“Oh dear, oh dear, I shall be late.” A certain Victorian gentleman was hurrying down the street, repeatedly pulling a little object from his waistcoat and ascertaining its presence by rubbing over it with a slightly rough, but shapely thumb. The object he was holding had come to him in the most curious way. Mr…
Goodness me. Guess who completely fell out of her routine and completely forgot about compiling the round-up for the customary 8am (GMT) publication? Yeah. They say it takes three weeks to establish a habit. And probably only three days to fall out of it… But well, better late than never, and so here is what…
[Our very own Kathy Jones has braved not only the smelly hallowed halls of San Diego ComicCon but has also taken it upon herself to attend the preview screening of Into The Storm. This is her review, or in her own words her “impressions of the movie, as a fan girl”.] Richard Armitage does not…
My last day in Germany. I am looking forward to finally going home – my *own* home – tomorrow. Leaving is not easy, even though I am yearning for it. I am leaving behind the place that is associated with my dad. And my mother who is now on her own (and no other child…
Ha! How could this happen? I nearly forgot that I had put up a RAPSi for grabs. Anti-Gravity Thorin has to fly away, and I have just determined the winner by asking random.org to give me a random number between 1 and 12. Result: Oh, what a beautiful number 10 is. Is there anything more…
Tada! The round-up is back! Of course it really irks me that the number of round-up now doesn’t correspond with the number of weeks in the year anymore :-(. Yes, so anal is Guylty’s sense of duty and order. You can also simply ascribe it to being German. Or to having spent the last four…
Dear Friends-in-RA, do you have any idea how special you all are? And how special you have made me feel at a time when I needed an extra amount of love and support? You have made me very happy with all the beautiful messages and e-mails. I don’t want to repeat myself over and over…
I wish I could fly away. But since I can’t, I am cheering myself up with a little RAPS post. Gravity is a good thing, most of the time. It keeps us grounded. But some people can go beyond gravity. I can think of someone who makes his well-wishers float a few centimetres above the…
“Christ Almighty!” I quote myself here, with my immediate reaction when I followed the link that Sahraobsessed had thankfully alerted me of via Twitter. You may imagine that exclamation at about lawn mower decibels with a measure of post-marathon breathlessness thrown in. Oh, and of course with the same tone of incredulity that a 7-nil…
To ease myself back into my blogging life, I am choosing a RAPS post today. Presenting and writing about them always gives me so much Guylty pleasure, because they remind me of the fun I had creating them, and – if they have been specifically commissioned – the communication and close contact with the recipient…
Guylty Pleasure 