Happy New Year

It’s 2011! Have a good one. And remember, the year is what you make it: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXO6BYFDiC8] Check out that hair. 🙂

Rust Boy

Back when I still did these things (*coughs* which is now, given it was in university, an increasingly and distressingly long time ago), this was cutting edge and done on a shoe string by just one guy. Something that I aspired to – though never hit – and I...

Atheist Solstice

If all goes to plan I am on my way back to the hills of home with G and some good friends. I’ll get to see virtually my entire family in one place (I’m part of a sizable brood, there’s a reason Celts use the term clan), most of my oldest friends and...

Nicholas was…

This adaption of Neil Gaiman’s flash/poem Nicholas Was is great. Done by 39 Degrees North (Beijing based studio). This was the story/poem I politely tipped my hat to on my 2008 Friday Flash Fiction story Blood and Snow

Into…

As I move towards the end act of my current work-in-progress I find myself selecting my playlists more carefully to fit with the story. This has been shuffling into the mix more frequently, probably my favourite Nick Cave song....

Wise words from Tim

The very funny Tim Minchin’s wise words on life: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78XrI_2bPVA] I need to try and see him live.