It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas #6

Added on 18 December 2008

Went Christmas shopping last night. Every single shop we went into, every single shop, had Last Christmas playing on a continuous loop. We were out for three hours or so, and must have heard Last Christmas close on four thousand, three hundred and fifty-seven times. I feel that my brain has melded w...

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas #5 (More Weird Shit That You Sing Every Year Without Thinking About It)

Added on 17 December 2008

It was the school carol concert last night, and this evening the one for the office where I have to play the guitar. Eight days until Christmas, and Carol Overload has set in. I’m ready for January. I’m ready to set off fireworks during Silent Night. When I’m King, I’m going ...

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas #4

Added on 16 December 2008

I’ve lost my morning pre-school mojo. Everything seems rushed. There always seems to be some last minute crisis. The kids seem to be arguing more, I seem to be shouting a lot. This morning, in the midst of the mayhem, One of Two stopped to give me a word by word breakdown of the fourth verse o...

Plan A

Added on 15 December 2008

I have given myself a small problem with the current planning for the Barney Thomson series. The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson has been reprinted, with its new branding and figure of Death on the cover, quite a departure from the previous cover concept. This new edition also has the number 1 on th...

A Bit of This, A Bit of Bob

Added on 12 December 2008

Behind the curve today. I started with a list. The clock on the Mac says 10:00am, and so far I've chalked nothing off the list. Our American friend Ron, who we knew in Senegal, used to say behind the curve. We started saying it as a bit of a joke, because it was such an American expression. Now we j...