Tell you what…
Posted by Editor on July 31st, 2006…shall I start forcing Reed to post daily again?
(She’s writing poetry in bed at the moment. For God’s sake).
Archive for July, 2006
Holding pattern
Posted by Editor on July 27th, 2006I apologise for this continued interruption of normal service. Reed’s current excuse is that she dropped a box of books on her toes at work today. Though what the hell her feet have to do with her typing abilities I don’t know.
Meanwhile, here are two miniscule fragments of verse to be getting on with:
Mirror
I cannot […]
Now wash your hands
Posted by Reed on July 23rd, 2006Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards. - Robert A. Heinlein
I was in a pub the other night (it happens. I was drinking Hoegaarden. I don’t think that helps). We were having a hugely satisfactory high-brow discussion on the way different languages shape […]
Your obedient servant
Posted by Editor on July 17th, 2006It’s been a week. Reed has posted every day for six consecutive days. It was jolly well was going to be seven, but we had that hiccup last night when the wonders of technology went all unwonderful for a few hours. I think she was vaguely planning on posting a long whinge about how bloody […]
A big boy broke it and ran away
Posted by Reed on July 17th, 2006The Internet vanished last night. I duly and with my best professional demeanor on, faffed for ten minutes and then went and dragged my husband away from whatever-it-was he was doing and demanded the return of the Internet right this minute. And then stood in the background wailing: ‘But we have broadband!’ while he tried […]
Leaving a Trace by Alexandra Johnson
Posted by Reed on July 15th, 2006I brought up the subject of diaries last night. Tell you what, let’s be madly original and actually stick to the subject. I actually own a book about diary keeping. It’ll suffer the enormity of being the first book I review on this site. I’d always meant to review books, at some point, when I […]
In gin, veritas. Damn.
Posted by Reed on July 14th, 2006Caveat: It’s Friday night. There is a large and heady G&T next to the computer. I could get even less coherent than usual. So, I am staying firmly away from deep and meaningful subjects. Anyway, I think we’ve just about done deep and meaningful for this week, don’t you?
So. Does anyone else keep a diary? […]
Some few needless words
Posted by Reed on July 13th, 2006I’d prefer not to write about world events and politics. There’s the most fantabulous amount of snarking, bitching, whining, ranting, begging, rightousness and spleen already packaged for your delectation at Daily Kos, Eurotrib, and associates (see their blogrolls. My knuckles hurt just thinking about typing them all out). Need I join in? Didn’t think so. […]
In praise of the purposeful silence
Posted by Reed on July 12th, 2006I think I can safely assure you that the Editor and I will not be on speaking terms for quite a few days yet. Even so, here I sit, bellowing ‘post! post! It’s nearly midnight!’ at myself in very nearly her tones. Possibly she hypnotised me during our last Hard Stare Stand-Off.
But as it is, […]
Chills, thrills and retching
Posted by Reed on July 11th, 2006The two hardest things to write are comedy and terror. Some, perhaps many, people assume the Hard Crown goes to tragedy, what with the need to twangle the old heartstrings lest the whole thing slides into bathos and we all get deeply embarrassed. But, my dears, I have read some of the most unmitigated tosh, […]
