Don't want.

BBC how do you explain airing a racial slur when the broadcast was on a 2-hour delay? Just curious.

Once again, the Chicago Style Manual and I disagree. Once again, I tell it to do one. You have no power here. This is South London.

"I hear you have complaints about the water quality..."

"Your followers are blind, Too much heaven on their minds..."

Myrrha, from Dante's Inferno, by Gustave Dore.

Ahh, Monday. Here we are again... On the raggedy edge...

Jesus...

Do I need a Platinum Preppy 02 Extra-Fine Black Fountain Pen? No. But I want it, and it's under six quid. So I bought it.

Draw something.

Larry says goodnight.

Dracula. Afrer Gene Colan.

Always good to see my babies in the wild. This one in Southend-on-Sea

'Crosses don't work' is propaganda spread by Big Vampire.

Using up excess ink and watercolour

Trying to focus on the drapery

Back to basic life drawing

Diary of a Middle Aged Karateka: Grappling sparring. Unexpectedly and without practicing it ever, I managed to get my sensei in a vertical arm bar. But having got there, I had no idea what to do, even though it was a favourable position for me. "Pull back, thrust your hip," said he. So I did.

Good morning.

The outside motion sensors seem to be glitching. Do I think of my neighbour's cat? Or an electrical fault? No. It must be poltergeists, vampires, or ninja.

My favourite part of LADY VENGEANCE (2005) is granny prisoner who always claimed to be a North Korean spy. Turned out she was. And had stolen blueprints for a gun. And, when built, the gun worked. Yes, I am watching it tonight.

"Shaolin shadowboxing, And the Wu Tang Sword style. If what you say is true, The Shaolin and the Wu Tang could be dangerous. Do you think your Wu Tang sword Can defeat me?"

"No, no, no, You don't love me, And I know now. No, no, no, You don't love me, And I know now. 'Cos you left me, baby, And I've got no place to go now...."

The thing about Camus' The Stranger is I can't help reading Meursault as neurodivergent rather than sociopathic as some have found him. When he reluctantly justifies the murder, he tries to explain that he was overwhelmed by the Sun. The sensory overload was described in minute detail. Microessay?

Everybody, here are your orders: we need to make @hutchinsondave.bsky.social ’s new novel an international bestseller, just so he HAS to come to Dallas on the publicity tour. He’s read my tales on Texas wildlife for years, and I want him to meet the critters firsthand. locusmag.com/review/the-e...

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Here we go. It's Friday, and this dropped.

Jab, jab, cross.

Oh, wow...tellin' on ya selves, eh?

What if, instead of rising up to the challenge of our rivals, we just sit down and have some hot cocoa together?

It's still not Friday. Maybe I should do Folklore Thursday...

Meeting doodles.

Son: "I'm daddy, and I'm driving all the way to the shop to buy chocolate peanuts and raisins that nobody wants." Me: People love those. Son: Nobody here loves them. You don't even eat the raisins. Second Son: You like the idea of raisins. Son: But not raisins. Me: You're both grounded.

Oh, shit, it's not Friday!

"Is there any technology the Left is excited about?" Vaccines.

Edo period woman

It makes you hold back, it makes you write from a place of paranoia. And yes, the terror of bad reviews is real — but at the end of the day, you’ll never be able to cover all the bases. Someone will always find *something* to be upset about.

If you want to write anything good, you cannot afford to be afraid of your reader.

Sometimes it feels like I'm the only Scott Summers fan out here...

Vaccinate your kids. Jesus! I shouldn't have to say this in 2026. Anyone wanna debate the science, pull up a fucking chair.

Let's try this again, but in the King's English. I have an announcement to make on Friday. Stay tuned.

I am here for Universal Basic Karate. 100%.