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• @mrtonylee That’s one of those very hot forehead moments, I’m guessing. I often get a very hot forehead. Normally at moments like that. in reply to mrtonylee #
• @jonronson Seems to be getting more outraged mainstream press than bailout! I’d happily pay my share of £10 without question but 10 billion? in reply to jonronson #
• @Wossy Frente? Did a great version of Bizarre Love Triangle, & also Something Stupid. in reply to Wossy #
• For @wossy. Well, not actually FOR him, just, you know, as discussed. I do NOT have a bizarre love for Jonathan… ♫ http://blip.fm/~3lrwt #
• @Wossy Have you been reading Four Eyes by Joe Kelly? It is… the nearest thing to a damn perfect comic I have read in ages. in reply to Wossy #
• @psychicsarah http://twitpic.com/2lxlt – Those are ludicrously cute… What breed? Were there only the 3 in litter, or are there more in … #
• @RealBillBailey I hope the promotion that so many people are giving to The Wire’s broadcast will counter the BBC’s awesome bad scheduling! #
• @sulman Ever thought of getting Quesada or JRJR on the show, see if you can’t get yourself a beautiful piece of art like JRJR did for TVAM? #
• Girl One was groaning at the lack of romance in a CSI NY wedding. Until the montage of key moments in their relationship. She went aw dopey! #
• @ferretprincess Saw 1st Brass Eye again t’other night. Seeing Paul Daniels implore us to help elephant with it’s trunk stuck up it’s bum… in reply to ferretprincess #
• @ferretprincess … Now THAT’S magic! in reply to ferretprincess #
• Whoops… @sulman, that OBVIOUSLY wasn’t meant for you. Though I think it’s about time someone gave you your own chat show… #
• @wossy Any chance of having a Quesada or JRJR on the show, see if you can’t get yourself a personalised piece of art like JRJR did for TVAM? #
• @psychicsarah That’s a really very tiny litter. Is that normal for the breed? Mine was one of twelve, but she’s a dalmatian, quite typical. in reply to psychicsarah #
• @ferretprincess We are working up to a viewing of the Special next time @steevbishop visits… it is, I’d say, one of the best things ever! in reply to ferretprincess #
• @ferretprincess Did you catch City Of Ember? Been trying to decide if that’s steampunk or something else entirely, but we liked it. in reply to ferretprincess #
• @ferretprincess Well, as with all, ymmv, but there was something delightfully individual about the film’s approach… a proper modern fable. in reply to ferretprincess #
• Dog just raised her head up from under the covers on the sofa, only to shake her head & sneeze all over Girl One & I. Lovely. #
• @ferretprincess … but interestingly, despite plot issues, no holes that one could drive a potential sequel through. http://is.gd/jVae in reply to ferretprincess #
• @psychicsarah Whereas dallies are apparently famous for it… in reply to psychicsarah #
• @steevbishop Hmm… Wish that post had room for comments. It’s possible they’ve misunderstood how people use that @ symbol… in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop … Like people sometimes filtering out other people’s @ replies, who might still like to see their @ mentions. I think. in reply to steevbishop #
• @SamShepherd That’s an interesting story – think it’s very different here, but would be interested to see @sulman & @laineyw’s thoughts. #
• Morning so far has almost entirely been spent to the tune of loud proclamations about how much of a tosser someone from another dept is. #
• In the cold light of day, half expecting/dreading Wire backlash from people coerced into watching it whose cup of tea it will not be… #
• @andydiggle They obviously realised they were running under time. It’s the Garth Marenghi school of film-making… in reply to andydiggle #
• How anyone can use so much slo-mo in a world where this clip exists, I don’t know: http://bit.ly/uJwoi – 16:19 in. (Mainly @andydiggle) #
• “I know writers who use subtext, and they’re all cowards.” #
• @thoughtmecca You may be right, though I tend to think that if everyone liked the same things as me, the world would be a very dull place… in reply to thoughtmecca #
• @thoughtmecca … full of incredibly intelligent human/alien hybrids. in reply to thoughtmecca #
• @thoughtmecca I’m pretty careful about who I recommend stuff to – old comic selling habits dying hard. Wire just aired in UK for first time, in reply to thoughtmecca #
• @thoughtmecca … and it’s other people putting the pressure on for people to watch it now…! in reply to thoughtmecca #
• @Specsneedaclean Is someone asking you lots of searching questions ABOUT bagels? in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @steevbishop … & for sure, there’s a reason people started using the @ in different ways organically. It’s an elegant function at mo… in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop … a way of using one symbol for two different needs that fits with the simplicity of Twitter as a system. in reply to steevbishop #
• Oh, my… @alannucci, is it you? A friend & I were discussing the possibility of you on Twitter. @steevbishop, look who it is! It’s him! #
• @laineyw Oh, our situation is very different here, so I’d say it’s unlikely. Apparently we don’t have the problem where it interrupts… in reply to laineyw #
• @laineyw … academic use, & at least one of the schools uses Facebook a lot pedagogically, so I doubt it’s even a question here. in reply to laineyw #
• @Specsneedaclean You know, I really don’t know. It’s a good question… Probably. Or a really obvious one that we just both don’t know. in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @Specsneedaclean Quite… you need to give them a try, else you’ll never get in touch with your inner New Yorker. in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @giagia They need to give you shots before you’re let into a recording studio, now? How dirty ARE those places? Or have I missed something? in reply to giagia #
• @giagia Oh. Sorry, should have just kept on reading… in reply to giagia #
• @steevbishop Like one of those awesome ground escalator things you get at airports? in reply to steevbishop #
• @serafinowicz Is now really a good time to be trying to start new businesses, especially ones that require such a niche clientele? in reply to serafinowicz #
• @serafinowicz I mean, who wants to enjoy their granola in public these days, with all the restrictions on smoking and such? in reply to serafinowicz #
• @idsharman I don’t know… I think that joke about Pagliacci came from a pretty angry, depressed place… in reply to idsharman #
• @steevbishop Actually, watching that with the benefit of hindsight, contestants on Gladiators were pretty good athletes, weren’t they? in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop … till you watch the more recent Saturday afternoon “sports” – like uh.. the one Hammond presents? – it seemed a bit silly. in reply to steevbishop #
• @idsharman … True enough. Walk, sir! Walk for your life! in reply to idsharman #
• @giagia In some ways this “No links to recommend. Unless you count this clip of a dog milking a goat:” is the perfect internet sentence… in reply to giagia #
• @giagia Oh, now that’s just the height of too muchness… in reply to giagia #
• @rhodri No, I think it’s just a sign that you lived through a particular period, and are typing. I hear it all the time when I’m writing. in reply to rhodri #
• @rhodri Heh… that might fly. You could pitch it as a reality game show, and the funding would come flying in… in reply to rhodri #
• Via Kevin: Star Wars/Dallas mashup: http://is.gd/pOjV. A little disturbed by what left hand Solo is doing at 1:11… #
• … But ALWAYS loved haircare Chewie, and pretty glad that bit made it in. #
• I want a McDonald’s Star Trek Meal! – http://bit.ly/l4fM – 2 odd things: No recognisable signature music or sfx for EITHER franchise… #
• … & really, Star Trek The Motion Picture kid-oriented tie-in promotions? Didn’t anyone involved SEE that movie? Maybe ST4, but ST1? No! #
• @steevbishop I know… it’s like some beautiful dream! in reply to steevbishop #
• @girlonetrack Now, now, ma’am… one shouldn’t be so rough on the luddites. We do, after all, need SOMEONE to collect our bins and such… in reply to girlonetrack #
• New prescription sunglasses ordered from @GlassesDirect; time to go meet G1 for ASDA! And then, grud willing, there will be Digital yums! #

Slumdog Millionaire

I’ve had a bad run of luck with Danny Boyle films in recent years – though apparently I failed to write the “Sunshine” review I planned to do, it would have painted a similar picture to the one I wrote for “28 Days Later” – promising premises, beautiful direction, but ultimately a failure to pay-off scuppered both films for me.

