So, we had a small titter of celebration here at Humpy Towers when my facebook friend count hit 800.  A bit later when it hit 900, I was further surprised but quite chuffed: it’s nice to know there’s so many people around from years gone by who, if they don’t currently keep in regular contact, are at least receptive to the idea, and who can remember you from the sea of faces that pass in a lifetime.
The obvious question, however, arose about how best to celebrate hitting the milestone of …

In late 2004 in an effort to prove that you can get anything on eBay I purchased an A-Team coat hanger – it had a likeness of Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith, portrayed memorably by George Peppard. Documentation on the exact date is sketchy, however in early 2005 I came into possession of the BA Baracus one, featuring a 2-dimensional facsimile of Mr T.
Later, in 2008, my collection grew with the acquisition of the Dwight Schultz cartoon-bearing coat hanger of Captain “Howling Mad” Murdock.
And now – in January 2010 – I’m proud …

Ahoyhoy.  Ever been so busy having a good time that you haven’t had a chance to write about what a great time you’re having?
Yeah, well… that.
Following an EXTRAORDINARILY successful tour of Adelaide, Canberra, then Adelaide again, I’m now in Melbourne on a fairly warm (36 degree) day, waiting for my lift to head in to Alexandra Gardens on the Yarra to pass the last few moments of 2009.

So, y’know, hope everyone else is having a top time of it, and… see you on the other side, I guess!
For the record, …

The process of novelwriting is an educational one, as it turns out.  Here are a few insights from personal experience based on this year’s attempt at Nanowrimo:

It’s absolutely critical to recognise an environment where you’re not going to be able to get any writing done.  For me, 2 biggies were home, and work.
Along similar lines – ensure that your writing tool of choice is one that you’re comfortable working with, and don’t have a hateful or spiteful relationship with.  For example, if you despise your handwriting or find writing by …

Afternoon all! As December hovers into view, so too does my trip back to Adelaide,  Melbourne & Canberra.  If you’d like to catch up, can you send me a facebook message, an email, a message through the Contact Me form, a text message, etc.  & we can work out a time/date/place!
Adelaide: Dec 12, (busy on the 13th), 14, 15 (morning)
Canberra: Dec 15, 16, 17 (morning)
Adelaide: Dec 17-30
Melbourne: Dec 30 – Jan 4
And if you’re in Adelaide on the 19th and can make it to this: (Facebook Event Page) that’d be …

There’s no point in instigating a cockup if you can’t tell everyone about it, right?
Back in June Emzo kindly bought me a ticket to see Teignmouth alt rock legends Muse in November for my birthday, and ever since I’ve been pretty damn excited about the idea.
Bop & Tom wanted to come along, so inexplicably I bought them a couple of tickets off eBay for the Thursday Nov 12th gig as well, and we all sat back & waited for the date to arrive.
As it’s now Tuesday, I thought I’d contact …

There’s not much more to this than blatant self-promotion — the other week our morris dancing team (that would be The Westminster Morris Men, in case this wasn’t yet abundantly clear) was filmed as part of an ITV News piece to promote the upcoming premiere of the new film, “Morris: A Life With Bells On“.  And the only reason I’m mentioning it is because you can see my beardy mug peeping towards camera in a couple of places.

Now, just waiting for the scripts to start rolling in.
(Incidentally, the team will …

I’ve got a bad feeling about this…
For some reason I’ve made a habit of doing silly things in the month of November.  Customarily this involves ridiculous facial hair, however as I reached the zenith of human achievement in that arena last year, the hunt was on for a new challenge, and somehow I got caught up in Kat’s wave of enthusiasm for the literary mountaineering exercise known as  NaNoWriMo.
The idea of this strangely named thing is that your personal challenge for the month is to write a 50,000 word novel.  …

Recently somebody asked me how I got into morris dancing. Well, I recognise a decent opportunity for a blog post when I see one…

(Obviously, altered to look more like an MP receipt to make it appear topical…)

I believe the vernacular phrase for this sort of thing is: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!