Cool. I just discovered that I’m an Amazon UK Top 1000 reviewer. Of course, I’m still not buying from them.
Doonesbury
Whilst browsing some old entries on Ask’s blog I found an entry pointing out a very appropriate Doonesbury cartoon. (Actually, I’m just trying out Movable Type’s trackback functionality)
Snow
It’s been snowing here for two days so the British transport system has fallen to pieces. It does that most years. I hate snow. If I remember the books I was reading 30 years ago, by the 21st century we were supposed to all be living in cities that were covered by great glass domes… Continue reading Snow
An Unexpected Party
A few weeks ago I wrote an entry here about my feelings of on Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The entry concentrated on the differences between the film and the original book. I expected that a few of my friends would read the item and maybe a couple of them would post comments.… Continue reading An Unexpected Party
Back To Work Day
Not for me you understand. I’ve been going into work every day except the three public holidays we get over xmas[1]. But it seems that the majority of the population of London left work on Friday 20th December and didn’t return until this morning. I first realised this when I arrived at my tube station… Continue reading Back To Work Day
BOYBN
Every 10 years the literary magazine Granta publishes a list of the “Best of Young British Novelists”. It’s a list of what their panel of judges consider the 20 most interesting novelists of the time. By “young” they mean 40 or under and by “British” they mean having a British passwort. In 1983 the list… Continue reading BOYBN
The Salmon of Doubt
I’ve just finished reading Douglas Adams’ final book The Salmon of Doubt. It’s not really his last book. Or rather it’s not how his last book would have been if he had been around to finish it. It’s actually a dozen or so chapters from various drafts of the book that were found on his… Continue reading The Salmon of Doubt
Who Am I?
Answers to those kinds of important questions from Googlism. Who is Dave Cross? Who is davorg?
Marillion
I wrote a while ago about how I’d shared some of my early memories of Marillion with an author who was writing the definitive history of the band. Well the book has been published. It’s called Separated Out. I picked up a copy in Borders today. The piece I wrote has been used almost unedited… Continue reading Marillion
2002 – A Review
It’s not been a great year all in all. I’ve spent about half of it out of work. In January my contract finished and for the first time in seven years of freelancing, the client decided they didn’t want to renew. I then spent five months looking for work before finally accepting a permanent job… Continue reading 2002 – A Review