“Slumdog Millionaire” doesn’t have the same pacing issues as those other two films, and in fact, by weaving it’s story around a quiz show – the Indian version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”, as if you didn’t know – it’s pacing is pretty assured by it’s adherence to the show’s. (more…)

• @thoughtmecca Huh… how odd. My Tweetdeck at home totally failed to get your message. Well, it looks like it worked out okay, anyway! in reply to thoughtmecca #
• @thoughtmecca Thanks for letting me know! in reply to thoughtmecca #
• @Wossy Aren’t dog leavings & frog guts easier to wash off feet than slippers? I mean, gross, yes, but still. in reply to Wossy #
• @Wossy RE Noel Edmonds, just introduced G1 & friends to Animals/Drugs episodes of Brass Eye. Mr Edmonds’ contribution makes the show! in reply to Wossy #
• @laineyw Good morning to you, too, ma’am! in reply to laineyw #
• @Specsneedaclean Why don’t you tell Ross Noble to search Google himself? It’s, like, right there! in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• Happy Monday, everybody! Weekend was mostly Empire Total War: It’s lovely, choppy battles, almost too vast gameplay & stupid load times! #
• Girl One & I managed to share bed both Saturday & Sunday night, for the 1st time since meeting 3 years ago: A bit of a turning point for us! #
• … Not as much of an overshare as it sounds – My snoring has previously made it impossible, but between operations, earplugs & nosespray… #
• … something obviously clicked. It’s great! Though will have to get used to not sleeping in spare-room & late-night internet that allowed. #
• @steevbishop Oh, man, that sounds like some kind of beautiful dream… in reply to steevbishop #
• http://bit.ly/oNP9O – Oh my! This tribute song to BSG is great for ALL of the reasons that the internet is great! #
• RE: BSG song: Your instinct may be to switch it off after a few moments, but you should stick it out. I’m thinking of you, @sulman… #
• http://bit.ly/zmopB: Flatulence, real swears & some clumsy: BSG Gag Reel: Around 8 minutes of candid gold, & another 5 of think we’re funny! #
• http://bit.ly/UQkXx – Though drawn to this by the complete but at least consistent point-missing on Twitter, something else caught my eye: #
• My understanding is that the term Date Rape notionally allows MORE ambiguous cases of non-consensual sex to be investigated, rather than… #
• … watering the term “Rape” down. Prior to the idea of “date rape”, wasn’t there a general belief that one COULDN’T be raped by a lover?… #
• … or that it only referred to people who were violently enticed into sex by strangers, rather than being coerced some other way? #
• I understand what Barbara Ellen is getting at, I just think the distinction, however watery, needs to be there. #
• @LeeGoldberg What the hell was that? Johnny Bago? ’93? It looked totally 80s! in reply to LeeGoldberg #
• It turns out I’ve let my Follower list get too long for me to have the wherewithall or objectivity to cull the spams & marketers. #
• @ronskanky Yes, @wossy has blown your cover rather. Just remember, the only rules are there are no rules, when it comes to Twitter… in reply to ronskanky #
• @ronskanky … or the wonderful catch-all works for all things Twittery – Your Mileage May Vary. in reply to ronskanky #
• @ronskanky The REAL controversy about Smith’s husband is that he PAID for porn. Nobody PAYS for porn any more… that’s what the ‘net’s FOR! in reply to ronskanky #
• @steevbishop Yes… It would seem one aspect of Twitter & the world of journalism it opens me up to is that it depresses me, them making… in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop … a living doing what I do, & I think often better, for free! That is, have obnoxious opinions… I ROCK at it! in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop Dude, there are blind 3 year olds better! Thinking about it, her eye-view on Rape was actually a bit trivialising: Me offended! in reply to steevbishop #
• One of my colleagues is listening to that song that goes… Dun da du de du de dum de dum. From the eighties. Loud in his earphones. #
• God, what is it again…? #
• @steevbishop Fuck those guys! Not like you can’t dodge a few blind dudes & NAMBLA. Course, the breadstick people are pretty hardcore… in reply to steevbishop #
• Girl One got very excited by a family member’s recounting of the F1 yesterday. Apparently F1 is an old enthusiasm that she lost years back. #
• … If she starts wanting to watch them, may have to return her to the previous monicker of Amy Racecar. #
• “You’re wrong and you’re a grotesquely ugly freak!” #
• @rhodri …When pears are out of season, it’s worth noting that you can change this recipe up a bit, using apples, apricots or even bananas. in reply to rhodri #
• AHA! Now listening to Violent Femmes: Blister In The Sun. Really is no song that can’t be improved by hearing through another’s earphones. #
• “The effects of a heroin overdose are lethal. Yes, in the short term. But there’s been absolutely no research into the long term effects.” #
• “Drug use among children has for many in education, and with obvious alarm to both parents, on the increase almost yearly.” #
• @steevbishop “It’s a fucking disgrace!” in reply to steevbishop #
• To my non-UK, or younger, or just plain deprived friends: Do you know Chris Morris?: http://bit.ly/1tc5S – WELCOME! #
• Start at the beginning, and just try to ignore the bits that seem too topical to make sense to you. #
• The rise and rise of Peter O’Hanra-Hanrahan: http://bit.ly/18CIRI, http://bit.ly/fDf7J, http://bit.ly/C5Ec & finally: http://bit.ly/LHpS #
• … that last one is pretty bleak, so if you’re still feeling a bit tender about all things 911, probably best not to listen. #
• @steevbishop “Well, a disabled, lonely teenager, a blind mother, but a family held together by the father’s crack dealing, which he uses…” in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop “… to keep them in talking books and dildos.” in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop …Though I have to give you that last one for comedy at it’s creepiest: Kept checking the faces of companions thru that scene. in reply to steevbishop #
• @danwellman Twittorial? That… sounds… almost totally wrong… in reply to danwellman #
• @josiefraser Well, I hope @steevbishop & I have brought a little sunshine into the grey, Morris-lessness of your life! in reply to josiefraser #
• @josiefraser … And yes, I know what you mean. I wish I could be married to Chris Morris, too. in reply to josiefraser #
• @danwellman Well, that backfired, didn’t it? Heh…! in reply to danwellman #
• “I once got dumped so hard that I didn’t have a shadow for a week.” Scary Go Round #
• “All stories are short. It’s just the telling that sometimes takes some time.” Latigo Flint (Possibly paraphrase, rather than quote.) #
• Something reminded me of this just now, and I needed to hear it. ALWAYS makes me smile & fits my philosophy. ♫ http://blip.fm/~3lcf4 #
• A meme I failed to create in ’07: LOL-Foetii! – http://bit.ly/hwU9u #
• http://twitpic.com/2lqlw – File under misplaced apostrophes. #
• @SorenLorensen Kind of… but for the most part, I wouldn’t call them friends… in reply to SorenLorensen #
• … I always end up at the point where I say: You have to be pretty dense to not be able to think of benefits to ANY new communication tool. #
• Huh. You know, I was absolutely convinced that I wrote up Sunshine on Nixsight when I watched it. Maybe just talked it out with @sulman #
• @ronskanky God, no, your compulsive honesty is PERFECTLY suited to the internet. in reply to ronskanky #
• Is anyone local to Southampton going to this thing tomorrow…? #

• @steevbishop Oh, man…! You were down the Hobbit? We were… actually, no, that’s fine. We were watching films and stuff. in reply to steevbishop #
• @Wossy Do your dogs ever lie there & shake uncontrollably for a few minutes? Been told it’s just excitement, but it’s a little unnerving… in reply to Wossy #
• @marcellerby Though to be fair, the main purpose of Riley was to be not Angel or Spike. So to be not interesting… in reply to marcellerby #
• @marcellerby … In which case, Blucas nailed it. in reply to marcellerby #
• @ferretprincess Dalmatians not in your favourites? Sigh. Luckily, mine is too dumb to really understand this sort of wanton rejection… in reply to ferretprincess #
• @andydiggle RE Red Right Hand: Think that’s why it’s one of those songs that’s often in movies. Has a similar weight to Man Comes Around. in reply to andydiggle #
• @andydiggle RE: @kevinpollak: He’s one of my favourite character actors. First spotted him in Ricochet, but he’s always good value… in reply to andydiggle #
• @andydiggle … though twice I’ve seen him play the likeable buddy cop who gets gunned down for audience sympathy. Not sure why that is… in reply to andydiggle #
• @kellysue Did you ever read Firearm? It was James Robinson’s epic gun fiction, before Starman, for Malibu. Sadly never ran it’s course… in reply to kellysue #
• Right, Empire Total War for a bit before n’nights, I think… #
• Oh, you are shitting me. Steam is having trouble connecting to the servers? Thank god it isn’t mission critical to me playing games… #
• … Oh, hang on a minute… Yes, Steam IS mission critical to me playing games. This makes me really glad I bought the things, instead of… #
• …just downloading illegal cracked versions of them… #
• @antonyjohnston America. Mainly New York & Maine. For reasons that might seem obvious if you lived in Southampton… #FNT in reply to antonyjohnston #
• Never mind… maybe Total War isn’t what I’m in the mood for. Maybe I’ll crack open one of those Half Life 2 episodes I bough…DAMN! #
• @idsharman Also, sadly, the norm. Steam’s back up again now, so game up & running, but my goodwill already low on this system… in reply to idsharman #
• Had Empire Total War for weeks, now. Still haven’t seen opening cinematic. By the time Steam & then game loads, too long has passed to wait. #
• @idsharman With Orange Box and Empire Total War, I didn’t get a choice. And I REALLY wanted to play Portal. And Empire Total War…! in reply to idsharman #
• @kellysue It’s very good… some excellent work by people like… uh… Cully Hamner? Very Hong Kong Action, with a mild superhuman twist… #
• @kellysue … & I don’t know if/don’t think it was collected, but shouldn’t be hard to find back issues cheap. #
• Oh, did I mention how often Empire Total War crashes out mid sea battle? #

• @Specsneedaclean I think I did, soon afterwards! in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• Catching up at Elephant Words. I of ALL people should be be keeping up, but sometimes you avoid other’s pieces till your own is done… #
• … & then you’re playing catch up. Again! #
• Just read: And She’s In White, by @thoughtmecca – http://is.gd/nyYd – a quite beautiful story of memories, love & space armies. Go read…! #
• @idsharman … Oh. But… But… MINE are really long…! in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman To be honest, though, they do kind of cut across the point of burst fiction, which is that it’s bitesized! in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman Aww, ta! Being honest & @douglasnoble, @joshhechinger & @xanderbennett can back this up, the long stories are kind of my fault… in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman … despite my expectation that the short deadlines would keep pieces short, mine started out long & mostly stayed that way… in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman … “More typing than writing”, a cruel person might say! in reply to idsharman #
• @feliciaday At the moment, it’s ALL Los Campesinos, ALL THE TIME. Though not in Hollywood, and YMMV. Also, Lykke Li. #fumusic in reply to feliciaday #
• @feliciaday Also, check out Disco Potential. We love music there, and are down on haters. http://is.gd/p8lk #fumusic in reply to feliciaday #
• @davidbaillie It’s awesome, yas? in reply to davidbaillie #
• @harrymylandIV I find that for the most part, Twitter’s search function is powerful enough without them. in reply to harrymylandIV #
