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I feel totally responsible

Apparently Boris is about to win the election? Due to foolishness, I didn’t set up an absentee...

My kind of town

Now that my parents have left my native climes (and the family home) in upstate New York, and it is...

Bucking the stereotype

Ross: I'm not really a typical academic.
Jean: Honey, you're wearing a corduroy jacket.
Ross: You should see the one I have with elbow patches!

Another thing that should have existed...

One of my Glitterditch colleagues has discovered chess-boxing, which is coming to a North London...

The next leg

When my mother heard my travel plans, she remarked, “you’re going to be grumpy!” ...

Returning

En route back to London, I am currently chillaxing (as Seb would say) in the Qantas/BA lounge of...

Non-fiction: Apr 27 | By genre |...

Hard to bear | By genre | guardian.co.uk...

Dear Bex, Would you mind, henceforth, leaving a fresh...

somethingchanged: My friend is trying to convince me that...

Let there be light and sound

Greeted at by the hotel management with a bouquet of flowers...

Singapore

I’m going to Singapore today! It is quite exciting, as this trip will represent my debut in...

Galloway suffers campaign trail bashing from...

Google analytics: so interesting!

Every day I am getting several hits from someone googling ‘Jean Hannah Edelstein” and...

“What I want is a Sky+ system for all human interactions, so...”
— Charlie Brooker on getting up...

“Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever...”
— Men who explain things - Los...

Sunday night

I had a really lovely weekend - I am sorry it is over - but I actually don’t really have...

On air: Are women taken seriously in...

If you can find me in this photo, you win a prize. (Not...

That awful math class feeling

OK: so I recall oh-so-painfully the time I had my second-to-last big exam in pre-calculus and I...

My Geneva correspondent dug out this Moxy Früvous classic, ‘My Baby Loves A Bunch of...

Sebastian and Jean plan a...

Sebastian: How are we looking now?
Jean: OK, I think, provided the vegetarians aren't sad.
Sebastian: They can have more herbs if they're hungry...and feel bitter about it.

Hey hey! It’s a finished copy of the gorgeous Bad Idea...

“En route to the Blood on Paper: The Art of the Book...”
— Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog...

“Hard-hearted as I am after my slush pile years, I...”
— Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog...

Singular

We had a piquant conversation about being ‘freemale’ last at dinner last night,...

“A challenging, unsettling book, Black Mass doesn’t...”
— Last orders | By genre |...

This gorgeous key lime pie was beautifully executed last...

I was feeling so spring-tastic today and the sun was shining...

One more photo from yesterday’s meander/phone...

Can anyone offer suggestions for a commenting application...

Interview - Jeff Gore | The Colbert Report | Comedy Central Famous! My brother’s friend and...

On my way to the office this morning, I took a lot of photos...

Gasp! My ever-vigilant Geneva Correspondent has just pointed...

“I think I am over Ian McEwan. I am replete. I really...”
— Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog...

Reblogging...

jessicalouise: jeanhannahedelstein: This morning when I opened the refrigerator I discovered...

Double dactyl

Another rediscovered poem from my youth (1998). This is the last one, though, I promise. Crime and...

My name is Jean, and...

This morning when I opened the refrigerator I discovered that the coffee was finished, and my heart...

“I don’t think it’s that he’s not nice,...”
— Bex, sage-like

“Rarely do I attend any social gathering in the UK where the...”
— Schadenfreude, I own it |...

Time for a new passport…the death stare quite...

“On May 20th we’ve got an evening of debate and...”
— Open a Bookshop, what could...

“Where are the witches of yesteryear, the strange old women...”
— MFK Fisher, “The Secret...

Lauren and I visited the sweet Swedish cafe on Brick Lane...

Thank you, wormwood

It happened in the middle of Saturday afternoon, after I had unwisely consumed a few sips of...

BBC NEWS | Scotland | US president hopefuls...

“Erica did things with Jell-O that took people’s breath...”
— Don DeLillo,...

day 81 working double hard (via Christiane B)

Sophomoric Poet Laureate

“You know,” said Dadelstein on the phone last night, “There is a new poetry editor...

Ah, bless

Have been waiting at home for a package all morning, only to have now received the dreaded phone...

“At one low point in college I was actually banned from our...”
— Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog...

It sticks

After some very serious Internet research, I have diagnosed myself with ‘glue ear’. That...

Three important things to remark on

I really don’t like April Fool’s Day! You might think that I would, since I enjoy a...

I found this utterly charming when I watched it, until the credits rolled and I realised that it...