I t's been a busy week or so since the last post. Last weekend was the Thought Bubble event which formed the last weekend of the Leeds International Film Festival and I was asked to moderate a panel on Comics-to-Movies. Much fun was had at the Leeds City Hotel (with the impressive view from the bar there to the right) and the Savile Hall's actual con venue. On the panel wre Doctor Who and Marvel writer Paul Cornell, Iron Man designer Adi Granov, The Losers and Daredevil writer Andy Diggle and...

I t's been a busy week or so. Lots to do and just the hard slog of getting through it I did get to go to the 'Horsforth' with Glenn, Simon, Sheryl, Sally and Co last Friday and it was good to take a few hours off for once. But generally, Impact is taking up a lot of time, the TGTD Store is looking better but it takes time to do all the tweaking behind the scenes and I haven't been able to get to sleep until way after 2:00am most nights, which makes mornings come annoyingly quickly. The laptop is in for repair, so currently using the parentals' spare laptop. I hope to have mine back in about...

S o, the parentals are off in Vegas, playing at being bankers (spending my inheritance). That means I'm house-sitting by default once again. I worked out recently that between now and the middle of March, we'll probably be like ships in the night with me or them out of the country at any given point.  However, on this occasion, I think they've certainly got the best of the weather. 70-80 in Nevada and distinctly colder and wetter here. It's been dreary all week and more typical November weather...

W ell, year ago today I was lying in a hospital bed and seriously wondering if I was going to make it through the night. It was a day after Hallowe'en and - even then - the irony wasn't lost on me. Perhaps on purpose I was back at the FAB Cafe's Hallowe'en party again yesterday. I was meeting Mark, Sabrina, Adi and Tamsin for a few drinks and several hours before heading there I still hadn't decided what (if anything) I was going to get dressed up as/in. Last year I smothered my face in cheap and...