July 13th, 2008
AbeBooks have quite a unique item listed for sale right now: A first edition paperback of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, plus Douglas Adams’ typewriter.
[The typewriter] bears an anti-apartheid sticker on one side of the object and is boldly signed across the front casing by Adams in his unmistakeable hand. It comes housed in [...]
June 29th, 2008
No, it’s not a code-name for the next TableRappers book, but the arrival of a critical decision point.
In typically ADD-brain type activity, I have once again taken on too much in too short a time. It’s a viscious circle to which, I suspect, many readers of this blog can relate.
Ideas, and potential projects abound, and [...]
June 18th, 2008
Just in time to coincide with our resolve to adhere to a more controlled and considered eating regime, I got an email today from Thorntons (yes, the chocolate people) to tell me they are knocking 20% off pretty much everything between now and 4pm on Friday June 20th. It was, of course, deliberate timing - [...]
May 14th, 2008
Jesus and the joys of a Motel6
On arriving to Janesville base camp one one afternoon, we were overjoyed to see a very special guest was also staying that night - and a few friends, perhaps, as the car could easily seat a handful of chums.
We stayed at a Motel6 proved to be an interesting (and [...]
May 7th, 2008
Chicago airport, Monday, May 5, 2008. Spotted Scott Sigler’s INFECTED novel in the bookstore adjacent to the eating/seating area. What’s delightful in this shot is how INFECTED gets priority placement over Stephen King’s Duma Key. I’d rate that as a result, Scott!
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April 22nd, 2008
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April 21st, 2008
Vacation is looming in a few days and I am experiencing all the usual internal turbulence in the lead-up.
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April 13th, 2008
It’s a Sunday morning and I am planning recording the next episode of TableRappers when joy of joys, the next door neighbour begins his DIY tapping, filing, and drilling. “Oh great,” I exclaim, “I hope he doesn’t keep that up for long.”
A minute later and a very unusual sound wafts through the flat. This is [...]