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Parousia delay (re-re-redux…)
I was going through Twitter this morning on the phone before getting out of bed, and suddenly started wondering what all the “rapture” stuff I was seeing was about. Normally when at home I don’t use US-based news sources much, finding them way too limited — mostly because of a tendency of such sources to ignore [...]
Best Stout in the World (again)
Yes, Uncle Arthur is muttering under his breath tonight. Again. I’m mentioning this at all because the Porterhouse has been a favored hangout of ours since it first opened in the wilds of County Wicklow, down Bray way. (They started microbrewing long before others perceived that it was cool to do so. It was always [...]
RIP Mr. Squeak: 1993(ish)-2011
He now rests in the company of Beemer, Bubble, Pip, and Lilith, down at the bottom of the garden. Go well, noble puss.
“Is the squirrel relevant?” and other commercial issues
I was whinging about commercials that I hate, the other day. For fairness’s sake, here are a few that made me smile recently. First: some pretty backgrounds in here, regardless of the numerous scientific impossibilities. Wondering whether they did that gibbous Earth with Terragen. Other questions: who moved the Moon so close to the Earth, [...]
“Game Of Thrones” picked up for a second season
And after just one episode. As we say in this neck of the woods: Not Too Shabby. I haven’t seen the US numbers, but here are the UK ones: “A Sky Atlantic spokesperson has confirmed that the UK and Irish premiere of ‘Game of Thrones’ on Monday, April 18th brought in an average of 743,000 [...]
About the blogger
30+ years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Also: the Young Wizards series, 1983-2010 and beyond.
That said, sometimes I want to talk about anything but writing. This is one place where that happens.
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