You know what, I love tumblr, I really do. It's a great blogging device but in spite of everything, I just can't bring myself to post there. I need to shut it down once and for all no matter how much the fashionable authors of the day like to play there. Besides, regular passers-by here would miss things like this:
As they tend to say in the cool and hip places around the universe, FUCK YEAH, ZYGONS!
That's pretty exciting, it's not even recent news (it's a couple of days old now), no idea how I missed it because that's a big deal. Certainly more so that Number Nine and Rose returning - that was pretty much expected, but Zygons? Nope - I never saw that coming. Being as it's been announced this far ahead of time, I can only assume that it's probably some kind of minor part because you sure wouldn't fire your biggest guns this far away from the big event.
Well, I was excited anyway... roll with it.
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I've decided to stop buying books - this is a promise that will last a whole six weeks. I need to get some writing done and also finish the stack that's threatening to topple over if I don't do something about it. This week - and these are my last two purchases - I picked these up. The first for obvious reasons and the second because after I'd read the first five pages in the bookstore, the deal was already sealed with wax:
...and then, nothing. No books for me. The day I come back to reading will be the day Dan Brown releases a new book. Luckily, I know exactly when that is. With the wind behind me, there'll be a tasty new graphic on the blog letting y'all know about my new thing.
Also on my travels this week, I found this painting of Alice Cooper:
If you're a big Alice fan, this KickStarter might be of interest to you (though this painting has sadly gone - not that I had $7.5k to hand over no matter how much I like it). An interesting project that's for sure and one I'll be following a lot more earnestly than the Kiss Kids comic. Yeah - read it and weep. I did.
So - quite a profitable day all in all. Doctor Who monsters, Alice Cooper, cool books with great covers. Even the sun came out for a couple of hours this afternoon. Sometimes, that's all you get - and sometimes, that's just enough.