stairway to nowhere | stairway to nowhere
Dec.16.2012
I heard tell the five elements of a synopsis are: a (1) hero who finds himself stuck in a (2) situation from which he wants to free himself by achieving a (3) goal. However, there is a (4) villain who wants to stop him from this, and if he's successful, will cause the hero...
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Jun.06.2012
I am very pleased to announce that after 12 years of writing, re-writing, editing, editing, editing:
NOW AVAILABLE!
Mud Hut Man by Luke James
A comic novel of medieval proportions!
http://www.lulu.com/shop/luke-james/mud-hut-man/paperback/product-20147280.html
Thanks for taking a look!
What the...
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May.17.2012
I’m not allowed to raise my children the way I was raised. Even though the way I was raised was loving and directly instilled in me a sense of morality, respect for other people, their ideas, property and feelings, tolerance of different values and views, I’m not allowed to even glance menacing at...
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Apr.18.2012
Birmingham Giant, Gnome, and Maniac Admit “Duran Duran Were All Our Fault!” Judge remands them for psychological reports
Nick Rhodes – “Fáshiön were an inspiration on the Birmingham scene. John (Taylor) and I used to go and see them at The Barrel Organ in Digbeth virtually every week over a...
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Apr.01.2012
“This is bleedin’ ridiculous.” Miki says.
It’s just after midnight. We’re standing out in Edgbaston Road scanning the deserted street. Hunt tugs open the battered transit’s back doors.
“Yeah, well you lot are on the dole.” Hunt says. “Can’t be too careful. Now get this lot inside, sharpish...
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Feb.08.2012
If We Still Had Prehensile Tails – 10 Things that Would Be Different
1. Couches, chairs and especially toilet seats wouldn’t be the same shape.
2. Camera tripods, shooting sticks, and hanging straps in subway trains would never have evolved.
3. Teenagers (and...
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Feb.05.2012
I was at this party in a derelict hotel. The party was Mulligan’s, a shadowy leather boy I’d only heard of in passing whispers of disquiet. Along crumbling hallways I lurched, spliffed and looking for a light, past occasional knots of revelers, half-open doors like half-open eyes squinting at...
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Jan.30.2012
Android mall virus conspiracy?
Perhaps it’s because I’m currently reading Christopher Buckley’s wonderfully sick novel, Thank You For Smoking, or perhaps it’s because I live in a culture that thrives on conspiracy theories.
But when I read an article this morning on the Network World web site this...
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Jan.28.2012
I think my old Dad used to listen to a band called the Sexy Pistols. Way back before that last wave of really great bands came out of Scotland. He says the Pistols were from London – which is pretty hard to believe as now all that comes outta London these days is gay comedians, bagpipe rock, and...
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Jan.25.2012
I'm in bed, it's 6.28AM and I'm only half awake. I’m doing some deep breathing, slowly feeding oxygen to my brain. Ideas are starting to bubble.
Yesterday, I would have had to get out of bed, put the light on, and grab a pen and paper to scribble semi-legible spider words. Or wait the five minutes...
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