... you put Yes Minister onto the non-fiction section of your bookshelves. And then think seriously about whether that isn't the right place for it after all.

A little overdue, and courtesy of robert_jones

1. What, if anything, do you miss about Bedford?

Mostly the familiarity - it will take me a while to learn my way around London. Anywhere except London, Id probably have to add the diversity (although it wasn't described as the Un-Melting Pot without good reason, although this situation has improved a lot).

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Neil Gaiman's Hold Me has been put on LJ. This isn't legal and the post is probably going to be deleted, but it is definitely worth reading.

Also, Warren Ellis's Shoot, which DC refused to publish is online and worth reading.

For those who don't know Hellblazer, the comparatively inferior Issue 1 is available free online ( Read more... )

A recent link by ixwin to a comment by ewin on a post by ursulav's journal got me to thinking about the nature of Good and Evil, and in particular how good and evil relate to fantasy genres and RPGs ( Read more... )

I've just been reading The Jim Crow Guide by Stetson Kennedy. Although I had intellectually realised how bad things were even post-slavery there are many levels of understanding.

To anyone job hunting from the papers, do not use The Times website and then click the "Apply Now" link - this automatically sends a copy of the e-mail you compose to News International (selected in the BCC field of your mailclient ( Read more... )

Seems the terrorists have been at it again. I'm alive and well - and managed to get back to North London via Thameslink from City Thameslink to Kentish Town.

Found on makinglight.

Puzzle: Person x and y have the following conversation:

x: I forgot how old your three kids are.
y: The product of their ages is 36.
x: I still don’t know their ages.
y: The sum of their ages is the same as your house number.
x: I still don’t know their ages.
y: The oldest one has red hair.
x: Now I know their ages!

What are the kids’

No real update...

colours (reported in by others), midnightmelody (reported in by email) and timeplease (has posted since the attacks) still haven't been heard from AFAIK.

Happy Birthday midnightmelody