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
Once more just redirecting you to someone else’s genius idea (or less honestly sharing a link), but the idea of warning labels for journalism is just too excellent not to share. Tom Scott has produced a set of warning labels for sticking onto news reports and has made them downloadable as a PDF for avery labels. As he puts it: “It seems a bit strange to me that the media carefully warn about and label any content that involves sex, violence or strong language — but there’s no similar labelling system for, say, sloppy journalism and other questionable content. I … Continue reading
I’ve loads of browser windows open with stuff I should link to, or mutter about or something. However rather more fun I thought I’d plug two friends of mine of somewhat awesome talent. So last night after my day job I took a break from reading blogs and thinking “I really should write something” to lend a friend of mine a hand. After all how often do you get the chance to help a mate audition in front of Alice Cooper? So I toddled along to a pub changed jacket and drank beer whilst Preacher (the not so pretty chap … Continue reading
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"a youngster trying to defend from a moral standpoint themselves living an immoral existence." - Harbringer
