Jonathan L. Howard's Blog, page 19

My tweets

Mon, 14:47 : Ow. Read a piece containing the phrase "the relentlessness of their categoric elisions." Somebody needs to step away from the thesaurus. Mon, 17:19 : RT @strangechem: Do check out our snazzy new Strange Chemistry website! http://t.co/IgoJ3YRk Mon, 21:18 : @EwaSR Do you still have that copy of "The Cyberiad"? Mon, 21:36 : RT @Richard_Kadrey: Happy birthday, Howard Phillips. Cthulhu fhtagn! Mon, 21:49 : There's swearing in the new Judge Dredd film. Fortunately, just stuff like "fuck" and nothing really extreme like "stomm" or "drokk." Tue, 10:08 : RT @NightOfTrailers: The brand new Night Of The Trailers Returns promo trailer went online yesterday, watched it yet? http://t.co/ICt5e9Op

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Sun, 12:15 : Damn. How did I forget about the tentacles? #AmWriting Sun, 14:35 : RT @lindasgrant: Looking forward to Assange's call for release of imprisoned Ecuadoran journalists. Any minute now I'm sure. Sun, 19:01 : We must beware "...a dangerous and oppressive world in which journalists fall silent under the fear of prosecution..." quoth St Assange. Sun, 19:03 : Fair enough, but perhaps the Ecuadorian Embassy wasn't the best venue for that particular sermon: http://t.co/Ab3ZgIRf Sun, 19:04 : He should have sought asylum with a country with a better human rights record. Perhaps Sweden. Oh. Wait. Sun, 19:27 : Th skies between Bristol and Bath are dotted with hot air balloons. But wait, what's this? http://t.co/bfVtbo98 Sun, 20:04 : Phrases I never thought I'd have reason to type No.567: "Articulated sheath." #AmWriting Mon, 00:00 : Incidentally, panic's over. I've inserted the tentacles. #WasWriting Mon, 00:09 : RT @wonderella: A THING THAT IS HAPPENING IN REAL LIFE: a U.S. House Representative thinks there is like an Airplane Mode for baby parts

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Sat, 14:15 : RT @AnneBillson: Blimey, I missed the Golden Age of Girls' Comics. Sounds more like 1950s horror comics than the stuff I grew up with. h ... Sat, 14:19 : Re: that RT, my wife has a Misty annual. "Girls's comic. Meh," I said. "Read it," she said darkly. I did. My jaw dropped. Blimey, indeed. Sun, 01:50 : RT @Fantasysink: Arc Giveaway of Katya's World by Jonathan L. Howard! @fantasysink @strangechem http://t.co/yvzYpwDB Sun, 11:23 : RT @ChicaLolita: Oh great, Assange is going to give a speech out of a window. That'll calm his delusions of grandeur.

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Fri, 12:52 : RT @BBCEntsTeam: Judge Dredd's creator John Wagner pays mourns the demise of The Dandy. "It seemed impregnable." http://t.co/OQV4L27b Fri, 14:08 : RT @Abby_Chandler: Does anyone in London know where this pic might have been taken? It's the last pic posted by a friend who's missing. ... Fri, 20:14 : @carlybennett I'm terribly sorry; I inadvertently followed you while scrolling, and reflexively unfollowed you. Fri, 20:15 : @carlybennett Now I'm concerned that it may have seemed a bit brusque. That said, I see you're a YA blogger anyway, so I'll refollow.

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Thu, 12:39 : I just love the very idea of clockwork yin-yang: http://t.co/5qCVEhZ8 #TaiChi0 with no less than Sammo Hung as action director. Thu, 15:45 : @KimeCurran Happy birthday, you. Thu, 19:34 : RT @paleofuture: "you can also keep the pages that you're cutting out and use them for a project later on..." http://t.co/AfN1ud9N Thu, 19:34 : I've got a fun crafts project where I cut out the spines of vacuous craft show hosts and glue them to a box to make a "unique" storage space Fri, 09:20 : Lee Gibbons talks about the design process that went into creating the cover of "Katya's World" here: http://t.co/L5AAkney Fri, 09:24 : When I saw his name I thought, "Is that the Lee Gibbons who used to do all that art for GW back when they did more than Warhammer?" Yes.

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Wed, 12:35 : Is it just me or does the chord progression in the verse of Village People's "Go West" sound a lot like Pachelbel's Canon in D? Wed, 13:50 : Found this during the tidy up. Oh yeah, spacetime continuum on a budget, here I come. http://t.co/OjMt2AwZ Wed, 17:11 : RT @Lunapath: @JonathanLHoward A lot of stuff sounds like Canon in D. This is from Rob Paravonian: http://t.co/ol2Rsni4 Thu, 09:19 : RT @stacks3stripe: LOST IN ST.IVES / LELANT area of Cornwall. Our daughters oldest & favourite toy. 'RAFF'. Please can everyone RT? ... Thu, 10:48 : RT @RobotTradingCo: RTC Blog: Colin Harvey Memorial Ebook Bundle - All Proceeds to Charity - http://t.co/ur7h9bCA Thu, 11:09 : RT @AnneBillson: HORRORGAMI! Horror houses from a single sheet of paper. Can't wait to see The Overlook... http://t.co/nYQ0IzyV thanks @ ...