• @idsharman If it’s long enough, it’s long enough, is my reckoning… Stories are almost always 2 or 3 short paragraphs in my head… in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman … you can see how I’m often disappointed by my EW stories…! in reply to idsharman #
• @thoughtmecca Oh, it’s a lovely restaurant. They serve only awesome, infectious, jangly songs… with a bitter-sweet romantic aftertaste! in reply to thoughtmecca #
• @thoughtmecca Exactly like Machos Tachos, yep! in reply to thoughtmecca #
• @idsharman That IS when the most can go wrong… in reply to idsharman #
• @thoughtmecca Oh good choices for Blu-ray, by the way… in reply to thoughtmecca #
• @budgie So the anti-Psych? in reply to budgie #
• Ethan? Huh? I shouldn’t be Tweeting while watching Lost, I reckon. Still out of step with time. Me, by a week. Not them, by 30. #
• Righto… all primed to watch this episode of Lost that everyone’s been going on about. Tomorrow. Right now. I sleep! #
• N’night, Twitter… It’s been a good day for conversation… #
• UK based question: what’s best, cheapest option to keep main TV channels, post-digital changeover? #
• Girl One is talking Argos digibox at lunchtime, but I am not geared up to advise. #
• @giagia I’ve been a bit disappointed with the average FB user’s response to Twitter. We’re happily over here, thinking of Twitter as fun… in reply to giagia #
• @giagia … but very different thing, while they’re clustering in angry, scared enclaves calling us stupid, self-indulgent & egotistical. in reply to giagia #
• @giagia … As I said yesterday, how much blacker could the pot in this pot/kettle situation be? None. None more black. in reply to giagia #
• @steevbishop I… um… is now the time to admit that I used to have a bit of a crush on Anne Diamond? I mean, a LONG time ago…? in reply to steevbishop #
• @Specsneedaclean Oh, man! You should go home and sleep off the queasy! in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @andydiggle They really, really do. In some ways it’s a shame: in general terms, Dreamworks CG movies are pretty good movies, but Pixar… in reply to andydiggle #
• @andydiggle … just make them look ill-conceived & lame, time & time again. in reply to andydiggle #
• @mrtonylee My fave is just before major work, being told you “probably don’t need anaesthetic” but “if it hurts, tell us, we’ll numb it”… in reply to mrtonylee #
• @mrtonylee …the HILARIOUS joke being that once your mouth is clamped open, without a predetermined signal there is NO way of telling them! in reply to mrtonylee #
• Thanks for all the advice on digital stuff! Is it worth looking at a digital TV recorder? Argos have one for £65: http://bit.ly/UAwUa #
• Just realised I probably made lots of fuss about losing a post the other week, but failed to mention when I’d rewritten it…. so… #
• SD/Films – Watchmen, Doomsday, Twilight & Let The Right One In – http://bit.ly/7aQM4: for anyone that missed it… #
• http://bit.ly/7aQM4 – Particularly interested in feedback on this one, as Watchmen & Twilight were odd. Wish I’d seen @wossy’s review of… #
• … Blah. Wish I’d seen @wossy’s review of Watchmen, as I think he liked it, & I’d like to see how/if he reconciled it’s visual beauty… #
• … with it’s narrative problems. #
• @thepetshopboy I absolutely LOVE that cover. Well done you for reminding me! in reply to thepetshopboy #
• I totally misread OK special’s headline as ‘Jade funny at peace’! #
• & ok, OK, sad is sad, but ‘nation mourns the loss of it’s brightest star’? Really? #
• SO much wrong with that sentence… #
• @steevbishop That, sir, is a perfectly respectable stance… As long as the conversation is happening SOMEWHERE, that’s what counts… in reply to steevbishop #
• Uncertain about prospect of Soton Tweetup. On one hand, there are some local users that I don’t know in person, & am curious to meet, but… #
• … on the other, 1 beauty of Twitter, that SO MANY, pro & con, seem to miss is that it slides seamlessly into one’s normal life… #
• … actual, “branded” meets seems to buy into the Social Network description that I think entangles & limits the system. #
• Don’t get me wrong… Twitter is a BRILLIANT way to organise a few people to meet in meatspace. Because it’s quick, easy & informal. #
• @steevbishop AGREED! They didn’t go with black cover, but they did go with black strapline. It is the beat that refused to die. in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop Ha! If you were REALLY callous you’d not be talkin horses. I believe the nation had another animal in mind for her for a while. in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop …so how DOES the man on the street deal with that? “Well, I don’t remember saying that, but anyway, so what? Pigs are cute… in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop “… and intelligent and… uh… dignified! And good for disposing of bodies! Yeah, YEAH! Pigs are a great British animal!” in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop By this point, that should be a given, but I understand your desire to restate it! Personally, I feel more irritation with… in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop … the consumers than the consumed, in this case. in reply to steevbishop #
• @jamiesmart Did you see the OK special strapline? Worth retweeting: “Nation mourns the loss of it’s brightest star?” BRIGHTEST? in reply to jamiesmart #
• Hm. Seem to be picking up more Twitter porn spam accounts at the moment than usual. It’s normally marketing or iPod scam accounts… #
• … I feel a disturbance in the force. #
• @budgie Might it be the book? It’s getting some buzz, isn’t it? I’ve noticed it in a few places. Mine are almost ALL spam. Sigh. Still… in reply to budgie #
• @budgie … it’s kind of nice having them & the bots around. Granted, they just chunter quietly to themselves about marketing & sex, but… in reply to budgie #
• @budgie … that isn’t all THAT different to my normal day to day life, so I find it quite reassuring them being there! in reply to budgie #
• @davidbaillie I wasn’t even looking at you for the force disturbance, till you raised your hand to wave it away. Now you’re prime suspect! in reply to davidbaillie #
• http://tinyurl.com/fastfict is an odd looking Tinyurl isn’t it? Very odd! I wonder what http://tinyurl.com/fastfict could possibly point to! #
• Ah, it seems http://tinyurl.com/fastfict points to booming Lee Barnett’s book, The Fast Fiction Challenge, at lulu. How AWESOME! #
• @budgie You know, this stealth marketing thing is EASY! in reply to budgie #
• Drunk Irish guy shouting into phone outside of 1 of the many Soton city centre pubs: #
• ‘… & you tell that useless cunt of a mother of mine that I hope she pops her clogs soon & stop…’ #
• ‘… & stop being a pain in my fucking arse! That’s a terrible thing to say, I know, but.’ #

• Oh… it looks like I’m finishing this at home. Fuck. Still, Spag Bol tonight! Yay! #
• Oh… Dear. Chubby spectacled guy going a bit red from walkin; talking loudly into phone about… #
• … About the other night’s mistaken shag… It’s yerself you’re showing up! #
• @kevinpollak I’d have laughed. There’s a level where that kind of liberal anti-racism becomes actually racist; it robs people of equality… in reply to kevinpollak #
• @kevinpollak …a GOOD comedian knows where the line is, & to an extent says “to fuck” with audience members that don’t, one way or another. in reply to kevinpollak #
• @Dave_Gorman Today I used analogy of a person at a party who after introduction, stands & waits until you’ve put their number in your phone. in reply to Dave_Gorman #
• @Dave_Gorman … or forces their card into your hand. Turns a conversation into a transaction based economy. & you’ll never use the number. in reply to Dave_Gorman #
• @giagia You know, I remember MY RE lessons being similarly inquisitive & non-partisan. That was, what, 20 years ago? I think I liked it. in reply to giagia #
• @giagia Okay, I couldn’t have answered like that. But then, I imagine yours is a more sciencey house. in reply to giagia #
• @giagia Ah, but religion is just the dubbed version, for people who can’t be arsed with subtitles, innit? in reply to giagia #
• @giagia Heh, so enamoured of my inability to correctly put that thought into words, other analogies keep occurring to me… in reply to giagia #
• @giagia …Religion is just philosophy – with the training wheels on. – for people who can’t work out their own rules. – for rubbish people. in reply to giagia #
• @giagia Did you ever read “The Sparrow”? Covers similar ground to Contact, but if anything is more inquisitive. HIGHLY recommended. in reply to giagia #
• @giagia Oh yes, I’m very bloody clever when I’m supposed to be doing something else… in reply to giagia #
• @bonkleg Heh. I’m guessing Edward Gibbon saw himself as wise? in reply to bonkleg #
• @Eamon_ This is going to sound dumb, but when you get these jobs, do you get samples of the show to remind yourself, or do you have to go… in reply to Eamon_ #
• @Eamon_ … from provided image samples & personal research? #
• @bonkleg … course, now outspoken atheists are a club. They’ve even got their own religions!! I REALLY don’t understand your planet. in reply to bonkleg #
• … and what is this strange thing you humans call… kissing? #
• OK, 5 minutes of Twitter before bed. #
• @wilw Is this maybe Facebook backwash? Elsewhere in my stream, @rstevens suggested there may be migration… in reply to wilw #
• @ferretprincess May have asked you this before, & about to turn in, but: Are you & family ever likely to do Bristol comic expo as visitors? in reply to ferretprincess #
• @ferretprincess … or just too impossible to move around unharassed at a homegrown show? in reply to ferretprincess #
• @michaelfurious Dear god, what mischief have those two been making? in reply to michaelfurious #
• @rustyrockets THAT is the single best validation of your quite ridiculous title I have heard, sir. Well, the ONLY validation I have heard… in reply to rustyrockets #
• @rustyrockets … But I laughed! in reply to rustyrockets #
• @ferretprincess Totally missed your reply! Well, it’s a smaller event this year, so that will either make it better or worse!… in reply to ferretprincess #
• @ferretprincess … for familiar faces, I mean! in reply to ferretprincess #
• Should clarify as it probably looks a bit sycophantic: Always been bit sad that so many UK Faces like comics but aren’t able to promote… #
• … professionally, or, you know, just participate as punters. Exceptions, obv, like Lenny Henry & odd @wossy project, but still… #
• … seems like something that SHOULD be culturally seamless by now, and mostly isn’t. #
• @bonkleg Humanism… that’s the one where we’re all human, and we accept we’re human, and that everybody’s human, right? I like that one… in reply to bonkleg #
• REALLY liking this Marantz Solid State Recorder that I borrowed… shame I can’t think of anything to SAY into it… #
• @richjohnston Well… maybe. But it was also kind of a natural conclusion from the off. Where the original should have landed up, anyway… in reply to richjohnston #
• @richjohnston … It’s not a totally alien trope in science fiction anyway, is it? Or, you know, crazy cult creation theories… in reply to richjohnston #
• @Specsneedaclean Tractor? Funeral procession? My god, woman, is this something that you’re observing as you tweet? in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• Podcast training over… time for post-mortem session. Had the comfort zone buffer of people’s immediate response afterwards…. #
• … But people are ALWAYS nice afterwards, aren’t they? Have a friend in the trainees, so will ask her for honest opinion. #
• @Wossy … was tweeting about this earlier on, actually. So many people on TV loving comics, but it’s still a quite invisible/mishandled… in reply to Wossy #
• @Wossy … medium, telly wise. Barring odd specials & such, of which you have done a few. in reply to Wossy #
