Francesca's Thoughts

Hello. Francesca Astraea here. Make a cup of tea and settle in for a chat!

March 2014

11/03/2014

Spoon Keyboards and Snakes Being Freaky

I am typing this on my new computer and using an ergonomic keyboard which is curved like an upside-down spoon. It has lots of short cut buttons that I’m eagerly anticipating using in my quest to become a Serious Writer Person… new computer, new start and all of that. Except I don’t have Microsoft Office Continue reading

Animals…, Internet, March 2014, Photogenius, Pure Insanity

alligators, BBC.co.uk, crocodiles, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, keyboards, new computers, Pixel Scum, snakes eating reptiles, spoons
07/03/2014

The Six O’Clock News: Examining the Bigger Picture of the Oscar Pistorius Trial (Mostly Unscientifically) So that You Don’t Have To!

I haven’t been sure what to talk about today because the week’s big news, Ukraine, is changing so fast that a blog would be redundant in about twenty minutes. In a lot of ways so would the Oscar Pistorius trial but Ruby and I were talking earlier about aspects of it, so let’s have a Continue reading

March 2014, Newspapers, The Six O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*

ABC, accidental shootings, CBS, crime, crime rates, firearms, gun ownership, gun ownership debate, Indifferent Ignorance, Oscar Pistorius, self-preservation, society, South Africa, the right to bear arms, The Six O’Clock News, USA, WPXI