First line of the last story completed:

Jord stood at the gates of Odin's hall, and rapped the knuckles of her
callused hands against the ancient black-oak door. -- Thorsday Teatime

First line of the story you're supposed to be working on right now:"Oh fortune, who hath served me wine like the rust of empires and the ichor of angels, who hath fed ( Read more... )

Hi, All. If you missed it the first time -- Clare and I are both writing to new blogs. They are available via livejournal, though -- befriend ( Read more... )

Hi, All. Rather than desert my LJ friends, I've created a new account -- ( Read more... )

Hi, All. If anyone's still listening out there; I've created myself a new blog at http://www.stevecooper.org; rss feed can be found at http://www.stevecooper.org/feed

Once again I'm running Secret Commie Santa. It's open to the York crowd, and thanks to Internet Shopping, anyone around the country that knows them.

Why would you want to be involved?

It makes your christmas shopping very, very easy.The idea is simple. We enter into a pact to buy each other pressies. Everyone gets a present of about the same ( Read more... )

After a fantastic meal at Middlethorpe Hall, I asked Clare to marry me, and she said yes.* And then nearly sqeezed my head off with a great big cuddle.

I'm over the moon.

Here's the ring;


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Wow

These are, well, they're delightful. Atomic-age kids songs about the joys of science. They feature the original soure of They Might Be Giants' "Why does the sun shine", and loads of other pieces of perhaps the finest empiricist kitsch ever...

There is no disputin',
There is no refutin',
We're all indebted to Sir Isaac Newton.

Just when the ( Read more... )

Secret Commie Santa is about to close up! Send me a message ASAP if you want in.

The current list of members;

1. Ed Allison
2. Steve Cooper
3. John Denholm
4. Olivia Denholm
5. Brett Gibson

Hi, all. Well, it's early, but before any of you start buying presents...

Once again, I'll be arranging a Secret Commie Santa. It's a great way to get everyone in the York gang (and those crazies who have temporarily moved away) a really funky present for not much money.

The way it works is like this;

• THE LIST! I gather a list of everyone who' ( Read more... )