Andrew Lane
@andylaneauthor.bsky.social
Author of over 40 books and many audio scripts. Ex-military scientific advisor. Father to one, informal foster-father to another nine. Bipolar Type II, acromegaly, asthma and gallstones sufferer. All-round decent bloke.
The heat - was it hot?
Having just been through the desert carrying a guy with no name, it felt good to get out of the rain.
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The heat - was it hot?
"I think someone might be Snoopying on us!"
Elliott Erwitt, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. New York City, USA. 1988.
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"I think someone might be Snoopying on us!"
Aberrant Ammonite. Greatly underestimated band. I particularly love their album 'Megabyte, Gigabyte, Trilobyte'.
Lovely specimen of an Aberrant ammonite (Didymoceras cheyenense) unearthed in an unspecified portion of the former Western Interior Seaway
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Aberrant Ammonite. Greatly underestimated band. I particularly love their album 'Megabyte, Gigabyte, Trilobyte'.
What's your point?
big news, guys: i just got a really fantastic pencil sharpener
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
What's your point?
Sordid details following...
#MusicInMusic
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
Do you remember a guy that's been in such an early song?
I've heard a rumour from Ground Control
Oh no, don't say it's true
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junky
My mama said to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie
Do you remember a guy that's been in such an early song?
I've heard a rumour from Ground Control
Oh no, don't say it's true
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junky
My mama said to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom
David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (Official Video)
YouTube video by David Bowie
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Sordid details following...
It's only a short step from this to Pink Floyd's 'Interstellar Overdrive'...
Joe Loss doing a twist version of the Steptoe and Son theme. Remarkable thing. Love the deck it's being played on, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds_a...
Joe Loss - "'Steptoe & Son' theme" TWIST! - '63
YouTube video by Raves0From0The0Grave
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It's only a short step from this to Pink Floyd's 'Interstellar Overdrive'...
My big word today is 'immiscible', which means 'unable to be misced'.
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My big word today is 'immiscible', which means 'unable to be misced'.
I'm currently binging this. It has that Mick Herron thing of being almost a comedy and then almost a tragedy within moments.
If you're a fan of Slow Horses, as I am, and you haven't checked this show out--best give it a look as it's based on a novel by the guy who wrote the books that inspired Slow Horses, has same producers, and is just generally a lot like it in tone and sensibility. Dark humor, twists, great acting.
Down Cemetery Road — Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I'm currently binging this. It has that Mick Herron thing of being almost a comedy and then almost a tragedy within moments.
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Three years older but so much better preserved. If that's the word.
Utterly weasel words. He was a racist prick as a teenager, he's a fascist enabler now. And as for "it was years ago", I'm three years older than him, I knew back then it was wrong. So did he
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Three years older but so much better preserved. If that's the word.
This would be the 37th view of Mt Fuji...
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This would be the 37th view of Mt Fuji...
I can't be bothered to scroll all the way through it, but I'm guessing 'I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle' and 'Morons From Outer Space' aren't on there either. Likewise 'Fat Slags'.
read this and am mystified how this was ever published when it fails to include Sex Lives of the Potato Men variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I can't be bothered to scroll all the way through it, but I'm guessing 'I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle' and 'Morons From Outer Space' aren't on there either. Likewise 'Fat Slags'.
"He's slowly getting away!"
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"He's slowly getting away!"
Will you also write a piece for them called 4'34"?
Gonna write ‘Music for 19 Musicians’ which is one more, and therefore, one better than Steve Reich.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Will you also write a piece for them called 4'34"?
Controversy over Ukraine peace plan, US President apparently about to invade Venezuela, but in other news ...
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Controversy over Ukraine peace plan, US President apparently about to invade Venezuela, but in other news ...
For those overseas I should explain that a 'drove' is a special electric car that can turn into an aircraft or a boat...
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
For those overseas I should explain that a 'drove' is a special electric car that can turn into an aircraft or a boat...
"Are those legal scholars in the room with us now, Donald?"
"Hey, look America, I just pulled 'Many legal scholars' out of my butt."
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Are those legal scholars in the room with us now, Donald?"
Sitting in my Mum's care home room I can hear televisions all down the corridor all on the same channel but slightly out of phase. The result is a disconcerting multiple-echo effect. It's like being in a cave system. Or hallucinating. Or hallucinating in a cave system.
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Sitting in my Mum's care home room I can hear televisions all down the corridor all on the same channel but slightly out of phase. The result is a disconcerting multiple-echo effect. It's like being in a cave system. Or hallucinating. Or hallucinating in a cave system.
"You'll be visited by three spirits..."
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits..."
Quite a wide spread of.experts, then...
We asked a butter scientist, a butter doctor, another kind of butter scientist, a stay-at-home mother of two butters, a Hollywood butter, and butter performance artist
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Quite a wide spread of.experts, then...
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Happy Doctor Who Day!
There are many unearthly spaces in this world, and Chris and Sang Mi have dropped right into them--and now face everything from a space opera to the Flatwoods Monster! Join the adventure, and celebrate with us as we drive into the future.
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There are many unearthly spaces in this world, and Chris and Sang Mi have dropped right into them--and now face everything from a space opera to the Flatwoods Monster! Join the adventure, and celebrate with us as we drive into the future.
www.arcbeatlepress.com/news-and-upd...
CWEJ30 Zine Issue 5: Unearthly Spaces
As Chris and Sang Mi's Odyssey nears its destination in our latest four stories, from the pens of Plum Pudding, Aidan Mason, Theta Mandel, and Aristide Twain! Also in this issue: a new poem by Molly.....
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November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Happy Doctor Who Day!
There are many unearthly spaces in this world, and Chris and Sang Mi have dropped right into them--and now face everything from a space opera to the Flatwoods Monster! Join the adventure, and celebrate with us as we drive into the future.
www.arcbeatlepress.com/news-and-upd...
There are many unearthly spaces in this world, and Chris and Sang Mi have dropped right into them--and now face everything from a space opera to the Flatwoods Monster! Join the adventure, and celebrate with us as we drive into the future.
www.arcbeatlepress.com/news-and-upd...
Well... (takes deep breath)
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Well... (takes deep breath)
Absolutely. The sound quality is terrible.
The worse behavior in the world is playing videos on your phone without headphones.
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Absolutely. The sound quality is terrible.
Slightly foxed or very foxy?
Ah, a common misunderstanding. Her portrait is framed, but Ingrid herself comes in a box.
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Slightly foxed or very foxy?
"And I-eee- I - eee - I - will always love youuuu - eee - ou - eeee - oo-ee-oo-ee-ooo..."
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"And I-eee- I - eee - I - will always love youuuu - eee - ou - eeee - oo-ee-oo-ee-ooo..."