It’s Not The End, But You Can See It From Here

I’m no party animal. In fact, anyone who knows me will tell you I’m more the ‘curling up with hot chocolate and something good on television’ type. And yet last night (and this morning) I found myself in Rex, a private club the School had hired for the occassion, expertly pelvic-thrusting and funky-funkying in the [...]

A Cornucopia Of Quick Notes

Spring has well and truly sprung now, but apparently the weather didn’t get the memo because over the last few days we’ve been startled by short and sudden snowfall. Quite a charming sight, even though it’s supposed to be Easter. Not that I’m bothering with chocolate eggs or any of those other affectations this year. [...]

Extracurricular Activities

One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that you can get away with doing things you otherwise wouldn’t dare or be interested in by telling yourself and others that “it will be good for my writing”. New experiences become worthwhile for no other reason than the fact that they are new. It’s [...]

So Fair And Foul A Quick Note I Have Not Seen

A recent evening at a lesbian bar (don’t ask me, I don’t know why either) moved me to think about humour and language. Dutch humour can be quite brutal. In fact, the dissimilarity of standards is well-illustrated by the fact that the Dutch word ‘brutaal’ means something along the lines of brazen or mere naughtiness. [...]

Five Great Youtube Comedies

I’m really making things easy for myself here.
Unlike many, I watch Youtube for the shows that are put on it (quite possibly against the copyright holder’s will, so all the links below come without guarantees) rather than homebrew shows that are made for it – although those are getting better and better as well (and [...]

Mama

I have good reason not to have written in a while, that reason being handsomely summed up with the rather threatening word ‘deadline’. I also have good reason to write now. In fact, I have more than one. I could write about the fact that I have finally finished the first draft of The Children’s [...]