It's 01:22 Christmas Day.Everyone with a life is off decking the halls with holly, or if remotely sane, asleep or drunk (maybe a bit of both).Guess it's just me, the guy in the red suit and the reindeer up (and at least Santa and Rudolf are busy).Tra la la....bored n...

December, already? Where does the time go? No, I know the answer to that... deadlines, chores, lack of light at this time of the year and more deadlines. I haven't even started on the Christmas card list yet and presents will need to go off internationally sooner rather than later. I'm just glad most of my friends have so many deadlines and chores of their own they haven't realised my slacking. It's been an interesting year, full of surprising highs and lows. The lows will take care of themselves...

So, I'm sitting there flicking through the channels and I come to CNN and Larry King talking with Dr.Phil - a man who does for medicine what Judge Judy does for court room etiquette.There's a clip of him talking to a refugee and saying that though he can't promise her, he thinks he has a lead on her missing husband and, golly gee, would she and the kids like to jump on a plane with him to go take a look-see?"So, did you reunite them?" asks Larry"Gee, Larry, you'll have to tune in to the show to find out!" Phil replies.Mental note to self: took four days for any real help to reach the people who...

Is it me or does this look like a certain 2000AD comic character unmask...

Edinburgh. Geek heaven. I spent four days with some of the nicest people I've met in over fifteen years of doing the reporting thang. Mainly thanks to Debbie and Jenny at UIP I got ultimate access to the Serenity cast and crew, beginning with a meal on Sunday, formal press conference, one-to-ones, photo-shoots. Everyone knows Joss is a reporter's dream and we covered the likes of Serenity, Wonder Woman, Astonishing X-Men and the Sipke movie. A real revelation was Natan Fillion. This man is destined...

Whilst this week has been a mixture of highs and lows (aren't they always nowadays?), I did get some good news today. The trip up to Edinburgh is all sorted and I have scheduled time with Joss Whedon, the Serenity cast and a ticket to the premiere. May also do some stuff with Kinky Boots (Another film - get your mind out of the gutter).Verbatim #8 is still at the printers but should be back shortly and Impact hits the stands at the end of this week.In the meantime, I've spent so much time in front of a computer screen recently, I think I need to lie down in a dark room. After I've covered the...

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