that split into two.
  • Tom swifties.
  • Morse code mnemonic using alliterative phrases with syllabic lengths that match the code.

• The Wandering Tribe, a retelling of the mythical narrative that supplied the names of Solar System bodies.

• A layperson's introduction to the process of peer review and scientific publication.

• tumble in the semi-dark, a hand-out at an art exhibition in Vancouver.

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Cryptic crosswords

• A personal introduction.

Sometimes I set some. I also collect clues if I find them worth treasuring.

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Word puzzles

• Ones I set for IITM contests called "What's the Good Word?"

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Webcomics

• Strips from a webcomic series to which I once contributed.

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Reading

• My goodreads.

• Mini-reviews of some of the best books I've read.

• A short piece on Jane Austen, including a collection of Austen-based movies and quotes about her.

• My selection of Eight Essential Essays.

My style of reading is to plumb vertically down the work of a select few, occasionally surfacing for a title that catches my fancy. I rarely read the living. Isaac Asimov, Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Arthur C. Clarke, R. K. Narayan, Sujatha, and P. G. Wodehouse have received my sustained scrutiny. Austen is my favourite.

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Cinema

• Science fiction roll, with flash reviews.

• My top movies of the decade 2011-2020.

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Travel

• (x,y) visited.

If the Earth were on fire what would I save? Hawai'i, the Oregon Coast, Jasper National Park, some New Mexico, some Alaska, some England, and the entire province of British Columbia.

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Miscellaneous

• My entries to The New Yorker cartoon caption contest.

• My collections of
  • quotes
  • unusual words from Futility Closet's In a Word.

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