• @Specsneedaclean Like an Amsterdam lady? My goodness…! Get down from that window, missus… in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @steevbishop You can call it that. In the way one “leads” a ragtag band of tired survivors, destined to be picked off by a hostile world… in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop “OH NO! Janey got picked off by some inept Powerpoint usage!”, “Look out, the badly prepared software demonstration is coming!” in reply to steevbishop #
• God I suck. #
• @idsharman I’m sad that due to Heath Ledger’s tragic demise, they couldn’t even get the Joker in for his much telegraphed cameo. in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman Said the Joker to the thief! Keep up! I’d have been happy enough if they’d used Nicholson, EVEN THOUGH he’s my third favourite. in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman I… uh… THOUGHT we were… I don’t know. Words just come on my screen and I react to them. in reply to idsharman #
• … Thinking that Twitter should TOTALLY use a bit of my previous tweet in their testimonials/promotion. Also, everywhere else on the net. #
• @idsharman Heh… well, I think it’ll be a while before I can hear those lines and NOT think BSG. That’s been the case since S3! in reply to idsharman #
• @SamShepherd Is it? I mean, it’s bigoted, not very pleasant & snobbish in the extreme, but I’d always thought it spoke to lifestyle/class… in reply to SamShepherd #
• @SamShepherd … not race. I know it USED to refer mainly to travelers, but heard it used a lot about … uh … common people? in reply to SamShepherd #
• @SamShepherd … You know I’m not being pedantic, right? I really don’t know…! in reply to SamShepherd #
• Never seen this before, but John Allison linked to it: Stewart Lee on top form, I reckon: http://bit.ly/ePjqG #
• Yes, no, maybe… I don’t know… could you repeat the question? #
• @giagia Hah! I had to check that you weren’t talking about the vagaries of British weather for a second, there. Like it was announced or… in reply to giagia #
• @giagia … Damn I’m sleepy. in reply to giagia #
• Consolidation of many different Batman logos. Not awesomely cohesive in approach, nor smartest music, but fascinating: http://bit.ly/164A5T #
• … Fascinating because you can see how often the logo is reinterpreted over the years, but our eye still recognises exactly what it is. #
• More & more I sympathise with faith & a belief in something else; at the same time I have less & less time for religion. Systems of control! #
• Odd, really. The more I respect people’s right to believe in a higher power, the more those systems of control rankle… #
• … like it didn’t matter so much to me that they were locked in by their religion when I thought they were just idiots or worthless. #
• @giagia Aren’t orgasms SUPPOSED to be followed by unbearable guilt? I… I may be doing something wrong… in reply to giagia #
• @SorenLorensen Yeah, I think that’s why the juxtaposition rankles so much. People who want or need to have something to watch over them… in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @SorenLorensen …shouldn’t be exploited so completely! Of course there’s an element of choice, & my sympathy isn’t absolute! I waver often! in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @SorenLorensen But I can’t uncompromisingly write someone off, just for needing something that I don’t. Anymore in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @giagia Hmm… Worry that this may say something worrying about me, but that actually makes it more appealing, not less… in reply to giagia #
• @giagia Re God/Twat interface… that’s the conclusion I came to in teens. Seen nothing yet to make me reassess my conclusion! in reply to giagia #
• @SamShepherd Hmm… that’s interesting. I wonder how proper Romany gypsies feel about being bundled in with all the middle-class opt-outers? in reply to SamShepherd #
• @SamShepherd I mean, if there are any of them left anyway… in reply to SamShepherd #
• @SorenLorensen No, no… was always atheist, but thoughtful. It’s an If Then statement… didn’t “believe”, but also didn’t “believe in”. in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @giagia But, you know… who NEEDS those people, eh? in reply to giagia #
• @SorenLorensen I’ve felt that way. I think there’s something innately human about little “f” faith that isn’t anything to do with religion. in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @SorenLorensen … & nothing to do with a different trait that makes us look for organisations/clubs to be a part of. That the 2 combine… in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @SorenLorensen … so tightly is perhaps inevitable & predictable, but makes my head spin. in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @giagia @SorenLorensen @belle_lulu S’complicated, intriguing stuff & there’s poison in the notion that these things shouldn’t be discussed! #
• … innit? #
• Oop, didn’t include @danton in that. Man, group discussions in Twitter aren’t always easy, are they? #
• @ferretprincess May 9th/10th. Should mention, I’m not affiliated with it, & it’s a smaller affair this year, but it’s normally fun enough… in reply to ferretprincess #
• @ferretprincess … Uh, though a caveat to that is that I do spend a lot of it in the bar, so my judgement may not be perfect! in reply to ferretprincess #
• The dramatic irony of it all is that the creation of a concept of a god, God or gods, is a function of imagination at it’s most basic level. #
• It isn’t God that makes us different from the animals. That we can even think that far out into conceptual space & imagine gods that does. #
• @danton … Though I suppose on the other hand, it’s PERFECT for group discussions… as long as you realise early enough & followfollow! in reply to danton #
• @belle_lulu God is… a homosexual? Huh? Hell told you that? #
• @giagia LOVE the juggling they did with the god/gods verbal thing throughout BSG… I capitalise when referring to the ONE TRUE GOD, but… in reply to giagia #
• @giagia … make a point of fidgetting with the capital letter, depending on what I’m getting at. in reply to giagia #
• Where do people stand on “Oh god!” or “God!” as an exclamation, as atheists? Because I’m perfectly happy with it despite no belief… #
• … in fact, I actually get a bit annoyed when people swap it out with “Oh my science!” or something like. I find it unnecessarily smug… #
• It’s nothing personal. It’s agitating for the same reason religious people saying “God bless you” is agitating. Yes! We get it! Jesus cares! #
• Where the hell is my soup? #
• @idsharman I should have directed that tweet more directly. Thinking about it though, it wasn’t meant as an exclusive question: I apologise! in reply to idsharman #
• A similarly little-a atheist friend & I enjoyed an hour of being lectured by our big-A Atheist friend about how we weren’t atheist enough… #
• @ferretprincess That would be lovely! It’s more social than fanny anyway, so… Uh. Fannish? Fandomey? in reply to ferretprincess #
• @ferretprincess I’m rather certain one isn’t supposed to say “fanny” to a princess… in reply to ferretprincess #
• @jensaltmann See, that’s what I thought. Sort of. OMG is a sort of exclamative linguistic tic – to make an effort to “correct” pays it… in reply to jensaltmann #
• @jensaltmann … more effort and attention than it’s worth. in reply to jensaltmann #
• How… odd. In the wild internet, I have almost always used the shorter 2-character smiley model: :p etc… #
• … But here, where space is a premium, I find myself almost instinctively putting in the nose, then having to delete it. Why? #
• @Specsneedaclean Goddamn! in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @steevbishop Oh, that was super, by the way. I ACTUALLY laughed at my desk. Though that may be delirium setting in. in reply to steevbishop #
• http://bit.ly/1alZkX – Stewart Lee on Political Correctness, as shared by @steevbishop. Very funny, though It helps that I agree! #
• @steevbishop Not as restrained a comic, but can relate to Russell Howard’s “inventing your own misery” sentiment: http://bit.ly/ZnRJY #
• @jupitusphillip Really enjoy that sort of wordplay. My favourite was the New York Post one: http://bit.ly/UZDjs in reply to jupitusphillip #
• @jensaltmann I think there’s a nerdy glee to that, tho, isn’t there? Like learning Klingon, it’s not trying to prove that others are wrong. in reply to jensaltmann #
• @ferretprincess Phew. I do worry, you know..! in reply to ferretprincess #
• @ferretprincess Similar reasons for dodging Fallout 2… not fantasy so much as roleplay. If there’s exploring, I have to explore it ALL! in reply to ferretprincess #
• @jensaltmann Calling out to fictional gods… hang on. Now not sure if it’s a geek thing, or an actual religious belief… It’s Conan, yes? in reply to jensaltmann #
• My little sister has just been steadily posting old childhood photos of me & co up at FB the last few days. I WANT to feel annoyed… #
• … But I LOVE that shit! #
• @jensaltmann Book nerdin’ is still nerdin’, sir! You pre-empted me on the “fictitious gods” response. Fiction is in the eye of the beholder! in reply to jensaltmann #
• @jensaltmann … in that case at least! I like how Grant Morrison is going the other way: Not trying to prove that God is fictional… in reply to jensaltmann #
• @jensaltmann … trying to tell us that fictions are gods! in reply to jensaltmann #
• @jensaltmann I like that. I prefer the idea that if we imagine an alternate reality, in one way it exists. Writing it down is incidental… in reply to jensaltmann #
• @Eamon_ Oh, wow. Condolences to Ally, sir. in reply to Eamon_ #
• I… Why did the portraitsaslivingdeads artist choose Arnie as their first naked zombie? What? Why? #
• @giagia If you hang on till the 7th, baby will share a birthday with Prince! And Tom Jones! in reply to giagia #
• @giagia … And me! in reply to giagia #
• @steevbishop RE Women Against Rape: I feel that their name is insultingly exclusive of my gender. How very rude! in reply to steevbishop #
• @giagia God, you’re selfish! Actually, thought that might be how you’d feel… in reply to giagia #
• How stupidly, ridiculously broody… Do not KNOW @giagia, nor likely to meet her off net, but thought of imminent baby is STILL exciting! #
• This is misplaced emotional backspill from the fact that I’m so calm & collected in the face of Girl One’s excitement at imminent niecews. #
• @Specsneedaclean Why, thankyou… about to twitpic a couple, I think. Like I said, I love this shit! in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @giagia It’s a magical thing, indeed… The miracle of life, etc, etc… in reply to giagia #
• http://twitpic.com/2gqs0 – YoungerMe: I am the silhouette with the fluffy head. #
• http://twitpic.com/2gqta – YoungerMe: That tiny lady is my gran. I do not remember looking like this at ALL. #
• I no longer understand how the Lunch Bag Art household functions on a practical level. Still gorgeous art, though: http://bit.ly/16mZmV #

• Oh, YAY! My cuz has finally succumbed to Twitter. Everybody, say hello to @georgelondon. He is potentially MUCH more cool than me… #
• (& please be gentle with him… That means YOU, @blazingshark…) #
• Oh, dear… sorry, @georgelondon, I kind of just blew up in your comment stream. #
• http://twitpic.com/2ezzv – Shaving! I hate shaving! #
• http://twitpic.com/2f05q – I look decidedly more Amish with my hair out the way… #
• http://twitpic.com/2f19p – Always dead proud of myself if I still have layer of skin afterwards. #
• @SoullaStylianou Oh dear… I should hope so. REALLY didn’t want to look like a Greek Orthodox priest… they scare me primally somehow. in reply to SoullaStylianou #
• @Wossy Speaking of Chinese vampires, have you read Stickleback, by Ian Edginton & D’Israeli? 1 of best 2000AD strips in YEARS… in reply to Wossy #
• Oh, man… my face is all stupid hot. I hate stupid hot face. #
• Ok, I should probably just cancel that in this area. #
• Cleaning a dalmatian’s teeth every night requires the mental sleight of hand of forgetting quite how powerful their jaws actually are… #
