My dog took a huge shit on the pavement earlier and I had no bags.
I have RAGED against this in the past so felt I had to do SOMETHING.
In the end, I found a bit of chalky stone, drew a circle round the turd and an arrow pointing to it labelled,
‘DON’T WORRY. I’M COMING BACK!’
One of the most influential pieces of writing I encountered as a child was this unnecessarily beautiful epilogue in a pop-up book about Pterosaurs. Keith Moseley, take a bow.
One of the most influential pieces of writing I encountered as a child was this unnecessarily beautiful epilogue in a pop-up book about Pterosaurs. Keith Moseley, take a bow.
As usual, I’m mega late to the party but…man. If you tasked me with explaining to aliens what ‘pop’ is, I’d probably show them this. Fucking hell Kylie. ❤️
For the three of you wondering why I wasn't at Edinburgh this year, it's (mainly) because I had a writing job on that I didn't want to jinx until I'd finished. Now though, I can say in a rich clear voice:
I'VE JUST WRITTEN A DOCTOR WHO MATE!!!!!
Something I always loved about Red Dwarf was how achievable it looked. Paint a few fruit crates, packing separators & (pro-tip from ALIEN’s set dressers) old air-con heat exchange plates & you’ve got yourself a ship. Don’t have a ceiling? Just shoot the lighting truss my friend!
@mothrasattorney
@ThePDTverse
The idea of Cyndi Lauper sitting down in her hotel to watch Pyramids of Mars… I simply do not know how to process something that nice
Things that make me happy:
1. The laughter of my son.
2. Blackbird song in the dappled shade of a tree.
3. A glass of red, with friends, in the warmth of a summers eve.
4. Watching the Tories get completely shagged in the eye, in real time:
While I’m delighted that the new Dune is doing so well, it weirds me out to see young attractive people enthusing about it.
Pour one out for the ale-drinking, leather waistcoat men who listen to Marillion. These lands were theirs once, before the outworlders came.
@rgibson103
@wareslab
See what you’ve done there is suggest an actual, smart joke I could have done rather than the directionless arsing about that gave rise to this in the first place.
So, my
@bigfinish
Doctor Who ‘Deleted Scenes’ came out last week (thanks for all your messages x)...but this has to be the mother of all ‘well done mate’s. I sent
@idilsukan
the script to read a year ago and....well she ran with it.
@drjonty
@MatthewModine
In my own head canon, captain Holister quit working for Weyland-Yutani and transferred off of ‘Hadley’s Hope’ (just before the Xenomorph outbreak) to take a cushty gig on a Jupiter Mining Corp. ship.
“What an intriguing, terrifying and beautiful mystery to lay at the heart of a film, eh Lu?”
“Yeah Dino. Be an awful shame if someone were to offer a protracted and unsatisfying explanation for it!”
The most terrifying part of the first alien movie isn’t even the xenomorph. It’s the space jockey
It’s just…there
A horrifying remnant of something that no one inside the film can even explain
Shan’t harp on about this too much more but what a lovely surprise from the good people of
@bigfinish
in this mornings post. It’s the first time something I’ve written has had a physical release and it’s just a very satisfying thing to weigh in your hand.
Tried on the baby wrap/sling thing. It makes me like the extra who’s job it is the shout,
“THE COUNCIL WILL HEAR OF THIS!” on any given Star Trek planet.
What kind of soulless cretin do you have to be to order 5 HUGE, healthy & flowering phormiums to be removed & dumped? They were a harmless and beautiful thing, left here for us all by a beautiful person, and they made this unkind high street feel like a living place. I’m gutted.
I’m now out of work for a while…
…. Sooooo IF you’re doing something that needs someone who looks like this, then I’m someone who looks QUITE a lot like this:
Well this is nice. Around this time, two years ago, I went down to my cold little writing shed each night to pen a story for this box-set (my first full cast audio drama). Now, it looks like it’s finally coming out early next year. Quite excited.
