Diary of a Distraction

[lizvogel]

So, I'm sitting down to do a bit of better-word-bracket removal. One of the first brackets to be removed is [Aubuson], which I needed to check was in fact the word I wanted. Since I remembered it from either Allingham or Sayers (or both), one of the search terms was quite naturally "aubuson peter wimsey". Which led to a quote in a Wikipedia article, which made mention of The Wimsey Papers, which I've not read, which led me unfortunately to a dead link, which led me to a search in turn for a still-active copy, which led me to Wimsey-fic, which led me to what do you mean it's been an hour, I've only looked up one word!

Incidentally, for those who are curious, it's "Aubusson", yes that was the type of carpet I wanted, and there are rough but legible scans of The Wimsey Papers here.

This is why I turn the wifi off when I'm writing.