by dodgyhoodoo on January 9, 2013, no comments
So. Now I’ve done it. Having sat on this since October in the hope that I’d be able to tell my manager(s) and immediate team all in one go (and naturally failing due to scheduling chaos), I’ve finally caved and just emailed them all to tell them I…
by dodgyhoodoo on August 12, 2012, 2 comments
I’ve never seen myself as a potential parent. Just didn’t think I was right for the job, to be honest. You know the sort of thing: always irritated by kids running riot in the pub, kids on scooters running into complete strangers on the pavement w…
by dodgyhoodoo on May 17, 2012, no comments
So it’s 22 years since Jim Henson died. Which also means that 22 years ago today, I was in Rome, InterRailing with a friend and only the very vaguest plan of where we wanted to go from one day to the next. Which begs a question: when exactly did I…
by dodgyhoodoo on October 31, 2011, one comment
Earlier this year I discovered Emma Newman’s Split Worlds stories (via one of those FF of an FF of an FF things on Twitter, I think). I may have tweeted about them before – short, sharp slices of an urban fantasy world with just the right amount o…
by dodgyhoodoo on September 8, 2011, no comments
“An intergalactic policeman who hunts down economic sociopaths before they destroy their host society.” *BZZZZT* “Who is John Gort.”
by dodgyhoodoo on April 15, 2011, no comments
PONTYPOOL MY PONTYPOOL, I have a problem and I’m wondering if any of you can help me with it. I had a mouse in my flat a few weeks ago. There it was one morning – I saw it out of the corner of my eye, skittering along, hugging the living room wall…
by dodgyhoodoo on April 4, 2011, 2 comments
So long, then, 39. Go and stand in the corner with your brother 38. You’ve both been a bit crap. Hello, 40. Let’s be friends. So I’m in Paris for a few days for my birthday. Seems a bit extravagant in a way, I’m not doing anything I couldn’t do in…
by dodgyhoodoo on February 7, 2011, no comments
I hate travelling at rush hour. Anyone who follows me on Twitter will probably be aware of my feelings regarding the HATED MAN-SWARM. It’s a ridiculous couple of hours. Buses that take 45 minutes at a sensible time regularly take 2 hours instead, …
by dodgyhoodoo on February 1, 2011, no comments
I see them every time I take a walk along the Regents Canal between Islington and Camden Lock. There are signs, you know. Not signs like you’d expect (such as “Cyclists dismount” on wobbly pontoons, which are ignored by every bugger on two wheels)…