Astronomers have discovered a blue planet which looks like planet Earth 63 million light years away, it’s a gas giant in a class of planets called “hot Jupiters” and scientists describe its atmosphere as “changeable and exotic”. The cold luminous blue is caused (they think) by liquid silicate – glass to you and me – […]
Category: Whimsy
Just random stuff.
Over The Hedge – Meet Cheever The Beaver
Introducing Cheever the Beaver. The intro matters for the next two posts, but don’t tell my writer friends…
Hammy Ain’t Beanbag — Over the Hedge
Hammy has skills. (I love this strip cartoon. I hope Michael Fry is okay with the sharing thing. I do it because there is a “share” button on the site, and presumably if he didn’t like it, he would disable the button. However, publicity is publicity, even to my small audience.) via Hammy Ain’t Beanbag — […]
The Final Frontier — Over the Hedge
Since discovering the movie, Over The Hedge, I’ve become addicted to the ongoing tales of R.J. and his patient reptilian, sorry amphibian, friend, Verne.
By jingo, it’s hot!
Here in Blighty We’re not used to these tropical temperatures. They make our sang froid simmer, and we sizzle like spit-roasted lizards. Must be a bit like that where you are, right? But there you are, stuck in your sweaty swivel chair, rockin’ the ole nine-tuh-five and wishing you could get a break. By Jingo, It’s […]
A Writer’s Journey
Working the werewolf story once more. A writer’s journey is not necessarily linear, even with a map. Well, mine isn’t, anyway. Up hill and down mudslide. I made my first animated GIF to celebrate wiping out 1500 words of progress to change the storyline. I know other writers have worse horror stories than this. Even […]
Movie Mash Ups
Truth is stranger than fiction? In the magical world of movies, fiction is fighting back. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, for heaven’s sake I was reminded of the idea of movie mash ups by the announcement of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the latest manifestation of walking dead coming to you on the big screen soon. […]
Happy Easter
New Year sparkle died already? The bubbly’s gone flat and we’re all back at the day job. Never fear, Easter falls early this year on 27 March. Morrisons have got the Cadbury Creme Eggs in and it’s only 8th January. Talking of bubbly, the UK’s Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies, and other health experts, […]
Web sites I wish I’d thought of
Web sites I wish I’d thought of… www.baggagereclaim.com Self-help with a sense of humor www.bubblecow.com Professional editing for writers http://writeordie.com/ By Dr. Wicked…over to you. http://www.deviantart.com/ The world’s largest online art gallery and community, soooo edgy. http://www.boredpanda.com/ The only magazine for pandas. Actually, we’re not bored at all. Do you know any GREAT web site names? […]