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As far as I can see, LJ in IE wants to load every page twice. Or wants to load something that it never gets around to doing.

Interesting post about attitudinal accuracy in historical fiction. rachelmanija has an excellent parallel:( cut for same )

'There is a town in north Ontario'

Blue blue windows behind the stars
Yellow moon on the rise
Big birds flying across the sky
Throwing shadows on our eyes
Leave us
Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless...


早寒江上有怀   Memories in Early Winter by Meng Haoran

木落雁南渡    South go the wild geese, for leaves are now falling,
北风江上寒    And the water is cold with a wind from the north
我家襄水曲    I remember my home; but the Xiang River's curves
遥隔楚云端    Are walled by the clouds of this southern country
乡泪客中尽    I go forward. I weep till my tears are spent.
孤帆天际看    I see a sail in the far sky
迷津欲有问    Where is the ferry? Will somebody tell me?
平海夕漫漫    It's growing rough. It's growing dark.

( Trad hanzi, for me, and more literal translation )