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Tue, 12:09 : I and assorted other dubious folk will be cluttering up @Waterstones Trowbridge on Sept 15th. Be afeared. http://t.co/1YMJSWOs Tue, 12:10 : Dubious folk of the sort that includes @philipreeve1 @Moira_Young @JulietEMcKenna @GuyHaley and some guy called Joe Abercrombie. Tue, 12:20 : Correction: @philipreeve1 won't be there. That's a shame, for he is the very embodiment of "dapper." http://t.co/1jW5YDuk Tue, 14:58 : RT @xHelloSarahx: Small animated action figures make me laugh. Yeah, I am 12 years old... Rorschach & Deadpool... http://t.co/avZT53Dg Tue, 15:17 : RT @RealTimeWWII: UK radio reports 1 shot-down German pilot surrendered to UK troops by saying: "You got me, well done. Cigarette & ... Tue, 15:48 : RT @ChuckWendig: That's true of any book you love by any author. Giving the authors you dig a signal boost is huge for us, and we apprec ... Tue, 20:42 : Quick 3 tweets about gaming Kickstarters. First, the wonderful Cheapass Games has risen from the dead. With cows. http://t.co/Vop6O2Xo Tue, 20:46 : Second, some lovely tabletop miniatures sculpted by Tre Manor using a new resin/plastic tech: http://t.co/X65ZoVFa Tue, 20:48 : And finally, an absolute ton of miniatures using the same new tech from Reaper: http://t.co/QAJjAnLi Gaming nerdery over. Wed, 10:09 : Now Harry Harrison has gone. Always loved his energy and sense of the absurd. Anybody remember "The Men from P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T."? Wed, 10:56 : RT @PeteLordAardman: This is from the Dandy, and incidentally is the design for my gravestone. http://t.co/pgfPE6dZ Wed, 11:32 : Tidying the room I use for writing for the first time in ages. Big job. Singing along to "Ra-Ra-Rasputin." Mind going.

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Mon, 12:10 : RT @Chadbourn: If you want to see the Dr Who Xmas special being filmed, get down to Bristol this week... http://t.co/7BSGK42z Mon, 12:10 : Oh, I am so there. Mon, 12:13 : Re: My last tweet. Just noticed the times. Maybe I won't be there after all. Mon, 13:49 : @AnneBillson They also cut that really nice scene with Karswell and his mother that intimates that he would undo his evil if he could. Mon, 13:58 : "While the phrase 'Down on whores' may be slightly tainted after the Whitechapel murders, in public health it has resonance" #DailyMailLogic Mon, 15:24 : RT @brainpicker: How to listen to music -�lovely vintage guide to the 7 essential habits one need cultivate http://t.co/0gXu3kHe Mon, 16:14 : @AnneBillson I cannot even remember the last time I saw a film with a supporting feature. You're lucky to get a projectionist these days. Tue, 09:46 : RT @em_cooper: ... This is amazing. Gob smacking. RT @gsvoss: The 'invisible' bike helmet http://t.co/9RYoWPsm (via @kaeru) (for @marykmac) Tue, 09:49 : RT @jamiesmart: The Dandy is facing closure. I wrote a blog about my experience, and urging you to buy a copy. http://t.co/iUi15CdD (RT' ... Tue, 11:09 : RT @JonathanGunson: Fiction Writers will appreciate this. WARNING: http://t.co/ZYdVOnU6 </ul

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Sun, 16:07 : @dcwomenkicknass I'm envious; Waller's one of my favourite characters. Not very taken by her New 52 incarnation, however. Sun, 21:15 : Watching the #ClosingCeremony and suddenly thought of #PlayAway Sun, 21:16 : RT @Queen_UK: WTF?! #closingceremony Sun, 21:25 : It might have been more honest to just have Alf Garnett walk into the middle and tell everybody to sod off home. #ClosingCeremony Sun, 21:34 : I didn't know Charlie Brooker had a band #closingceremony Sun, 21:40 : RT @MLBrook: The only thing that will make the closing ceremony OK is if we end on a certain Rick Astley number, and rickroll the entire ... Sun, 21:48 : Kettling's not so bad when it's done by people with light bulbs on their hats. #ClosingCeremony Sun, 21:51 : "Agadoo." It's only a matter of time. #ClosingCeremony Sun, 22:01 : Well, I suppose if they couldn't get the Queen to turn up, they had bugger all chance of getting #KateBush #ClosingCeremony Sun, 22:04 : Just noticed the flag holders. There were pony girl events and nobody told me? #ClosingCeremony Mon, 00:09 : Oh, NOW I find there's a commentary-free feed. #ClosingCeremony Mon, 01:01 : RT @NaomiMc: Excellent RT @Betfairpoker The London 2012 closing ceremony. On Storify. Read it and sleep. http://t.co/d10iaXOL Mon, 08:51 : Why has the medals table stopped updating? Why? WHY? And why am I twitching?

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Sun, 10:12 : RT @TheTommyCooper: I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. Sun, 10:14 : While I'm pleased that I've got back into reading fiction again, the downside is that I now have nine books on the go.