tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post9002407523185311778..comments2023-09-28T10:59:26.381+01:00Comments on Living, writing and other stuff: Back to fiction and Percy BriggleBill Kirtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-41714697923556612272010-08-19T12:42:40.244+01:002010-08-19T12:42:40.244+01:00Very kind of you to offer, Gary, but the publisher...Very kind of you to offer, Gary, but the publisher found one for me and he's helped me to resolve the problems. (One involved the following: 'In the ‘straight line’ equation y = mx + c, m and c are the quantities describing the slope and y-intercept are constants. Their values stay the same in any one instance, but change for different lines.' Sexy, eh?<br /><br />Anyway, everyone reading this should know that Gary's first book, The Pericles Commission, has just been published and earned great reviews in reputable publications. And, since I was privileged to read it in draft form, I can confirm that it's funny and a bloody good read.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-83691623001018698102010-08-19T12:33:00.820+01:002010-08-19T12:33:00.820+01:00I'm a friendly mathematician. Send it on over...I'm a friendly mathematician. Send it on over!Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-33155709544557010822010-08-19T08:57:50.253+01:002010-08-19T08:57:50.253+01:00True, Scary, true - but you're much more consc...True, Scary, true - but you're much more conscientious than I am so yours must be well past that by now.<br /><br />Marley, I liked your aperçu of myself and Michael at the bar. Unfortunately, its accuracy is compromised right from the start by the words you address to Michael 'Take him out to celebrate'. I've begged him, pleaded with him to buy me a drink, but as yet it hasn't happened. I don't think the fact that he lives 150-odd miles away is any sort of excuse.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-73888014386207645712010-08-18T22:52:10.422+01:002010-08-18T22:52:10.422+01:00I forgot to tell you while you were away we did an...I forgot to tell you while you were away we did an impromptu story on my blog. I posted two of the results, one was very very good considering the strange prompts, including your villain. <br /><br />Pay no attention to Michael. As a matter of fact, make him take you out to celebrate. I can hear the patrons now at the bar. <br />"What 'er you celebrating, Bill?" <br />Michael: "His feckin' 100th blog."<br />Patron: "Blog ye say? You mean bog, don't ye?"<br /><br />Happy 99th.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-13596493350555089312010-08-18T20:53:58.651+01:002010-08-18T20:53:58.651+01:00wow,99....they grow up so fast these days.wow,99....they grow up so fast these days.scaryazerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08209595384194222929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-66082894252127492372010-08-17T19:21:59.500+01:002010-08-17T19:21:59.500+01:00Just say - HUZZAH this is my 100th blog, add a pho...Just say - HUZZAH this is my 100th blog, add a photo of a cake and stand back to let the congrats come fizzing in. That's what I did.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-51431933339109635682010-08-17T13:18:32.140+01:002010-08-17T13:18:32.140+01:00Ah, being middle-aged! I remember it so well. But ...Ah, being middle-aged! I remember it so well. But my post-modernism was last seen on ebay. The angst, however, is a comforting constant.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675643113010061969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-387052581086893410.post-906883111510613792010-08-17T12:46:40.288+01:002010-08-17T12:46:40.288+01:00Speedo and skis, really? I'm swooning already...Speedo and skis, really? I'm swooning already.<br /><br />Ah virtual reality as an allegory for post-modern middle-aged [male] angst. I like that and patiently await your mapping of the whole.DragonLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381441468998574063noreply@blogger.com