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The Only Fetish Diagram You’ll Ever Need
Click for bigness. EDIT: Open mouth. Insert Google. Edit post. Here’s the 2006 version:
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Letters From America: Me And My Big Mouth
originally sent on the 18th February, 2004— So there I was in a comedy club last Wednesday that’s run by afriend-of-a-friend. And I’ve been talking for years about wanting to try my hand at stand-upcomedy. And another friend of mine who used to be a professional standup isin the area this week. And I’d had […]
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Lucid Dreaming
As dreaming’s been coming up a lot recently in blogs I read, I thought it might be a good idea to teach you all how to lucid dream. Lucid dreaming is when you know that you’re dreaming, and can control the dream. I seem to recall reading a few years back that the most popular […]
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A Little Knowledge
A while back I re-watched Firefly on DVD. It’s a Western. With Spaceships. It’s also bloody marvellous, and if you can’t cope with the collision of those two genres I’m sorry – but you’re missing out on a fantastically well-made TV show. (This has no relevance at all to the content of this post. I […]
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What the Dickens
Ooh! It’s a shiny announcement! My adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol will be playing at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre in Kentish Town this Christmas. Previews start on the 9th of December, while the show proper opens on the 16th December and runs through till January 3rd 2009. Good, eh? More information and […]
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10,000 hours
That’s how long it takes to get to be a world-class expert at something. Or 8,000 if you merely want to be good. There’s an extract from Malcolm Gladwell’s new book over at The Guardian today, which backs up my earlier post on the irrelevance of talent. My thesis there, backed up by Gladwell, is […]
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Letters from America: How to Write for Television
originally sent 14 Feb 2004— Well, the first script is finished, so I thought I’d update everyone on what I’ve discovered about how the TV & Film business works in LA. Over here they just call it “The Industry”. I’m concentrating on TV, so I need a minimum of two spec scripts for current TV […]
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A mountain; a road; some trees
You tend to pursue many different activities simultaneously. When misfortune does happen, it doesn’t actually dishearten you all that much. You are a thoughtful and cautious person. You like to think about your method, seeking to pursue your goal in the most effective way. You like following the rules and being objective. You are precise […]
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Convention Season
This is basically a big old plug for Redemption 09, which is where Loli and I will be next February. Redemption is a science fiction convention run by the nice people who ran last year’s Eastercon, as described here, and which was fantastic. It’s 55 quid for the ticket, and sharing a room will set […]
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Ad Break
As I may have mentioned before, I’m an atheist. Which is why I’ve just donated a tenner to help put an advert for atheism on the side of a bus. If you fancy helping out, you can donate here.