Simon Morden
@comrademorden.bsky.social
Author, scientist, maker, lefty.
Website: www.bookofmorden.co.uk
Website: www.bookofmorden.co.uk
Is it wrong of me to have immediately sung this to the tune of 'Hit me with your rhythm stick'?
December 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Is it wrong of me to have immediately sung this to the tune of 'Hit me with your rhythm stick'?
It's a good job that this morning's unprecedented solar eclipse is no cause for alarm.
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's a good job that this morning's unprecedented solar eclipse is no cause for alarm.
Dudes are too busy with their Torment Nexuses to read.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Dudes are too busy with their Torment Nexuses to read.
But is your secret will inside?
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
But is your secret will inside?
Excellent - you didn't say in the Graun article and (from personal experience) sometimes there's an open goal right there!
December 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Excellent - you didn't say in the Graun article and (from personal experience) sometimes there's an open goal right there!
This is terrific, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social , but you absolutely have to talk to the archaeologists, who have decades of experience with soil layers and the use of shallow geophysics.
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This is terrific, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social , but you absolutely have to talk to the archaeologists, who have decades of experience with soil layers and the use of shallow geophysics.
Rabbit skin glue is the traditional sealer. Couple of thin layers, sorted.
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rabbit skin glue is the traditional sealer. Couple of thin layers, sorted.
Start leaving envelopes of googly eyes in colleagues' desks.
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Start leaving envelopes of googly eyes in colleagues' desks.
Is that because they'd rather shout at hotels?
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Is that because they'd rather shout at hotels?
Stephen Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle (definitely first 3 books, last 2 more hit-and-miss).
My own _Heart_ (if you can find a copy), which has its faults but I'm still immensely proud of.
My own _Heart_ (if you can find a copy), which has its faults but I'm still immensely proud of.
December 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Stephen Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle (definitely first 3 books, last 2 more hit-and-miss).
My own _Heart_ (if you can find a copy), which has its faults but I'm still immensely proud of.
My own _Heart_ (if you can find a copy), which has its faults but I'm still immensely proud of.
I do medieval reenactment, and combat training often produces minor bruising (and the occasional corker).
We are used to being asked by concerned professionals "is everything okay at home?", but "yes, I got stabbed with a spear" is far more interesting than shibari.
We are used to being asked by concerned professionals "is everything okay at home?", but "yes, I got stabbed with a spear" is far more interesting than shibari.
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I do medieval reenactment, and combat training often produces minor bruising (and the occasional corker).
We are used to being asked by concerned professionals "is everything okay at home?", but "yes, I got stabbed with a spear" is far more interesting than shibari.
We are used to being asked by concerned professionals "is everything okay at home?", but "yes, I got stabbed with a spear" is far more interesting than shibari.
As far as we know, and he's got no track record of lying...
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
As far as we know, and he's got no track record of lying...
Reminded of the scene in "The Abyss" when Ed Harris goes off on one, saying there's no way he could work with the woman the government have foisted on them, and lists all her many faults.
Co-worker: Maybe you shouldn't have married her then.
Co-worker: Maybe you shouldn't have married her then.
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Reminded of the scene in "The Abyss" when Ed Harris goes off on one, saying there's no way he could work with the woman the government have foisted on them, and lists all her many faults.
Co-worker: Maybe you shouldn't have married her then.
Co-worker: Maybe you shouldn't have married her then.
Well, that sucks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Well, that sucks.
Meanwhile, in 1350, Edward III's advisers are at a loss to explain where half of England's population has gone.
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Meanwhile, in 1350, Edward III's advisers are at a loss to explain where half of England's population has gone.
I suppose that's one piece of good news to come out of this fess...
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I suppose that's one piece of good news to come out of this fess...