Meanwhile, on Twitter...

• 12:36 What are they trying to say in the poster for Did You Hear About the Morgans? bit.ly/8afDiV #
• 12:36 Hugh Grant appears to be riding Sarah Jessica Parker through a field full of hay. Are they saying she looks like a horse? Not subtle, guys. #
• 12:42 Mind you, if she and Michael Bay ever started dating, I think there'd be a future Kentucky Derby winner in the making. And not a jockey. #
• 12:44 Yes, I am shallow, cruel and probably misogynistic as well. But I have cool hats. So, that's okay then. #
• 16:55 Action hero Sherlock Holmes is out this week and the trailer for Robin Hood makes it look like LOTR. Are any adaptations straight anymore? #
• 17:02 I find the most recognizable Robin Hood of the last 50 years was in Men in Tights. "Unlike some others, I can speak with an English accent." #
• 17:04 "Let's get out of this ladies clothing and get into our tights!" #
• 17:12 They gave Matt Fraction Thor now, too? How does a writer with such limited talent get all the high profile jobs? And an Eisner? Boggling. #
• 17:13 You might have noticed I'm crotchety today. #
• 19:35 Marvel announces GIRL COMICS: bit.ly/6AkgXB Despite the suggestion that women are some kind of obscure minority, some great creators. #
• 23:09 It's a horrible thing to admit, but every time I read about the Indian Mutiny I can sympathize with those who blew mutineers from cannons. #
• 23:13 When I read about the massacres at Cawnpore or Meerut or Jhansi I'm enraged. I can understand revenge, but not those pointless atrocities. #

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Good morning campers

Another proper update today. Hoorah!

I enjoyed my weekend away. I've been meaning to post my pics from The Eden Project, but I got distracted by THE SHINY that is my new iTouch. When we were ordering a new laptop for the business, my boss suggested I just order it and pay out of my wages over the next couple of months to spread the cost and I couldn't resist. I consider it a Christmas present to myself. Of course, I'm now also considering getting a Wii, but that'll have to wait.

I'm now addicted to the air hockey app. Save me!

I'll probably post pics from my weekend away with commentary tonight. The short version: The Eden Project was superb, I fell asleep in the pub and snored and I can't ice skate. It still hurts. Nevermind, I didn't need that arm anyway. Probably.

Work is... busy. We have three deadlines in January, so trying to get as much possible done towards two of them before Christmas. Not likely to help much, but we're trying. While I was away, I spotted a copy of our publication being read in the pub we were staying at, which is nice to see. Usually I don't have any contact with our readership - the magazines are sent out and that's all I know. Our readers aren't the most responsive bunch. So it's nice to know that the magazines don't simply vanish into thin air.

Anyway, I have to be off now. I've PDFed this advert about a dozen times and keep spotting things wrong each time. I need to concentrate.

Also, what the heck happened to Cary Elwes' career? He needs to be in more stuff.

For that matter, whatever happened to Mel Brooks? This scene being "merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory."