@lrbudd.bsky.social
More than one pancake day? I'm listening.
February 17, 2026 at 10:43 PM
More than one pancake day? I'm listening.
"The women who sit with the altos" is the title of my Booker-winning novel, when I get round to writing it
February 15, 2026 at 10:47 PM
"The women who sit with the altos" is the title of my Booker-winning novel, when I get round to writing it
There was a chap a couple of years ago skating to Dvorak 9, wearing what looked like a 19th century version of a Star Trek uniform. Took me three days to get the reference.
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
There was a chap a couple of years ago skating to Dvorak 9, wearing what looked like a 19th century version of a Star Trek uniform. Took me three days to get the reference.
When I am ruler of the world, I'm banning Bolero for ice skating routines. And Swan Lake while I'm at it. I'm side-eyeing Habanera, too.
February 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
When I am ruler of the world, I'm banning Bolero for ice skating routines. And Swan Lake while I'm at it. I'm side-eyeing Habanera, too.
Ugh the amount of time I spend yelling "Show me their feet!"
February 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Ugh the amount of time I spend yelling "Show me their feet!"
I've usually got a rucksack full of bladed and pointy objects, too, with which I absolutely *have* drawn blood, albeit only my own.
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I've usually got a rucksack full of bladed and pointy objects, too, with which I absolutely *have* drawn blood, albeit only my own.
He should see me on the mornings I have a 6.30 commute. He'd be terrified out of his wits, the poor man.
February 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
He should see me on the mornings I have a 6.30 commute. He'd be terrified out of his wits, the poor man.
'Ingratiation machine' is brilliant. Somebody sent me some AI-generated 'research' the other day (why? A year ago he would have used google. And/or his brain) and I couldn't work out quite why the tone set my teeth on edge so much, but that was it.
February 12, 2026 at 9:47 AM
'Ingratiation machine' is brilliant. Somebody sent me some AI-generated 'research' the other day (why? A year ago he would have used google. And/or his brain) and I couldn't work out quite why the tone set my teeth on edge so much, but that was it.
I've used pi a fair bit to calculate cake tin volumes. That's it.
February 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I've used pi a fair bit to calculate cake tin volumes. That's it.
My life does not complain nearly enough being rowed along a river by a moustachioed gentleman while I read socialist literature in a fancy hat; who do I complain to?
February 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
My life does not complain nearly enough being rowed along a river by a moustachioed gentleman while I read socialist literature in a fancy hat; who do I complain to?
I'm at a conference for small publishers today, and pretty much *everybody* is leaning into 'marketing is a legitimate use case but we wouldn't use it for actual *content* oh no' and honestly, it is very depressing.
February 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I'm at a conference for small publishers today, and pretty much *everybody* is leaning into 'marketing is a legitimate use case but we wouldn't use it for actual *content* oh no' and honestly, it is very depressing.
It's already half term here.
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
It's already half term here.
I don't think I've ever heard it without that second note. People do that?! (If spellcheck corrects adn, I change it back)
February 9, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I don't think I've ever heard it without that second note. People do that?! (If spellcheck corrects adn, I change it back)
I hope there will be photographs taken from the Lancaster
February 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I hope there will be photographs taken from the Lancaster
Oh, come on, that one's almost too easy.
Morden.
Morden.
February 9, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Oh, come on, that one's almost too easy.
Morden.
Morden.
He's a skiier! Ice is a horrible thing to slip on when you ski! That's a legitimate professional opinion!
February 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
He's a skiier! Ice is a horrible thing to slip on when you ski! That's a legitimate professional opinion!
Tracing things back and 'oh this is where that came from' (or didn't) is part of the fun!
February 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Tracing things back and 'oh this is where that came from' (or didn't) is part of the fun!
Same! (And Rosemary Sutcliff and Roger Lancelyn Green). And then I did Wolfram von Eschenbach and Chretien de Troyes at university.
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Same! (And Rosemary Sutcliff and Roger Lancelyn Green). And then I did Wolfram von Eschenbach and Chretien de Troyes at university.
It feels like it involves rather more leather than our 'business casual' dress code would allow.
February 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
It feels like it involves rather more leather than our 'business casual' dress code would allow.
The noise I just made.
I did once get a letter to 'The Editrix', but the writer was about 90.
I did once get a letter to 'The Editrix', but the writer was about 90.
February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The noise I just made.
I did once get a letter to 'The Editrix', but the writer was about 90.
I did once get a letter to 'The Editrix', but the writer was about 90.
I would not. But I've spent a substantial part of the last two days on the phone for them for a work thing. so.
February 5, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I would not. But I've spent a substantial part of the last two days on the phone for them for a work thing. so.
Slightly off topic, but And sesame noodles is very much a 'what have I got in the cupboard that I can throw together quckly' thing, provided I have spring onions or similar.
February 5, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Slightly off topic, but And sesame noodles is very much a 'what have I got in the cupboard that I can throw together quckly' thing, provided I have spring onions or similar.
And famously involves no swearing at all, ever.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
And famously involves no swearing at all, ever.
And thank you for the link.
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
And thank you for the link.