• @idsharman If I say: Oooh, a bit like Kevin Nowlan, Do you take it as a compliment? in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman Some of those pages beautifully Nowlan, sir. But there’s variety there, and ALL of them are nice work…! http://is.gd/oN36 in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman Pete Townsend? Of The Who? in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman You’ve coloured Bachalo?? in reply to idsharman #
• @marcellerby Oh, yes… Roger Langridge is an absolute & underrated master. If you’re at Bristol, you should go & LOVE him. He rocks, but… in reply to marcellerby #
• @marcellerby … doesn’t seem to know it. in reply to marcellerby #
• @jamiesmart Woah, that’s a mixed feeling I just felt. On one hand, I would have liked to see you do it, but on the other, Roger Langridge! in reply to jamiesmart #
• @jamiesmart Perhaps unsurprisingly, the early promo stuff took an absolute drubbing by… well… y’know… people who go on Muppet boards. in reply to jamiesmart #
• @marcellerby Oh, honestly, I LOVE him. He’s got such a… he doesn’t know how good he is. Also, makes me want Dr Who sketches. EVEN ME! in reply to marcellerby #
• Oh HELL NO, Flickr uploader… #
• @alandavies1 OH WAY TO SPOILER 24! Now I know that Jack uses weapons in the episode you’re talking about. Won’t people ever LEARN?? SIgh. in reply to alandavies1 #
• Hm. @thoughtmecca seems really intent to find a wife tonight… Lock up your daughters, internet! And girlfriends! And mothers! Plus, pets! #
• @alandavies1 Ulck… hopefully you got that I was joking about the 24 spoiler. Though yes, REAL spoilers are the spawn of satan. in reply to alandavies1 #
• @RealBillBailey A novel! A proper one! Grrdammit can’t believe I missed this question yesterday. Comedians always write a lousy 1st novel… in reply to RealBillBailey #
• @RealBillBailey … but subsequent efforts normally yield gold. in reply to RealBillBailey #
• @alandavies1 Now that I know that Jack does shootings, there’s no bloody point watching it. It’s a tightrope, that show: Will he/won’t he..? in reply to alandavies1 #
• Lousy is a bit unfair. Comedians OFTEN write a lacklustre first novel too heavily reliant on their act. But they get it out of system quick. #
• @RealBillBailey I think what it is is that the urge is to put too much of their standup on the page which gets a reader through the book… #
• @RealBillBailey … & gives them what they came for, but doesn’t make for great narrative. But your voice would be a good fit for print. #
• @RealBillBailey Did you ever read Rich Hall’s book – writing AS Rich Hall? It was quite, quite lovely. in reply to RealBillBailey #
• @andydiggle It did take a right-turn off the path of hard military realism, into science-fiction opera fable, didn’t it? But then, kinda… #
• @andydiggle took that turn way back at end of S2. Knew they should have taken that left turn at Albequerque! #
• That reminds me, if you guys haven’t, you should TOTALLY read Rich Hall’s Things Snowball. I suspect the Otis Lee book is easier to find… #
• … But the Rich Hall book, which is all short stories, is just wonderful. #
• @douglasnoble Hang on… I read them as short stories… were the Sunday Columns short stories? Most a kinda fictionalised biography, mind. in reply to douglasnoble #
• @douglasnoble … My bollocking copy has gone missing, & am left with only the Otis book. So no way to check. But I really thought fiction. in reply to douglasnoble #
• @douglasnoble Huh. I found it a quite satisfying fiction read. Totally didn’t occur to me that they weren’t meant as narratives… in reply to douglasnoble #
• @douglasnoble I mean, structured/enclosed ones. Mind, my base response to most contemporary writing seems to find that narrative ambiguity. in reply to douglasnoble #
• @realbillbailey It has been brought to my attention that Rich Hall’s book isn’t short stories, so much as collected oddments of fiction… #
• @realBillBailey So apologise for misleading! Still, it is a good example of how he keeps his comedic voice, while not retreading standup… #
• @AdamBuxton1 That’s not funny. My folks were much more likely to answer questions with nonsense than just admit ignorance, so my adult… in reply to AdamBuxton1 #
• @AdamBuxton1… life was ALL Things that you think only to find out years later they are complete rubbish. Parents! in reply to AdamBuxton1 #
• @marcellerby Man, if I could make a living drawing JUST comic strips of me having sex, I totally would… in reply to marcellerby #
• @SamShepherd You know, I actually just thought it was a term that I didn’t know when I read that… in reply to SamShepherd #
• @Specsneedaclean Blimey… is the apocalypse happening up your way? in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @marcellerby Oh, I wasn’t talking about what you’re doing now, I was just offering it as a general life ambition… in reply to marcellerby #
• @georgelondon Oh yeah, it’s all in the open now, cuz. Twitter is a bit like big vast party or conference: Infinite access/limited attention. in reply to georgelondon #
• @georgelondon Oh, and as far as terminology, you can’t go far wrong just asking @steevbishop… He is a bit of a zen master for such things. in reply to georgelondon #
• @marcellerby I think I preferred it when you were linking to images of you having sex. This nervous breakdown is quite traumatic to watch! in reply to marcellerby #
• @steevbishop DAMN THAT LACKADAISY! in reply to steevbishop #
• Just accidentally started watching that Edmonds tantrum about perception of his show, that got picked up as a civil rights rant somehow… #
• … Again! And you know, I think we’re concentrating on the wrong thing, here. Edmonds isn’t the best bit. #
• Chegwin saying “Erection”, that’s the best bit! Heh… Cheggers said erection! Cheggers said erection! (I met Keith Chegwin once, you know.) #
• @SorenLorensen http://tinyurl.com/bmzrgm in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @davidbaillie Wow… Big time now, baby… mentioned in the same breath as Oli Smith! in reply to davidbaillie #
• @steevbishop It could happen to any of us. Girl One agrees with you, by the way. in reply to steevbishop #
• @marcellerby Interestingly, that is EXACTLY what we were talking about. @steevbishop thinks it’s time to call Tit Monday for the year… in reply to marcellerby #
• @marcellerby @georgelondon thinks that may be a bit premature, as per the rules. I, as always, defer to calmer heads. in reply to marcellerby #
• @RealBillBailey … our endless pursuit of women. Oh, except women. They’re endlessly in pursuit of meaning. Stupid meaning! in reply to RealBillBailey #
• @RealBillBailey That’s… that’s a useless answer. Sorry. in reply to RealBillBailey #
• @steevbishop Oh, read that yesterday… most exciting, yes? in reply to steevbishop #
• But to be fair, @amuchmoreexotic, it was ALWAYS going to happen, wasn’t it? I was a bit shocked that I heard it 1st without irony from Fry. #
• @amuchmoreexotic, I think it was the first thing that occurred to me when her cancer was announced. #
• @Glinner Also reported on the Mail site & elsewhere. Oddly, Mr Sachs quote sounds roughly like what you’d get if you asked someone from a… in reply to Glinner #
• @Glinner … gentler age to comment on something that he felt neither here nor there about, but felt like he should answer to be polite. in reply to Glinner #
• @Glinner Georgina-not-related-to @davidbaillie’s response made me giggle, but wasn’t too serious or controversial. Actually quite normal. in reply to Glinner #
• @Al_Ewing A fair point…I think Zack Snyder is perfectly happy with Zack Snyder’s place in the world. And fair play to him. He isn’t awful. in reply to Al_Ewing #
• @amuchmoreexotic The Jack of Spades? The jack… Jack Spades? Jade? Hm. Only really works if you’re heavily, HEAVILY drunk… in reply to amuchmoreexotic #
• @iamschmurgen Yes yes, Schmurgen, but you are just some gay. Guy. GUY! You are no Oly… Oli Smith! He’s famous! Wish I could come. Sadface! in reply to iamschmurgen #
• @Sulman I think that’s only natural. The ads they have at UGC now give the horrible feeling that they’re expecting audience participation… in reply to Sulman #
• @Sulman … though you don’t even see the chap, it somehow seems much worse. Their voices in the darkness, calling you to action. OH YUCK! in reply to Sulman #
• Car Wrecks I Have Known: http://bit.ly/39HWJB – Quite pleased with the voice in this. Would actually LOVE to know how any comic artists… #
• … here translate/adapt this story. It’s got scope for flashback images, but it’s mostly just a dialogue that came quite easy. #
• Course, a reminder if you ARE a comic artist: The EW stories are all free to adapt, as long as any relevant credit is given, & any… #
• … payment/publication is negotiated between you & the writer. I think I speak for most of writers when I say we’d LOVE to see adaptations. #
• (I know I would…!) #
• People filling up FB, YouTube comments & paper opinion columns talking about how self-indulgent & lame Twitter is. Irony… suffocating… #
• … Just watched vacuous YouTube video journal, lampooning the tedious over-sharing of Twitter. YouTube Video Journal! Lampooning! Twitter! #
• … If I ask the question “How black could this pot be, that’s calling the kettle black?” does Twitter know the answer? #
• @idsharman It’s always been in the plan that the stories could take on further life, sir. I maybe stopped mentioning it a while back… in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman …but if you know people who might want to make it happen, or ANYTHING about making such a book or webcomic work, please, SPEAK! in reply to idsharman #
• Twitter, @steevbishop is your mouthpiece. Exactly right… none. None more. #
• God, I love it when a plan comes together. #
• @idsharman Big Smile Face. Don’t think any Twitter resident EW authors, past or present, will have a problem with this… in reply to idsharman #
• Just been reminded that the license covering EW changed a bit back, while I tried to clarify some points about the CC license. So though… #
• … I think the authors in most cases wouldn’t mind, the terms require an ask before tackling any particular story. #
• I… I don’t actually fully remember doing that. Whole parts of the last two years are lost to me. That’s no good… #
• @idsharman What I just tweeted changes the game a little but as before publication writers would need to get involved I guess not that much! in reply to idsharman #
• @spkr4thedead51 F’rS’re what @giagia said. We are bloody terrible. Most people in the UK can’t even stand the people next town over. #
• http://bit.ly/3SrJVk Confused by this story. The only lesson I’VE learned is, atomic bombs aren’t as dangerous as I’d thought they were… #
• @davidbaillie Luckiest? Heh… as I just tweeted, don’t really know what to think of this. It’s like the anti-When The Wind Blows… in reply to davidbaillie #
• @spkr4thedead51 How would I know? Don’t talk to me about THOSE wankers! in reply to spkr4thedead51 #
• @spkr4thedead51 … Probably true of them as well, but there is possibility that if they hate English, they might have historical reasons… in reply to spkr4thedead51 #
• @spkr4thedead51 … that or Mel Gibson might be more convincing than I thought. in reply to spkr4thedead51 #
• @steevbishop I’m fairly sure that’s the case too. But I’ve never met anyone like that. Maybe they hang out at the dentist? Can’t afford it. in reply to steevbishop #
• My favourite American stereotype is that ALL American women love the English accent. Because that’s the accent I’VE got. #
• @BlazingShark Sadface! in reply to BlazingShark #

• @ferretprincess You know, if I had friendly animated mice that could talk to me, I’d probably say to hell with Twitter, but that’s me! in reply to ferretprincess #
• @specsneedaclean Hello you! You’re on Twitter! Also your 1st tweet wasn’t about how weird it is making your first tweet… most impressive! #
• @ferretprincess I got 2 big books of those foreign movie posters for Christmas from my dad… great, but I suspect it was cos they’re cheap! in reply to ferretprincess #