When my son was just a month old, I heaved my sleep deprived carcass to a shed each night to write a script for this box set - released today.
That it got finished at all is a tiny miracle and it’s lovely to finally see it out in the world. X
I look a bit of a state at the moment but I’m not allowed to cut my hair or beard.
... Which is an annoyingly cryptic way to say ‘Hey. I got an acting job everyone.’
Still feel a bit weird because it’ll mean I can’t go back to comedy for a while yet... but I’m feeling good xx
I would like to propose a moratorium on ‘Who knows where the time goes’ by Fairport Convention and Sandy Denny being played in empty pubs on a Sunday until my midlife crisis is over.
Please and thank you.
@Arantor
I guess I meant ‘living in a flat share with my mates/not sure what’s I’m going to do with my life/believing my own bullshit’ as much as anything else. I think I’m just nostalgic for how amorphous the future felt then. X
@NeuroRebel
@Sticklemouse
Harrison Ford said something in an interview recently that struck a chord with me. When it was put to him that his prickliness and privacy were signs of social anxiety, he replied,
“I don’t have social anxiety, I have a deep abhorrence of boring situations.”
Hello
@pryorandy
, hope you had a lovely weekend. You may know that
@dwtimefracture
closed early yesterday. Thats 40+ actors suddenly out of work who’ve had a whole years experience of travelling in time and explaining things quickly. I’m sure any one of them would LOVE a job x
I’m so tired that I could find neither my usual trousers, nor the adjoining belt when I went to run errands. I had to use a dressing gown cord instead. My neighbour thought this was very amusing and decided to capture the moment in this piece entitled ‘FATHERHOOD’
There are 2 things wrong with Megan Markle & neither are to do with her skin colour - she is white.
She is a foreigner who does not understand our culture, and a divorcee which means she is difficult or a poor judge of character.
Neither is a good fit with our Royal Family.
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@AngusDunican
When I was in my teens, I based my entire personality on Izzard. I hid inside a copy I made of her to protect me from the world. It’s always nice to see former heroes remain heroes. X
Last year, I didn't come to
#edfringe
because I was writing a
#DoctorWho
for
@bigfinish
. Well, today (pretty much a year to the day since I finished) it has been announced. It's not actually out until February but I'v got to say that I'm pretty pleased with the cover.
Well, this is nice. That year of my life was over too quickly and the people on this show were among the kindest, funniest and smartest humans I’ve ever met. I miss it and them all everyday and I’m delighted the shows getting some love. X
I’d love to find the actor/model from this picture, ask how much he was paid, crowdfund double the amount and then see what other complete bollocks we can get him to do. Bet he’d be game.
The people who were struck by ‘Game of Thrones’ and its capacity to kill off major characters without fanfare, clearly didn’t grow up watching ‘The Animals of Farthing Wood’
What’s that? Oh, just little ol’ me quietly menacing TOM BAKER.
Very stoked and grateful to have been in this one. What an absolute treat.
Coming December x
Tell you what I really fancy! Especially at this time in our nation, where the fragility of the social contract is akin to that of a spider web made of ice.
What I’m REALLY in the mood for right now is the sound of irregular and ‘not quite distant enough’ explosions.
This may have been remarked upon already but... I am NOT cool with Clangers knitting.
They’re made of wool! A Clanger that knits is like some kind of terrible flesh-smith!!!
Why are ALL teachers and in TV and film so crap at time management? The bell is always going when they’re still in the middle of explaining photosynthesis and then hurriedly yelling the kids to read chapter 7 for next week as the kids shuffle out the room.
Just a small thing but today, after 8 years of setbacks, 16 years of treatment and ‘if it ain’t broke...’ my doctor and I agreed to try weaning me off my medication to see if I am, you know, ‘cured’.
Way to go yet and I’ll have to monitor myself closely with this but... maybe. X