Just back from ‘Translations ’04’, which was an evening of music, prose, poetry and “twisted shit” from the students of the Edinburgh Uni Masters in Creative Writing or whatever the hell.
It was kind of endearing, actually.
Oh, god, I’ve become a lit bitch.
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A few nice comments have been added to the Xmas post. Do looksee.
Also on the subject of good ideas for a conscious Christmas:
Over on his blog, which seems to be refusing my connection so I can’t link to it, Famous Writer Dude Neil Gaiman* suggests a nice Xmas present for the First-Amendment-loving American in your life would be membership in the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. They do good work, and since US comix are read everywhere, they deserve international support too. But isn’t it weird that this world needs one of these? Seduction of the Innocent was a long time ago, wasn’t it?
* Just because he signed some crappy Wolverine comic one time doesn’t mean you shouldn’t trust his judgement. There were extenuating circumstances with that. And he only signed under duress. Ask Pearce.