A while back I plugged Leg Irons book of short stories Fears of the old and the new, which I found to be an excellent read but as you can probably tell by how often I reference him I quite like his writing. Well it seems I’m not the only one and he now has a new book coming out from a proper publisher and everything. I’m really quite looking forward to it. +10
The Snowolf has noticed as had I that the most excellent Anna Raccoon has fallen off the internet with nary a word. Her site claimed the other day to be down for maintenance for a year and is now just a standard domain parking site. If she has gone and this isn’t just a technical glitch then that will be a great loss for the rest of us, and reminds me why I should always save local copies of any article I want to reference because you never know when one day they’ll just be gone. Meanwhile I hope that … Continue reading
A couple of unrelated articles caught my eye a bit today and led me to wonder just how unrelated they really where, or rather to ponder the impact of both of them coming to pass. Old Holborn highlighted the NUJ calling for state support for the vital democratic work of “proper” journalists. Rather than deal with their work not generally being worth much they like us all to be taxed and then given vouchers to give to “proper” news outlets. I figure this actually has a reasonable chance of getting implemented in some form, as it’s a neat way for … Continue reading
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"a youngster trying to defend from a moral standpoint themselves living an immoral existence." - Harbringer