• @Specsneedaclean Oh, well, the weirdness will probably come soon enough, I’m sure! in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @steevbishop Yeah, you have correctly established that that is no time of night to be trying to watch The Wire…! in reply to steevbishop #
• @BBBaumgartner Welcome, sir. Never mind @rainnwilson’s power… we all hate him around here. Don’t you know his ego is destroying comedy? #
• @Specsneedaclean You sure it wasn’t one of the OTHER Bonds? You can often get Timothy Dalton cheap at Asda. Though Lazenby’s discontinued. #
• @kellysue You… uh… have wind? Wasn’t Fraction the first person to tweet a bowel movement, too? OH, you mean the WEATHER? Right? in reply to kellysue #
• @Specsneedaclean Light green? in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @steevbishop Oh, my! Haven’t managed to catch any of the Stewart Lee series yet, but that’s just brilliantly observed. And angry! in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop Del falling through the bar IS funny, though! (Laughing into sleeve, now!) in reply to steevbishop #
• Convinced now that the sky where @Specsneedaclean is is the same colour as hospital walls. Which isn’t, I think, what she means. Tuesday! #
• New Website Is Down: “Excel Hell” http://bit.ly/3sTH. A bit hectic to begin, but once it gets going it’s as well-observed as the last one. #
• Oh dear. Apparently it’s “how stereotypically, uselessly female are our partners” day, today. Course, I treat EVERY day a bit like that… #
• @Specsneedaclean My colour sense is TERRIBLE. I try not to look at those things, because they wazzle my brain! in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @Mykx Seriously? Sheep On Drugs are still alive? in reply to Mykx #
• @steevbishop Oh, barely even funny at all. Not EVEN the funniest thing about Only Fools & Horses. Could list 10 better, probably… in reply to steevbishop #
• Awww… happy birthday, Alyson Hannigan! Was just thinking about you last night… uh, ‘cos we were watching Buffy. Nothing rude, I promise. #
• (God, I love you, Alyson Hannigan!) #
• Bit fond of Chris Moyles these days as daft celebs go, but watching Stewart Lee tear strips off him is very VERY funny. http://bit.ly/mZIPP #
• Teehee… Jazz Racist! #
• @Eamon_ It’s impressive, isn’t it? Glad they pulled some of their best space battles out of the hat at the end. & lots to think about. in reply to Eamon_ #
• Enjoying watching @Herring1967 corpsing while arresting Ant. Or Dec. Uh, one or t’other. The internet throws up it’s bounty, once again! #
• When Stewart Lee does the Delboy bit, the 2nd voice he uses sounds almost exactly like Richard Herring. I guess the Call/Answer goes deep? #
• Or am I just imagining it? #
• @steevbishop I thought I was totally out on a limb on that… phew. @herring1967, it’s clear as day – Stewart Lee really MISSES you! in reply to steevbishop #
• @SamShepherd There are lines in that review that could almost describe the life of a Guardian TV reviewer… in reply to SamShepherd #
• @SamShepherd Thinking “He is clever and funny, but everything else and everyone else is stupid and silly.” The review is as smug as Lee, & in reply to SamShepherd #
• @SamShepherd … on second read I realised that despite Wollaston’s very clever approach, he manages to avoid taking a stance pro or con. in reply to SamShepherd #
• http://bit.ly/MjBQA – Oh, wow, the more calm & reassuring Bagley gets, the more out of control Bogel is. Actually creepy viewing… #
• … felt a bit guilty watching, because there’s a personality there incompatible with news interviews, & it feels exploitative to watch! #
• @SamShepherd Stewart Lee? Oh yes indeed! Feel it must throw the Guardian into a bit of an identity crisis, reviewing a show like that… in reply to SamShepherd #
• @SamShepherd … I get an insight into that side of Lee, because G1 just really isn’t into rant culture as much as me: she didn’t like it. in reply to SamShepherd #
• @SamShepherd Personally, I find with Lee that I have to let myself acclimatise a little to him before I start to enjoy his act. in reply to SamShepherd #
• @steevbishop That was my read on it… There’s an element of hedge-betting, because nothing he observed is inaccurate. It’s Lee’s technique. in reply to steevbishop #
• @SamShepherd A CAP on things. He’s a wag! I… actually quite like Jon Snow, I think. in reply to SamShepherd #
• @Mykx Oh my, me too! Thanks for posting that… might have forgotten to dip into PWEI this week otherwise. in reply to Mykx #
• @tbush Perhaps looking at technology as a short-cut solution rather than a game-changing supplement is problematic from the start? #jisc09 in reply to tbush #
• @tbush I’m practically a visionary. Though, you know, I lack vision. Also, ambition. Also, drive. in reply to tbush #
• @Mykx Also, Requiem For A Dream. Though, of course, the Kronos Quartet helped… in reply to Mykx #
• Let’s see how far I get through this track before it gets too emotional for me… ♫ http://blip.fm/~3cf88 #
• @tbush … Uhm… And trousers. Everybody in the office is pretending nothing unusual is going on, but I can tell they’ve noticed… in reply to tbush #
• @Specsneedaclean You do seem distracted. Also, to have more elastic bands than me. in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @thepetshopboy Haven’t seen that yet. #
• @steevbishop She’s quite fired up about the seriousness of a story dealing with people dying. I… guess she doesn’t read much other news? in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop If Jon Snow & guests dealt with every story involving death/tragedy as hysterically as she does, it’d be a pretty shrill time. in reply to steevbishop #
• Hm. ANOTHER season of 24 after this one? http://bit.ly/gx24. Not complaining, but I thought I’d heard that the plan was S7 then movies? #
• @steevbishop Had to go & watch that clip again, & yes… Snow totally corpses, doesn’t he? in reply to steevbishop #
• @tbush Minutes after our exchange on short-cuts, someone suggests to me the benefit of having a locally hosted YouTube clone that also does in reply to tbush #
• @tbush … audio with images and games and stuff. in reply to tbush #
• Nobody, it seems, really understands the problems with multi-tasking. #
• @steevbishop I think the bombastic emotiveness is genuine enough. I think she’s a little rabid on the subject, is the problem. Mouth frothy! in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop One of the guiding principles of faith is that it doesn’t require – in fact shuns – logic. Everything she said, she believed… in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop (I reckon, anyway!) in reply to steevbishop #
• I’m reminding myself that one doesn’t have to be religious, or part of a major religion, to be so rabid & faithful about something. #
• @SorenLorensen Hah! What about gladrags? in reply to SorenLorensen #
• So, okay, then, 130 followers, many of whom are probably spam accounts: What are you rabid and faithful about? #
• Think I’m rabidly faithful about the power of narrative entertainment media. Was going to say Comics, but realised I don’t read any now! #
• Also, because @davidwynne beat me to it! #
• @SorenLorensen Probably takes a lot to maintain that kind of calm, when unsure if the woman spraying spittle all over your face might bite. in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @steevbishop Awww… That’s… probably the most romantic thing I’ve ever heard you say… in reply to steevbishop #
• @Specsneedaclean Good choice. Though wonder if there’s plenty of actually empirically measurable reasons for trusting in the mashed potato. in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• @SorenLorensen No, the crazed spittle woman was uh… somebody Bogle, Catholic blogger. in reply to SorenLorensen #
• Though hopefully @steevbishop can say the same of his lovely mangy fox. Comics, atheism, story media: These are things that require faith… #
• @steevbishop … you’re just supposed to say “It wasn’t too bad”, or something like. They don’t really care. People, eh? in reply to steevbishop #
• Not for the first time, I realise that my standard response to the question “How you?” – which is “Not too bad” – is actually quite bleak. #
• I always actually thought it was just pleasantly, refreshingly restrained. But no. It’s miserable. #
• “As good a can be expected.” #
• “Mustn’t grumble.” #
• “On a scale of one to ten, at least I won’t live forever.” #
• @SorenLorensen It’s… Jon Snow introduces them at the… didn’t you hear… FOR GOD’S SAKE WOMAN! Don’t you pay ANY attention?? (teehee) in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @SorenLorensen Aww, hey, now, don’t be upset… I was only joking… Didn’t you see the smiley? Wait, I didn’t leave a smiley? Damn, sorry! in reply to SorenLorensen #
• I think I just committed unwitting internet abuse. Will they send me to internet prison? #
• @SorenLorensen Huh. You know, I don’t think I knew that… in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @SorenLorensen Worryingly, I knew that. Because of Vampire CCG. in reply to SorenLorensen #
• I am guessing that that isn’t the real ArmandoIannucci. In which case, does anybody know if he’s on Twitter. Like, really? #
• @SorenLorensen Ah… you LIVED in Southampton? Whyever did you leave? in reply to SorenLorensen #
• Look for the suicide vest? What? And if he starts going ulaulaulaula, run? What? Ooooh, I get it. You’re trying to say he’s middle-eastern. #
• @steevbishop Grrr… Making a face at you that suggests that pointing out special features that are unavailable to me is… unhelpful. in reply to steevbishop #
• On subject of both Atheist & fundReligion’s view that Science & God are irreconcilable: Scientists see it another way: http://bit.ly/8liqQ #
• Understand, I’ve little faith in either point of view, but find it frustrating where that particular line seems to have been drawn. #
• @SorenLorensen That IS hard to believe. What has Bournemouth got? Nice, calm atmosphere, nicer weather & environment aside? in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @SorenLorensen HOW DO YOU LIVE WITHOUT WEST QUAY, DAMMIT? I bet you’ve only got the one Game. & probably only a couple of Starbucks/Subways! in reply to SorenLorensen #
• @steevbishop The… but waitaminute… Actually, you’re right. I’d completely forgotten about that aspect of the internet momentarily… in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop Making a different face now. in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop People Block your replies? Does it indicate to you that that’s what’s happening? Oh, god, loads of people might be blocking me! in reply to steevbishop #
• Luckily, I already had a headache from making faces @steevbishop, otherwise this information might give me one. A headache. Not a rogering. #
• @steevbishop Ok, so I’ve found it. Armando is grilling him very funnily… It kind of undercuts the passive aggressive Guardian review, too! #
• @steevbishop Oh, I see! So not specifically your replies – all replies! For what it’s worth, I agree…! in reply to steevbishop #
• @mrtonylee @MissDracula Oh god you guys, don’t do this! Pick up the phone, please please! Too many great couples go down in Twitter flames! #
• @mrtonylee Actually, oh, okay, so far probably NO couples have. With the exception of Jennifer Aniston & whoever she was just with. #
• Goddammit BBC… I only wanted to find more Stewart Lee, but you MADE me watch Heaton’s Makeunder instead. You duplicitous minx! #
• What? What Game? How is it that these apparent worldwide, super-popular phenomena seem to pass so many people by? #
• @idsharman I vaguely mentioned it, and had to clarify that I was talking “Take On Me”, and not Alan Partridge! in reply to idsharman #
• @AdamBuxton1 You’d think. But I’m often someone like you, and… hang on, do you mean “prone to ranting” or “a bit famous”? in reply to AdamBuxton1 #
• Just playing with Etherpad… it seems like it should be INCREDIBLY useful. Need to put it in front of some academics, see what they think. #
• @feliciaday Well, I suppose we could always … uh… send you stuff using them? in reply to feliciaday #
