Nacimiento from La Merced, Guatemala City
Large and well-composed nacimiento from La Merced today.
A bit more
Last night's repose was rendered fitful by continual lines of poetry appearing.
This is all Alasdair's fault, as the thought of him has produced this vision of a drug fiend marauding over the unforgiving Scottish highlands, a degenerate in the Cairngorms...
I stride upon the highest ground
Where only sheep and dung are found
And there upon a favourite crag
I draw the peace pipe from my bag
And cradled gently from the rain
I pack it tight with Mary Jane...
Where is the rest?
One rhyming couplet from a poem about Alasdair, recast as an itinerant laird with frequent recourse to the pipe and the powder.
"And there toked I in the driving rain / A joint as fat as Robbie Coltrane"
Me, enigma
Good self-portrait, done in an ancient mirror. The splashing effect was not intentional, and was discovered after the fact, it's probably a direct visual reflection (ahem) of the state of the mirror's surface after many many years, combined with the low amount of light available.
This should constitute the only official photograph of myself to be issued to media outlets of the world. Not as iconic as the Unabomber in his line art ski mask, but some things take time. On another note, the Simplified Chinese version of my short story, The Sandwich Factory, was finally issued, a suitable Christmas present.
The next Pinhut Product, the finalised version of The Candle Factory will be issued within six weeks. 2010 is going to be a very busy year. Continued thanks to everybody [still] reading BookArmor, Happy New Year.
Showbiz hydra
"From the showbiz hydra's severed head / two starlets grow back in its stead."
Wordsworth’s Lyrical Terrorist Ballads
"I wandered lonely through a crowd / then blew myself to bits in Stroud."
[from the sinisterly titled Daffodils]
Less BookArmor
More Pinhut Enterprises. Having an inspiring time with the writing, just like the old days.
Ye shall know it by its fruits.
The Sun apologises for ‘embarrassment caused’
I just found this gem on The Sun website from 2007
"IN articles last summer following the arrest in Forest Gate of the Kalam brothers, we incorrectly reported that Abul Koyair had criminal convictions, that the brothers did not tell police where substantial cash found at their home had come from and that charges were brought over paedophile images found on Abdulkahar’s computer.
We also reported that there was an inquiry into allegations that the brothers had insulted and spat at soldiers outside their barracks.
In fact, no charges were brought over the computer, which was second hand, police were immediately informed of the cash savings and no evidence was found by the inquiry that the brothers had insulted or spat at soldiers.
We accept that the brothers are not involved in terrorism and apologise for the embarrassment caused."