Jonathan L. Howard's Blog, page 9

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Sat, 18:02 : RT @Cadigan: Found this on the front door this morning. It's been that kind of week. http://t.co/EzpwVSEX

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Fri, 20:17 : Crap. Had almost forgotten about #Movember. Okay, here we go. Fri, 20:19 : As you know, #Movember is a way of raising cash for charities dedicated to the treatment of male cancers, i.e. testicular and prostate. Fri, 20:21 : To this end, chaps humiliate themselves with ridiculous moustaches. It's sort of like the 'seventies, but for charity. #Movember Fri, 20:23 : So, here I am, looking stupid. http://t.co/YyIrp6HF Have your yucks, then DONATE. Chaps' bollocks, arses, and lives are depending on you. Fri, 20:24 : Thank you. That was a public service bulletin on behalf of the dignity of my upper lip. Sat, 00:37 : RT @wowser: Some very unusual Tube line closures this weekend: http://t.co/sjdoacT2 Sat, 08:25 : Farewell, Paragon City, survivor of alien and zombie invasions, done to death by accountants and management twaddle. #CityOfHeroes #CoH Sat, 08:27 : Been playing CITY OF HEROES since '06. Most enjoyable MMO I've ever played and by far the best community. Good times. #CoH

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Thu, 14:17 : Made 50k just before having to commit to the half-arsed climax that I wasn't happy with. Phew. Now have time to think of better. #NaNoWriMo Thu, 20:00 : In Bristol & bored . If you want to buy me booze in return for basking in the glow of my genius, I'm in the Watershed until about 9:30. Thu, 20:47 : What kind of crazy, mixed-up world is this where an author has to pay for his own damn beer? Fri, 11:58 : RT @BFI: Stop motion lives! @stewjeez says reports of the technique's uselessness are greatly exaggerated: http://t.co/w5nozQiB via @Sig ... Fri, 12:01 : RT @denofgeek: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell coming to the BBC http://t.co/BIvEr7zo

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Wed, 12:55 : O noes. Less than 3k to completing #NaNoWriMo and I suddenly can't be arsed. Wed, 12:57 : RT @esedia: Reason 3,418 why young people are terrible! http://t.co/qnjswBRl Wed, 16:42 : @d_whiteplume Ignore the comma after KADATH. I meant to delete that. Wed, 17:40 : Nobody's talking about Donald Trump anymore. It's because they discovered it was really just the caretaker in a rubber mask the whole time. Wed, 21:44 : RT @Richard_Kadrey: DEVIL SAID BANG made it into the @boingboing 2012 Christmas gift guide. http://t.co/mQ4MufYJ

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Tue, 14:47 : This is wonderful. The man who dropped a Tricolour on the Arc de Triomphe and strafed Gestapo HQ in occupied Paris: http://t.co/rF6cTSDT Tue, 15:02 : RT @FakeNNWMTips: Congrats on being so close to the end! Assuming you are, of course. If you're not then ha ha, sucks to be you. #nanowrimo Tue, 16:30 : So, Cornwall is finally getting its first university. I can hardly wait for all the bitingly satirical "BSc in Pasty Technology" gags. Tue, 19:07 : RT @SusanCalman: Got cold called. Was asked for my National Insurance Number. I told them it was CPE 1704 TKS. That's the launch code i ... Tue, 19:12 : God damn it, why does all the cool stuff happen in London? http://t.co/fHptaILd I hate you, London. You do this just to taunt me. Tue, 23:21 : A nightmare of hordes of red-clad Jedwards, some dead-eyed and soulless, and all the rest waxworks http://t.co/gxkqPYZ8 (via @miwhelan )

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Mon, 14:43 : My UK post-apocalyptic pulp is quite unlike the US variety. Instead of loners on motorbikes, I've got sensible team players in raincoats. Mon, 16:04 : This is gratifying. "Katya's World" is on the BBC's "Open Book" list of recommended children's/YA titles: http://t.co/BkkTfSiM Mon, 20:14 : RT @volewriter: Absolutely the WORST diet you have ever seen, courtesy of Cosmo 1974. http://t.co/XMLx8iPH Mon, 20:46 : I've partially demolished Bath Spa, and the bits that aren't demolished are overrun with Morlocks. Soz. #NaNoWriMo Tue, 09:33 : Got a Twitter search set up for "Katya's World." A side-effect is I've discovered just how many women called Katya talk about their world. Tue, 09:38 : RT @Kirsty_C: Thanks @AmazonUK for letting me know business, politics and sci-fi aren't for my pretty little head #everydaysexism http:/ ... Tue, 10:04 : In response to my tweet about destroying bits of Bath Spa in my WIP, @WeLoveBath sent me a glum emoticon, thus :( I feel such a schmuck. Tue, 10:07 : Honestly, Southend didn't say a thing when I destroyed half of it. Tue, 10:12 : You have to worry when a pair of twins aren't 100% sure what twins are: http://t.co/TiC30gkD (via @Okwonga ) Tue, 11:56 : Watching "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" during lunch this week. Quite enjoying it. Sorry. Tue, 11:59 : John Vernon's in it, playing a git. I foresee a grotesque and humiliating death for him before the credits roll. Tue, 12:07 : John Vernon's just said no one's going to make a dummy out of him. I think that counts as foreshadowing.

