Here's my Pratchett filk - the tune is "Bread and Fishes"

As I walked through the corridors, sleepless at night,
I saw in the bar a familiar sight.
A man in a hat, I had thought he was dead,
A teller of stories who smiled as he said:

Oh, the turtle's still moving, she swims through the sky,
With her cargo of elephants riding so high,
The Discworld's ( Read more... )

For those who weren't there, here's what happens when Rocky Horror meets the Discworld...  (the guy on the right is Stephen Briggs who normally plays Vetinari in Discworld plays and the like - and does him brilliantly.  The guy on the left played Vetinari as Frank N Furter in the Rocky Horror Discworld Show.) (Spot the deliberate beard/haricut ( Read more... )

There will be morris dancing at Discworld.  I haven't totally decided if I'll teach North West or Border, but I'm sure that people will enjoy whichever it ends up being.

I've got more sticks for North West, but there's always the temptation to teach Border in preparation for Anonymous Morris.

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I've been thinking about the Lancre Morris men - I've offered to do a Morris workshop at Discworld.

What type of morris do they dance?

Here's what the Discworld wiki says:

Morris has evolved in many traditions, but it is usually a competitive form of group dancing using props (handkerchiefs, bells, sticks, swords) and pitting sides against each ( Read more... )

I thought you might enjoy this photo - taken courtesy of the non-heirarchial association of Witches (with, I believe, some assistance from the Alchemists Guild).  I thought it was a wonderful idea, so I took my cockatoo along on my broomstick ride.


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Favourite Discworld moments in no particular order (these aren't the big happy moments, but the little things that really add to the flavour and make you smile):

Being given a wonderfully detailed Omnian tract by a Watch member.

Getting  a card for those who may be dead, depressed and suffering prejudice from the living.

Getting  a happiness charm ( Read more... )

The short version of the con report (as I've got serious work commitments today - which is why I couldn't stay on for the 'dead hedgehog' party ( Read more... )