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Maureen? I meant maybe!
January 31, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Maureen? I meant maybe!
Maureen it's one of those systems where one star is the minimum you can give?
January 31, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Maureen it's one of those systems where one star is the minimum you can give?
OK, am I the only one repeatedly checking to see if it's available yet?
This could be a very long day...
This could be a very long day...
January 27, 2026 at 12:32 AM
OK, am I the only one repeatedly checking to see if it's available yet?
This could be a very long day...
This could be a very long day...
Tomorrow? Good job I'm down to the last couple of chapters of Rivers Of London (a book I started because I kept seeing so many "If you like ROL you'll also like the Laundry" posts, so thought it would probably work the other way round).
Should have that finished just in time for this.
Should have that finished just in time for this.
January 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Tomorrow? Good job I'm down to the last couple of chapters of Rivers Of London (a book I started because I kept seeing so many "If you like ROL you'll also like the Laundry" posts, so thought it would probably work the other way round).
Should have that finished just in time for this.
Should have that finished just in time for this.
I would point out that correlation =/= causation, but if gets us more Doctor Who, I'll look the other way.
January 25, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I would point out that correlation =/= causation, but if gets us more Doctor Who, I'll look the other way.
But then I'd have to watch the traitors to get the references.
January 22, 2026 at 11:41 PM
But then I'd have to watch the traitors to get the references.
And if course, as a former PM, book deals, newspaper columns, after dinner speaking etc becomes much more lucrative.
January 22, 2026 at 8:07 AM
And if course, as a former PM, book deals, newspaper columns, after dinner speaking etc becomes much more lucrative.
It has been said that he wanted to be a former Prime Minister far more than he ever wanted to be Prime Minister.
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
It has been said that he wanted to be a former Prime Minister far more than he ever wanted to be Prime Minister.
OK, that's valid.
January 17, 2026 at 2:05 AM
OK, that's valid.
To be fair I often miss a lot on social media. It is not very good at nuance.
January 17, 2026 at 2:05 AM
To be fair I often miss a lot on social media. It is not very good at nuance.
I'm a bit saddened that people seem to be taking my comment literally, when it is on a post about gaslighting...
January 17, 2026 at 1:37 AM
I'm a bit saddened that people seem to be taking my comment literally, when it is on a post about gaslighting...
I feel people aren't picking up on my claim "no one ever said the Internet is for porn" in a discussion on gaslighting...
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I feel people aren't picking up on my claim "no one ever said the Internet is for porn" in a discussion on gaslighting...
Apropos of nothing, but I ran a session of the Laundry RPG earlier. There was a hipster character, and for some reason I decided his favourite ale from a microbrewery was called The Hippopotamus's Anal Leach.
January 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Apropos of nothing, but I ran a session of the Laundry RPG earlier. There was a hipster character, and for some reason I decided his favourite ale from a microbrewery was called The Hippopotamus's Anal Leach.
No one ever claimed it was for porn.
January 16, 2026 at 11:09 PM
No one ever claimed it was for porn.
Spamception.
January 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Spamception.
Our favourite magical Missy cosplayer? Daleks? Dead Aslan?
I'm in.
I'm in.
January 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Our favourite magical Missy cosplayer? Daleks? Dead Aslan?
I'm in.
I'm in.
OK that seems suitably insane. I am intrigued and frightened in equal measure.
January 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
OK that seems suitably insane. I am intrigued and frightened in equal measure.
Sorry, just realised I was telling the author how best to use his own property. SMH.
January 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Sorry, just realised I was telling the author how best to use his own property. SMH.
Thanks! I'm hoping things are left open enough for things to continue if you think of new stories.
But even if not, there's plenty of potential for earlier tales or different characters
But even if not, there's plenty of potential for earlier tales or different characters
January 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Thanks! I'm hoping things are left open enough for things to continue if you think of new stories.
But even if not, there's plenty of potential for earlier tales or different characters
But even if not, there's plenty of potential for earlier tales or different characters
So, the final novel? No chance of further visits to the universe, short stories, spin offs like the New Management etc?
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
So, the final novel? No chance of further visits to the universe, short stories, spin offs like the New Management etc?
Or, perhaps, "...after falling down a forty foot long canvas tube lined with fish hooks into a vat of lemon juice."
December 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Or, perhaps, "...after falling down a forty foot long canvas tube lined with fish hooks into a vat of lemon juice."
I marked mine with the eight signs of the Saaamaaa ritual, and smeered crushed garlic around the chalk circle.
December 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I marked mine with the eight signs of the Saaamaaa ritual, and smeered crushed garlic around the chalk circle.
As a kid I was convinced that angels were all females, and mortified when I was cast in that role.
December 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
As a kid I was convinced that angels were all females, and mortified when I was cast in that role.