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Sunshine Blogger Award – Part II
Okay, so when I said tomorrow in the last post, I obviously meant in one week. Easy mistake, but here we are. I was nominated by Red Metal at Extra Life. Thanks for the mention! 1. Have you ever watched a critically acclaimed show only to feel it didn’t live up to the hype? I may get banned from the Internet for admitting this, but I’ve watched a few episodes of Rick and Morty and just wasn’t into it. I love pretty much everything I’ve seen from Dan Harmon – Community, HarmonQuest, Great Minds with Dan Harmon – but this one just didn’t hook me, despite the plots being fun…
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Sunshine Blogger Award and One Lovely Blog Award
We went on holiday, and I managed to get sick (again!), so while I’m recovering from that I thought I’d take the opportunity to answer these two awards I was tagged in. Labelling them awards seems a bit lofty, they were memes back in the old days of blogging (he says, feebly waving his fist in the air), but either way thanks to those of you who thought to tag me! I’ve been nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award by Lady Emily Rose over at Knight of Angels. The Rules 1. Thank the blogger who nominated you in your blog post and a link back to the blog. (Thanks, Emily!)…
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Terry Pratchett isn’t Jolly
A friend sent me this great article that Neil Gaiman wrote for The Guardian. He discusses the common misconception that it’s simply the humour that drives Terry Pratchett’s writing when it’s really much more. Still, by the top of the hour it was all over. We went back to our hotel, and this time we took a taxi. Terry was silently furious: with himself, mostly, I suspect, and with the world that had not told him that the distance from the bookshop to the radio station was much further than it had looked on our itinerary. He sat in the back of the cab beside me white with anger, a…
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Audiobook Humble Bundle
If you’re a fan of video games, you’ve probably heard of the Humble Bundle. They are collections of games made available to purchase at the price of your choosing, in which the proceeds are split between the creators and charity. Altruistic shopping, what more do you want? This time they’re offering a bundle of DRM-free audiobooks. Here’s the pickings: The Satanic Verses – Salman Rushdie Stolen – Lucy Christopher Abandon – Meg Cabot Junky – William S. Burroughs Found – Margaret Peterson Haddix And if you pay more than the average (currently $5.62), you get these as well: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius – Dave Eggers Blood Meridian –…
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Now We Are Five
David Sedaris wrote a touching article in The New Yorker about his first family vacation after his youngest sister committed suicide last spring. I’ve still only read one of his books, but the few columns I’ve read of his have convinced me that I need to read more. “Why do you think she did it?” I asked as we stepped back into the sunlight. For that’s all any of us were thinking, had been thinking since we got the news. Mustn’t Tiffany have hoped that whatever pills she’d taken wouldn’t be strong enough, and that her failed attempt would lead her back into our fold? How could anyone purposefully leave…