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Sun, 13:01 : RT @TheAzzo: "It's a confusing, non-regulated toaster market" @wowser on toast heating setting discrepancies, #boring2012 Sun, 15:28 : @Richard_Kadrey @Marc_Gascoigne Thanks for the RTs, chaps. Sun, 16:14 : RT @CinemaMuseum: Miss Dinah Sheridan R.I.P. Here with Jenny Agutter, Sally Thomsett and @GaryWarren6 in one of the best films ever made ... Mon, 09:58 : RT @BalliolHistory: W.C. Fields: ‘Start every day with a smile, and get it over with.’ Mon, 10:23 : Hey, BBC sub-editor, "finished" isn't the same as "cancelled," and is a country mile from "axed." http://t.co/Yna7PehI

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Sat, 16:09 : RT @philipreeve1: The route of the 'Daddy Long Legs' (mad-as-a-spoon Victorian electric coastal railway), snapped by @dark_derek https:/ ... Sun, 11:09 : RT @EwaSR: Don't judge me if I eat all my haribo now. It's a survival thing. #Boring2012 http://t.co/YV1pwxYs Sun, 11:21 : Interested in KATYA'S WORLD but don't want to bother your eyes with all those funny little letter things? Audio! http://t.co/MJEAUnud Sun, 11:45 : RT @timmaughan: WHITE FOLKS BE DANCIN’ http://t.co/h4kIBWU2

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Fri, 13:24 : I remember the good old days when Black Friday was all about masked serial killing. Of course, it's all commercialised theses days. Fri, 14:00 : Reports of unmarked helicopters spraying mobs of shoppers with Agent Orange. Amazing. They still make Agent Orange? #talesfromblackfriday Fri, 15:05 : I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked. Plus, I got this foot massager. #talesfromblackfriday Fri, 16:05 : RT @jazzchantoozie: Ok... I don't want to alarm anyone.. but there appears to be a giant creature about to escape from the Shard right n ... Fri, 17:23 : Passed Jacob Rees-Mogg on the high street. His gait is somewhere between Shaggy from "Scooby-Doo" and the new born Bambi. Fri, 17:55 : RT @Glinner: ....and here's the clip of the Count that I just can't stop watching. http://t.co/XQ6YoD4W Fri, 18:17 : Many thanks for the name checks and the #FF shout outs. Never doubt that they're always appreciated. Fri, 20:33 : Now I have Morlocks with Bristolian accents. This is me, running amok. Wheeeee. #NaNoWriMo Sat, 10:38 : These promoted tweets are getting a bit esoteric. Just been offered a gas chromatography troubleshooting poster. Quite tempted, actually. Sat, 10:44 : "This attractive poster includes solutions to a multitude of problems with your baseline, detector, column, inlet filter, and results."

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Thu, 15:11 : Just described the most unlikely creature I may ever describe. Somewhere, the shade of Lovecraft is saying, "Damn, son." Thu, 15:13 : That's how Lovecraft spoke, you know. Thu, 17:38 : Quick ad for Colinthology. You should buy it because it's awesome, cheap, & for charity. If you don't, you're an idiot. http://t.co/AtaYS6yf Thu, 18:54 : My inner commentary has started talking like @peeweeherman and I am finding the experience disconcerting. Thu, 19:51 : RT @ghostfinder: Two fun Tumblrs for writers - http://t.co/Pny8K4rh and http://t.co/HOgIDkxE < posted them earlier but worth repeating! Fri, 09:10 : And a happy 49th birthday to "Doctor Who" (The series, that is, and not the character, who's a tad older). #DoctorWho Fri, 10:49 : Heimdall teams up with Jill Valentine to fight zombie Ice Giants. Or crime. Yes, crime. http://t.co/Yne6RNvg Fri, 11:58 : @GailSimone I like to think that STOP sign is actually attached to your back, and it gets in the way when you try to brush your hair. Fri, 12:02 : Time: Midday. Work Completed: 0% Achievement Unlocked: Lazy Bastard