Author Archives: Henry Gee

About Henry Gee

Henry Gee is an author, editor and recovering palaeontologist, who lives in Cromer, Norfolk, England, with his family and numerous pets, inasmuch as which the contents of this blog and any comments therein do not reflect the opinions of anyone but myself, as they don't know where they've been.

City Lights (Slight Return)

Posted on 24 June 2011 by Henry Gee

I regret to announce that cromercrox, for it is he, deleted the original version of this post, entirely by accident. Here it is again, dragged out from some cache or another, though of course without all y’all’s insightful comments. We … Continue reading →

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City Lights

Posted on 23 June 2011 by Henry Gee

A few nights ago I was reading a bedtime story to Crox Minima. The story was The Tale of Johnny Town Mouse, a Beatrix Potter classic. The tale isn’t really about Johnny Town Mouse – it’s more about Timmy Willie, … Continue reading →

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Others

Posted on 16 June 2011 by Henry Gee

Prompted by Dr S. C. of this parish I hied third to the Science Fiction Exhibition at the British Library (on until 25 September, admission free). I would have hied forth, but I pleaded the ‘eadaches, though as the Long … Continue reading →

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Cryptozoon

Posted on 16 June 2011 by Henry Gee

If you have a diary and should like to put a date in it … A date, but not in a diary. Picture from Wikimedia. … I’ll be chairing a meeting next month on cryptozoology. You can find all the … Continue reading →

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Workspace

Posted on 12 June 2011 by Henry Gee

The Great Build at the Maison Des Girrafes is descending asymptotically to a close. Today I cleaned out the final remains of the old kitchen, using the most amazing industrial steam cleaning device given to me by the Croxfather. This … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #151

Posted on 9 June 2011 by Henry Gee

This example kindly sent in by Dr M.-T. H. of London, who found it in the lucre-driven, full-on, high-energy, 24-hour bagel-fuelled city that is New York. So exhausting they named it twice.

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A Year With An iPad

Posted on 8 June 2011 by Henry Gee

Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun? It hardly seems possible that a year has passed since I bought my iPad. High time, I thought, for a retrospective which, I hope, will answer some of the questions that perplexed reviewers … Continue reading →

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Build II

Posted on 3 June 2011 by Henry Gee

For those few of you who care about this sort of thing – and because I promised I’d keep you informed – here is an update on the ongoing conversion of the Maison des Girrafes into a Palazzo. But first, … Continue reading →

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Marmite

Posted on 25 May 2011 by Henry Gee

And in other news, word has reached mes oreilles that the authorities in a small country far away of which we know very little have banned the sale of Marmite, a popular English comestible. For those of you who are … Continue reading →

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Build

Posted on 17 May 2011 by Henry Gee

And in other news, the Maison des Girrafes is in the process of becoming a Palazzo. The new East Wing is built, though what with one thing and another I haven’t gotten as far with the new kitchen as I’d … Continue reading →

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