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When my first book was published, twelve long years ago, my characters cussed and cursed their way through the unlikely adventures I had concocted for them like drunken sailors on shore leave. Their conversations were veritable cesspits of fruity idiom. At the time I thought I was being terribly clever. I believed that this was Click here to continue…
I love this. Originally found here.
This is my new writer’s toy. I believe it’s called a “lapdesk”. It’s a desk that sits on your lap. Hence, “lapdesk.” Stop me if I’m going too quickly for you. Look. It even has its very own light. All mod cons, you see. My wife bought this for me yesterday. Now, rather than sitting Click here to continue…
Amazing thing, the interweb. Just because I posted a parody of the Old Spice advert and confessed my delight at a new ring tone, people have begun to send me all sorts of fun stuff related to the original idea. This one arrived via facebook this morning from my friend, Mrs. McPea. This may be Click here to continue…
Haven’t had any jazz on here for a while, so here’s something I’ve been saving up for you. When most jazz enthusiasts talk about “Miles”, the chances are they’ll be referring to one, Davis, M. But there’s another Miles whose influence, while perhaps not so far-reaching, still had a profound effect on jazz and its Click here to continue…
This is sort of thing makes me happy, although I’m not quite sure why. I’ve already written about Old Spice parodies proliferating on the web. Now we can all get in on the action. Thanks to a fellow twitterer, I found this great website, which allows you to put the Old Spice dude on your phone. Click here to continue…
Upon being asked why she was still awake half an hour after bedtime, Catherine tearfully announces: I have all these buttons in my head, and I think I must have pressed the “Scared” one. (Oh, and she’s still awake now.)
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[Here's a blog entry I wrote a while ago, which I am re-posting now, ahead of further, related silly stuff later this week.] I am not a real hip-hop fan. A cursory review of my CD collection reveals precisely six rap/hip-hop albums – and probably six of the most well-known in the genre, at that. It Click here to continue…
Ridiculously, school starts today. Our children, typically, have adopted diametrically opposite approaches to the glorious vistas of educational opportunity opening up before them this morning. Catherine is more excited than she was last Christmas Eve. The prospect of entering kindergarten is possibly the most thrilling thing ever to have happened to her; there was much Click here to continue…