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[threemonkeys]

A couple of "not sure why" issues today. There are things which you think you will like. Things which have an attraction and yet you do not pursue them. Why? - "not sure why". Sometimes it just happens. Today I caught up with a couple of things I had bypassed the first time around.

I have a lot of Sandman stuff. Not just the graphic novels but a whole heap of other titles that Neil Gaiman has produced set in that universe. I cannot get enough of it really. And yet until today, I had not read The Sandman Book of Dreams. I think my reluctance was because the short stories contained within the volume are not written by Gaiman. Instead it is a collection of stories by well known authors edited by Gaiman and Ed Kramer. I am a bit dubious of the commitment that authors show in such collections - you tend to get a real quality mixture where many of the authors just do not "get" the setting. Not so here. The authors all seem to be friends of Neil (who may have more friends than anybody else on the planet) as well as being fans of the series. The result is a wonderful collection. Varied and yet faithful to the original. Trouble is, I only want more now.

I don't know why I never watched the TV series Absolute Power either. Satirical British comedy looking at the bastards who run advertising companies. Plus it stars Stephen Fry and John Bird. Normally I lap this type of thing up yet when it was on I barely glanced at it. I watched an episode today and it was brilliant. It did for the advertising industry what The New Statesman did for the Tory party. Now I just need to get more.

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[russellk.livejournal.com]

It says something for my essential friendlessness that Neil Gaiman is not my friend. I tried hard, too. Ah well, back to the balsa models. They don't tell me I'm boring.

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

You know, somehow I pictured you making your friends out of Lego.

[russellk.livejournal.com]

I tried that, but plastic people don't fill the aching void as effectively as balsa wood.

Have you tried soft toys? Are they any good?

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

You are never alone with a Toddy bear

[russellk.livejournal.com]

Hee hee, we have one of those ... go Toddy!

I read and enjoyed the first Sandman graphic novel, although I'm not normally a fan of comics. And I saw his Neverwhere film. It was very good. But I don't want to acknowledge his genius, because he's also good looking and gets all the groupies.

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

And steals the limelight at con debates.

[russellk.livejournal.com]

Yeah! They ought to have warned the rest of us about his rainshadow. I know my psyche is permanently scarred.

[russellk.livejournal.com]

My Toddy bear looks different to yours. Is this an effect of the Many Worlds interpretation of quantum physics?

When my camera is recharged I will take a photo. How do I upload it (if you grant permission, that is)?

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

My bear was a gift from the NZRU to the project team that developed the All Blacks mastercard - we got one for each NZ franchise. As #1 Crusaders fan on the project, I got Toddy.

Since I don't have an lj account that lets me load photos directly, I usually load pictures into my flickr or photobucket account and then link to it with an img tag. You don't need my permission to do that.

Alternatively, you could load it on your own blog - your adoring fans would love it.

[russellk.livejournal.com]

Nah, neither of my fans are Crusaders supporters.

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Don't tell me that they are *gulp* Chiefs fans. Y'know the project team couldn't pay anybody to take the Chiefs bear away.

[russellk.livejournal.com]

Hold on, I'll ask them. Yep, both Chiefs fans.

Sounds to me like the project team couldn't bear to part with that last mascot. Sorry, that joke had to be done.

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Can you hear that low pitched rumble? Yep, that is me groaning.