(An early birthday present from me to me*…)
Very cool video – with thanks to Neil Gaiman, for posting it on his blog.
I know, I know: he gets millions of visitors – me, only an handful but if anyone sees it here who didn’t catch it there, I’m happy enough.
Enjoy:
(*… which will arrive months after my actual birthday: go figure…)
Now, here’s a serious Quote Of The Day, by Nicola Barker, author of the wonderful Darkmans novel (and many more):
“I find writers boring. Writing is kind of a debased pastime, it’s one level above masturbation.”
Rrrigggghhhtttt….
I suppose I should file this under Quote Of The Day – even though I think the reviewer of the latest Spiderman movie has issues…*:
“He’s exhilarated by his changing body. The web-shooting hands are a masturbation metaphor. We get it.”
Oh, Spidey…!
(Not so much once bitten, twice shy as once imagined…)
Another day, another Quote Of The Day.
Julian Barnes, this time:
‘Reading is a majority skill but a minority art.’
(All trees go pear-shaped without one…)
My Quote Of The Day, care of the Alan Partridge Construct:
“[Christenings] are a gentle form of waterboarding.”
What great timing…
… and what excellent news for all those mourning Orange idiots!
Here’s something for you to take away the pain as fast as you can say, “Holland Hubris Hilariously Hammered Home”.
*
“We have failed many months, we have failed many weeks
(Four weeks to the month you may mark),
But never as yet (’tis your Captain who speaks)
Have we caught the least glimpse of success!”
Ray Bradbury: 1920-2012
My Quote Of The Day – or quote of the week or quote of the decennium…
… brought through you through a Guardian article that linked to The Daily Beast, where Stephen King wrote this:
‘I’ve known rich people, and why not, since I’m one of them? The majority would rather douse their dicks with lighter fluid, strike a match, and dance around singing “Disco Inferno” than pay one more cent in taxes to Uncle Sugar.’
*The boy stood on the burning deck: Whence all but he had fled (et cetera, et cetera…)