• @Specsneedaclean I don’t know, but it’s something magical, innit? in reply to Specsneedaclean #
• Okay, yeah, it’s Spring. You can tell because the girls round here have rediscovered their breasts. Like, ALL of them… #
• (I don’t mean I LIKE all of them. There was a comma there, you guys!) #
• @laurennmcc Very anti, but then, there are cultural connotations here in the UK that might not translate. in reply to laurennmcc #
• @steevbishop I don’t know… feels a bit weird without my cousin here. But maybe someone has to call it. in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop 16th March? That was ages ago… was that when it started? I only really noticed today! in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop Oh, god, my head is frazzled… there are rules you know. There is protocol for false positives from heat waves. Hang on… in reply to steevbishop #
• Oh, @BlazingShark, I do love it when you send me pictures, but I believe you’re official definition of a game-changer when it comes to this. #
• @BlazingShark Besides, here in the UK, we have Weather & Seasons. Ladies undressing earlier than is healthy take life into own hands… in reply to BlazingShark #
• @BlazingShark (that was needlessly trolly… in fact, most parts of US probably have more extreme weather, and I am an idiot!) in reply to BlazingShark #
• @steevbishop I have, would you believe, texted him. It is THAT IMPORTANT! in reply to steevbishop #
• @steevbishop Oh, god… it’s not me, it’s G. He was always the coolest one. He can even make looking a bit like David Baddiel look good… in reply to steevbishop #
• @parsnipnose3000 When she hang around the house, does she really hang AROUND the house…? in reply to parsnipnose3000 #
• Right. Walking home. It should go without incident, but I will keep you all posted. #

• @swashford The lesson to be learned here is of course that being active is bad for one’s health. Smart move, shifting to computer playing! in reply to swashford #
• @BeaucoupKevin Really super enjoyed Tom Strong, but always ALWAYS preferred Top 10, of the ABC books – perhaps even over LOEG… in reply to BeaucoupKevin #
• @BeaucoupKevin It’s the cop drama quality; Moore nailed it perfectly. Though it’s difficult to imagine him watching Hill Street Blues! in reply to BeaucoupKevin #
• Hm. Reading people’s complaints about BSG finale is actually making me like it more. Odd how that works. http://is.gd/oodR – Spoilers btw. #
• @idsharman Heh, I might argue perfection, but I certainly didn’t come away disappointed. Mind, I felt they put too much importance on & … in reply to idsharman #
• @nixsight … then mishandled the “shock revelation” paradigm, at least since the end of season 2, so my expectations weren’t high! in reply to nixsight #
• @idsharman I think there was enough in there that was tailor-made to fit my ideological and narrative interests that I did love it lots… in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman … but it still has to be The Wire for awesome & consistency. BUT… I don’t feel the two are similar, beyond delivery medium… in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman … so probably shouldn’t have brought it up! in reply to idsharman #
• @laineyw Ah, but it’s a GOOD place to go, surely? It’s where they keep the books! in reply to laineyw #
• “Get up on my big-assed steed, and ride, ride, ride!” #
• @robsteadman Huh. For some reason your responses didn’t come through till this morning. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman But debating is only fun if you bought a ticket for the debate. & I don’t buy your argument that celebs use Twitter to look… in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman …cool. Because it’s largely considered to be a silly social network by people who don’t use it. Nowt cool about it. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman Personally, I think it’s more anti the pros of Twitter when people bring that same deliberate trolling approach to conversation in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman … here that they do to the rest of the internet. Speaking of, your tweet about “another agenda” makes you sound a bit daft. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman What “agenda” could be served by having a perfectly average point of view on something, & not opting into it when someone… in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman … tries to tell you you’re wrong for HAVING that opinion? Why participate in that IMDB comments bullshit? in reply to robsteadman #
• @laineyw Good point… That DOES suck. You about for coffee at any point? in reply to laineyw #
• @quirkybird Oh, man! That sucks…! Where did you last see it? Can you retrace your steps, work out where it is that way? in reply to quirkybird #
• @mattfraction What does “period Oater” mean? in reply to mattfraction #
• @SamShepherd Maybe a deletion & a warning? Though wording the warning may be a hassle. So yeah, maybe a ban. in reply to SamShepherd #
• @steevbishop It’d certainly fit a blog post better, wouldn’t it? As a twitter conversation, it’s… a… bit… cumbersome! in reply to steevbishop #
• Actually liked Lucy Mangan’s article on Jade Goody – http://bit.ly/3Sbq8p – she is more sympathetic to Jade than I, but doesn’t pander much. #
• Oh dear… @LeeGoldberg tells us about the forgotten first Magnum PI theme: http://bit.ly/yEh2H. Thank goodness it didn’t stick. #
• Can’t remember if I shared this the other day, but it’s ace: Watchmen/Wall-E trailer mashup: http://bit.ly/D20B1 #
• @Sulman I don’t think @steevbishop is talking about the guy, so much as the discussion of Twitter usage. I don’t see it as attention to… in reply to Sulman #
• @Sulman … try to engage the guy in my stream, because, well, it’s an interesting intellectual exercise for me. Helps me clarify things… in reply to Sulman #
• @Sulman … but I’m not @ including him in any other tweets, because on a certain level, I agree. in reply to Sulman #
• (@Sulman I mean with you, not with him!) #
• @indiaknight Problematic one, because the speaker is probably disconnecting sexual/abusive connotations from domination/literal meaning… in reply to indiaknight #
• @indiaknight … Unpleasant & serious oversight saying it on telly, but guessing he wasn’t even thinking about social politics of it at all. in reply to indiaknight #
• @indiaknight I found it odd… it’s an almost florid use of language for a soccer commentator. in reply to indiaknight #
• @indiaknight I agree – but with any controversial use of language, I try to decode & seperate intent & interpretation. Otherwise headsplode! in reply to indiaknight #
• @indiaknight RE Adrian Chiles: That’s kind of the problem with taking such a definitive stance on things. One will always end up an arse! in reply to indiaknight #
• @indiaknight The 2 examples you gave were difficult for me. When one says “I could murder a…” I think it’s very different from “Fritzled” in reply to indiaknight #
• @indiaknight Oh, god, yeah… headsplodes happen here every 5 or so minutes. But I try my hardest to stick to my treatment of such things! in reply to indiaknight #
• Already heard a colleague quote a friend as referring to a smear test as “Doing a Jade” this morning & quickly spin it as good. @indiaknight #
• Patrick Boivin is making a bit of an artform of these: Iron Man vs Bruce Lee – http://bit.ly/18jYRC #
• @steevbishop Oh blimey… that’s a significant chunk of your holiday taken up setting this up, innit? At least it’s almost there, I suppose! in reply to steevbishop #
• Trying to write a precis of what our team does, which by design has a summary of Learning Technology. It isn’t easy summarising such things! #
• (Yes, yes, especially not if you’re me. I know!) #
• @steevbishop Stupid technology. I HATE it! Know what I realised recently? We’ve no way of listening to music while we’re in the bathroom. in reply to steevbishop #
• @BeaucoupKevin You know, that’s interesting. Your conversation with Tekneek is making me realise how much I blag it on Facebook. Have had… in reply to BeaucoupKevin #
• @BeaucoupKevin … to use peripheral profile facts & “is also friends with” to decode who half the people I get friend requests from are! in reply to BeaucoupKevin #
• @Sulman That’s horrible, incredible footage, tempered a little by the fact that I’m listening to Sigur Ros while watching it. I bow to… in reply to Sulman #
• @Sulman … your knowledge – is this generally a design flaw with that vehicle? The landing issue they mention as common? in reply to Sulman #
• How odd. No sign of my fave BSG theme on Blip.fm. Does stuff get removed if it’s not supposed to be there? Understandable, kinda, if so. #
• @Wossy Was thinking the other day, in some ways I wish your chat show wasn’t so high-profile. Obviously it works well for you, & you get… in reply to Wossy #
• @Wossy … great super-famous guests, but I’d kind of like to see you interviewing more geek-centric micro-celebs & that can’t happen at mo! in reply to Wossy #
• @idsharman Second episode much better. I’ve heard that it gets steadily more solid until ep 6, where the series actually STARTS. in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman … It’s a shitty narrative model, but maybe watch ep 6, see if it’s intriguing enough to fill in the gaps, completist style? in reply to idsharman #
• @richjohnston I have to keep even THAT news under wraps, ‘cos Girl One is only up to BTVS season 4. Every time Joyce is on screen I shiver. in reply to richjohnston #
• @idsharman Curious about the decision to hire Amy Acker, and then cover her in facial scars, hide her in the corner. God, I love her. in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman First half season of Buffy were patchy, too – potential was there, but didn’t really come together till the Hyena episode. in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman What are you thinking of Terminator SCC? It’s not as dense as BSG, but I think it holds up pretty well. in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman As it happens, exactly the same reason I stuck around on Buffy! If Acker was more prominent think it’d have the same effect! in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman Yeah, if I had a complaint about Dollhouse it’s that it does take itself too seriously from the off – not a usual Whedon trait! in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman Actually, have to second @davidwynne’s suggestion – if you haven’t seen The West Wing, you probably should… in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman I… think I’ve still got a book of AXM to read, actually. West Wing is smart as hell. Couldn’t be more different to BSG, tho. in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman Life is a just wonderfully, spunkily written if straightforward detective drama. Damian Lewis OWNS it, though. Love LOVE it. in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman Fringe is a hard-to-scan X-Files retread with slick aesthetic, heavy conspiracy, but a peculiar charm. Very good cast, too. in reply to idsharman #
• We’re… y’know… quite enjoying United States Of Tara. @idsharman #
• @idsharman Ah, if you want a relatively quick hit of TV awesome, check out Generation Kill – a finite series based on an awesome book… in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman … very insightful look at the modern western soldier, & the invasion of Iraq. in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman It’s a quite new show, by @DiabloCody & Spielberg. Sorta drama about a family in which the mother has multiple personalities… in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman … Overly quirky idea, but the cast – headed by Toni Collette – & scripts are excellent. in reply to idsharman #
• @idsharman Life & Tara are good sofa-veg shows, WestWing requires mid-level attention but is written for accessibility. Wire needs focus. in reply to idsharman #
• I… hang on! @idsharman – you DID watch Being Human, right? #
• Tinted windows make me feel vaguely odd sometimes – saw @laineyw walking past, with NO way to get her attention. Default voyeurism! #
