In case you’re at all interested, I’m still here. I’ve been slack (again).
That’s because I’ve been on holiday (again).
and moved house (again) and had no broadband.
I note the following meagre points about the past couple of weeks:
People in Port Stephens seem to have no shame about water usage.
EVERYONE uses sprinklers to water their grass, some [...]
Audible.com has new advertising bearing the slogan: Don’t read. The ads are in flash and it takes a while for the ‘Listen’ bit to come up. I saw the ad at Wired but it may not be still there.
Not happy Jan.
UPDATE: And via BookSlut, apparently the ALA thinks this is a trademark infringement and has [...]
(Cross-posted at Larvatus Prodeo).
He doesn’t strike me as an intelligent man – he strikes me as a f—wit, actually – and you see his bowling is absolutely cerebral: every ball is different. It’s almost as if there’s witchcraft in the ball.
This is Dorothy Porter on Shane Warne. This is also my way of justifying a [...]
The life of a writer eh?
Justine Larbalestier kicks off a discussion on the humiliations suffered by writers everywhere.
Typical conversation at a party:
“So you’re a novelist, huh? That’s cool. Will I have heard of you?”
“Well, so far I only have one novel out—”
“Dan Brown has only one novel.”
“Ah, doesn’t Dan Brown have—”
“So, have I heard of [...]
So I haven’t been blogging for a while. I’ ve been on holiday.
I’ve had a lot to drink and eat over Christmas.
Got a toddler.
Insert another excuse here.
And another here.
Anyway, the first refuge of the book blogger who can’t blog is to return to the books one is reading.
As some of you may know, the second [...]
