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So here it is.. a blog. Repository of some of my present musings and interests. Sometimes things pop into my head that should probably stay there - it is possible I shall share at least some of them here. (Naturally I shall filter out the ones about my sordid obsession with the culinary dark arts, one has to protect the innocent!) Please feel free not to take this too seriously, much of it could wind up being snippets of things that amuse me. Yesterday I came up with this: Few politicians can be considered first class, but not a few are number twos. What can I do with it? Nothing springs to mind, except perhaps blog it. Perhaps in some other life I'm a failed stand-up comedian. I have the beginnings of an idea to introduce another player into the Mr Moonlight story, a nice visual has occurred to me, and a summoning gone wrong seems appropriate. When I finish up here I shall literally put pen to paper. I find writing at least initially longhand helps my ideas flow. When I type up what I've written, I give it a first revision at the same time, and as a bare minimum check my spellings and grammar . I do want to keep tabs on my current reading here. I usually have several books on the go at the same time. Currently I am working through 'Pyramids' by Terry Pratchett. I reread Pratchett's books over and over - usually at work where they provide much needed amusement whilst I eat breakfast. 'The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle', by Stuart Turton was loaned to me by a friend who shares a love of murder mysteries, (especially Agatha Christie's works). It is a new take on the genre and very very clever. The protagonist occupies different bodies - a selection of the guests at the house where Evelyn is murdered. Each day he spends in a different guest, and he has been tasked with discovering the murderer - or maybe saving Evelyn from actually being murdered, it is hard to tell. The book twists and turns and is quite intriguing. 'New Science - Principles of the new science concerning the common nature of nations' is an English translation by David Marsh of 'La Scienza Nuova' by Giambattista Vico, published in 1725. Not far into this yet, I had to find a copy of the frontispiece online, as it wasn't included in the Kindle edition. The first part of the book explains the idea - and uses a detailed description of the frontispiece to convey this. So being without it would have made things somewhat harder. 'The Complete Works of Michael De Montaigne' is again a translation, this time by Donald M. Frame. Montaigne's Essays are famous, I kept reading about them, so treated myself to a nice hardbound copy to dip into - usually just before bedtime. So there we have it - a blog entry - enjoy! (whispers almost inaudibly 'Bon Appétit). |
Let's see if this works:  Perfect! This was my first attempt at a trinket, I hope you like it. Old joke: Joker: "My dog has no nose." Straight man: "Really? How does it smell?" Joker: "Depends what he's been rolling in recently." (aural prompt: please insert a drum sting of your choice here.) Speaking of jokers or to be more specific fools, (visual prompt, the author takes an elaborate bow at this point), as you may know by now, or not if this is the first time you've encountered me, I like to plan ahead. Sometimes I plan a body, but this is not the time to digress into murder mysteries. Where was I? Oh yes. In March I shall be running a giveaway that I'm planning for April 1st - or as some of us know it April Fool's Day, hence it will be grandly titled A Very Foolish Giveaway Now don't quote me on this, but I'm considering creating a more exclusive trinket for this event, something of a self portrait, if I can find the makeup I need. (Flashback prompt: Simpsons episode with Homer having an erotic picture taken of himself, "Light is not your medium." "We need more Vaseline on the lens.(Trowels on a thick layer of same.)" Back to the point, what will be the nature of this foolish giveaway I hear you asking, (please don't ask me about the voices!). Well I may have to iron out the details, but the thrust is this. I'm going to ask our wonderful WDC members of longer standing to review something written by a new member, (exact details as to what constitutes a new member will be one of the ironed out bits). For their trouble, the member will get a nice shiny merit badge, and quite possibly an exclusive trinket. The new member will ALSO receive a merit badge, probably of the appropriate genre that they've written in. "I hear that you like to plan ahead" I hear you saying, (again please don't ask...) "It says so right there." (pointing up to the appropriate paragraph). This is true gentle reader, and the next giveaway is planned for ... May the Fourth. Spoilers! |
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). I mostly reject that. I'm eating rice with an egg this morning but Pannya just brought me chocolate milk from 7/11 (bless him; I really don't need it).