• @davidwynne It wasn’t a complaint… I LOVE that it works the way it does. I think it’s a good thing that some shows DO require that focus. in reply to davidwynne #
• @davidwynne … because they don’t spoon-feed the audience. But you can’t watch The Wire while chatting with a mate or reading stuff on net. in reply to davidwynne #
• @davidwynne … thought it was helpful to know that going in! in reply to davidwynne #
• @davidwynne Oh, see what you mean. @idsharman Didn’t mean that The Wire THE SHOW needs focus. I mean that you need to be focussed watching! in reply to davidwynne #
• Am developing theory that most US shows fit 1 of 3 tropes: Investigation with twist, family drama with quirk, or tightrope epic narrative. #
• The tightrope in that last one is over the “Is there a plan/isn’t there a plan?” chasm. #
• Briefly thought “what about law drama, West Wing etc?” but variously those fit in one of the three… #
• Espec if you take “Investigation” as also meaning “trouble-shooting” or “problem-solving”. #
• Maybe it isn’t a structure to fit into, so much as a framework by which shows can be aligned? #
• @idsharman Firefly: Family drama with a quirk. Or total exception. Plus, we ALL want that! Thanks for reminding us! #
• @idsharman @daveashton The Wire is being serialised, I think, on Guardian website. Also, id, I think I booked a double. But I snore. #
• @katelv Everyone gets freaked out by @glasses_direct omnipresence at first. Then you come to rely on it. TRUST ME. #
• @katelv, also, quite healthy to be aware of terrifying publicness. See for example housewife celeb bothereing accounts. Disturbing to see… #
• For clarification: When I say “housewife celeb bothering accounts”, Not talking bout people @ ‘ing celebs regularly. Mean those timelines… #
• …that feature 7 or 8 “Oi!” tweets, within moments of each other, culminating in panicked “why aren’t you responding” tweets. Like a map… #
• … of a personality, right up there where everyone can see it. #
• Not saying that’s the wrong way to use Twitter or anything. Just saying, it paints a picture to me, like mine probably do to others! #
• @rainnwilson’s ego is killing comedy. He’s a great character, but his hubris is destroying my enjoyment of the whole idea of humour… in reply to rainnwilson #
• … Stop killing the laughter, @rainnwilson! #
• @glasses_direct I DON’T NEED YOUR THANKS! GIVE ME PIZZA! in reply to glasses_direct #
• @glasses_direct … but seriously, your welcome. in reply to glasses_direct #
• http://bit.ly/3wg0fq – This is a bit silly, but god, I love Kevin Pollak. It always makes me smile when he turns up on my screen… #
• @mrtonylee … for a chance at that DVD, I might. As long as you promise to be gentle… in reply to mrtonylee #
• (@mrtonylee … too much?) #
• Just trying out a Tweet button on Nixsight, with a view to maybe using it on EW. Can everyone take a look, tell me if it’s too invasive? #
• … http://www.nixsight.net #
• @idsharman Because you are one angry Ess Oh Bee! Or, y’know, because of the state of journalism? in reply to idsharman #
• Girl One just phoned to tell me what we need from shop after work. Sometimes when she calls, I will deliberately use loads of pet names… #
• … just to see how much I can make my office-mates retch. The answer some times? A lot! #
• There is a generally held belief here in the UK that Americans can’t recognise irony, but, you know, I don’t think many people can. #
• @SamShepherd Hah! There’s nothing wrong with being a bit Willow-ey. Or even, I suppose, Buffy-esque. You coming over all Whedonverse? in reply to SamShepherd #
• @SamShepherd That speaks to your integrity as a writer! The thing you find exceptional/upsetting is that you went colloquial, not the … in reply to SamShepherd #
• @SamShepherd … fact that you’re hearing voices in your head! in reply to SamShepherd #
• @tbush That is a truly awesome album. Talked it up a bit at Disco Potential. You ARE reading Disco Potential, right? – http://bit.ly/JTesG in reply to tbush #
• @steevbishop But isn’t it a bit of a personal hazard having a camera that can at a twitch send pictures to the internet in the loo with you? in reply to steevbishop #
• I have often found myself grateful that my Nokia phone puts tiny barriers between immediate photo taking & internet sharing. #
• @SamShepherd Hm. My voices tend to be a lot more succinct. I massage their words into expansive long-windedness. in reply to SamShepherd #
• @SamShepherd I was joking off a comment I had made to @steevbishop. To be honest, the humour was probably a bit too crude to recount… in reply to SamShepherd #
• @tbush Do! Do! Read! Comment! You know, if you wanna… @beaucoupKevin has created a nice site ethic, and extra eyes n ears always good. in reply to tbush #
• @steevbishop Of course I may just lack self-control/have a naturally impulsive/self-destructive streak. Like a webcomic diarist with no art! in reply to steevbishop #
• Guessing @steevbishop has already seen this, but just in case: http://bit.ly/G7w4 – Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows. #
• @robsteadman in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman Ah, I see… you’re using the word “debate”, but what you mean is you want people to participate in your crusade. Well… in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman … it has been helpful to clarify my thoughts on the subject with you, but I choose not to participate in that case. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman Don’t worry, I shan’t block you, but unless you start saying something unpredictable, I’ll probably just ignore further tweets. in reply to robsteadman #
• For anyone watching… I always suspected that Rob Steadman would expose their real viewpoint like this eventually: Not naive to this stuff. #
• & recognise a troll when I see one. But I find it useful to collect my thoughts around a discussion sometimes & on Sunday no-one else about. #

• @ferretprincess Your absolutely welcome, ma’am! @feliciaday deserves the adoration – she’s ludicrously talented, & deserves eyes on her! in reply to ferretprincess #
• Catching up on BSG… watching ep 0417. The long & winding road down to the end, innit? #
• @thoughtmecca Very impressed with GD, though don’t know how well they service the US. in reply to thoughtmecca #
• Man, this weekend has been a personal disaster for me. Love G1′s family, but I’ve been out of synch the whole time, with poor results. #
• @feliciaday You know, I think Watchmen is one of the few situations where the opposite works better. But course, your mileage may vary. in reply to feliciaday #
• @feliciaday Oh dear… do people really rate that way? Watchmen is great, but it’s more pseudo hipster cred than geek! I’d say the girl… in reply to feliciaday #
• @feliciaday …who was in Buffy & Dr Horrible, & made her own show about online gaming of all things gets to trump all geekdom! in reply to feliciaday #
• @steevbishop Hah… & that’s how I heard about it – from Twitter, & the only person I know as scathingly cynical about it as I am… in reply to steevbishop #
• @robsteadman All due respect to your opinion & that – not one I’m entirely unsympathetic with – but really? Being blocked on Twitter… #
• @robsteadman … akin to censorship? You may be getting a bit carried away, there. #
• @Glinner My favourite thing about that apology was how it spent 3/4 of it’s word count establishing it’s positive credentials. The media… in reply to Glinner #
• @Glinner … equivalent of sitcom staple “COUGHsorry”? in reply to Glinner #
• @BlazingShark Oh, lady… how your vaguely random & kinda depressed, yet appealingly rude ramblings are brightening my morning! in reply to BlazingShark #
• @BlazingShark … Please don’t drive into the ocean! Or put on any panties! in reply to BlazingShark #
• @docky Tough decision to make, because it’s difficult to draw the line… there are people I think of as comic celebs that I know to talk… #
• @docky … to talk to, so what then? Plus, in the middle of the night, if there’s nobody else to talk to about films I like, JRoss et al… #
• @docky … are as good as anyone! #
• RT SB: Cancer is sad and people dying of cancer is sad so instead of buying tomorrow’s newspaper why not donate to a cancer charity? #
• @robsteadman It’s all a BIT farcical. But tying an individual’s decision to opt out of listening to you any more with censorship is too… in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman Especially when you’ve already made your feelings clear! No hypocrisy in @glinner or @stephenfry’s actions, really, is there? in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman They just had more – well, truth is, a LOT more – sympathy for the woman than we did. & Jade’s manner of racism wasn’t alien… in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman …to the nation. It was just a little more dumb, up-front & culture based than most. I’d pick it over the alternatives… in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman Hm. I think to sell out, you have to have thrown your hat in with a particular standard. I don’t think you can assess it on… in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman … the expectations we map onto a person. Linehan & Fry have never had anything less than humanist & sensitive personas. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman … & to be fair, from looking at the back & forth, I think you both stated your case! Once it gets circular, it’s not debate. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman Besides, there are plenty of other people for one to argue with. @glinner didn’t block your ability to do that. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman With all due respect, your assertions on racism are idealistic but naive. Racism, while abhorrent, isn’t ALIEN to civilisation. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman … & thinking like that is a fairly dangerous way of interacting with the world around you. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman If you start deciding to sever association with everyone who harbours any xenophobia, you’re lost. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman & blocking ISN’T puerile… it’s an individual’s right, & built in to the Twitter system. Nobody on here owes anybody ANYTHING. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman & frankly, removing oneself from an argument on the internet isn’t craven… in most cases, it’s the sane option. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman “You’re only not arguing because you know you can’t win!” is the sort of passive-aggression best reserved for lovers, I think. in reply to robsteadman #
• @revenantmedia A long time ago in a galaxy – for the most part – far far away? #
• @robsteadman One problem with that is it isn’t HIS ball. There IS no ball. You’re talking about social contracts in competitive/game terms. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman The other is that you’re acting as if social networking is an all-or-nothing, one rule fits all arena, which misses the point. in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman Nobody owes anybody else their time or attention on Twitter, or anywhere else, so to persist in crowing that you used up… in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman … somebody’s patience, as if somehow it’s THEM that ends up looking foolish, is a bit… well… retarded? in reply to robsteadman #
• @robsteadman Main reason for social media isn’t to argue with people over the internet, it’s to have fun. I guess you weren’t fun anymore. in reply to robsteadman #
• Yes, appreciate the issues with saying the point of social media isn’t to argue with people over the internet – evidence seems to contrary! #
• @Eamon_ It’s… pretty awesome. Well, depending on how you’ve felt about the last season generally. in reply to Eamon_ #
• @iainlee Still processing it myself, but BSG finale was quite chunkily satisfying wasn’t it? Not totally surprising, not fully illuminating. in reply to iainlee #