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  • Three literary devices that really cheese me off

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    5 min read

    If I had to write a complete list of all the things creative types do that really give me the jitches, I’d be here all day. So, in my own therapeutical interests, here’s three literary devices that cheese me off no end. What cheeses you off?

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  • Thomas Mann on Lubeck, harems and marzipan

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    2 min read

    Now if anyone wishes to vent a little spite against me, or take a casual swipe at me, I can count on his bringing up my Lubeck origin and Lubeck marzipan. If some ill-wisher can think of nothing else, he invariably thinks of connecting me with comic marzipan and representing me as a marzipan baker.…

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  • Some housekeeping regarding the early Chris de Burgh albums

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    1 min read

    You may recall that I’ve embarked on a massive project involving an analysis of the early Chris de Burgh albums—and specifically his lyrics. Given the scope of this project, my progress is slow, but steady.  However, inevitably, choosing a new WordPress theme (in my case, the wonderful Lovecraft theme by Anders Norén) involves going through…

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  • The sorry (but still Happy) Farang

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    1 min read

    Whoops, sorry for the mass-broadcast/WP-tweeting of posts related to The Happy Farang. Truly inadvertent, accidental etc. But feel free to check out the poems in all their raw glory . . .

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  • Kim Gordon on singing, Kim Deal and cake

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    1 min read

    At the same time, I loved hanging out with Kim Deal, and when I rewatch the video [for ‘Little Trouble Girl’], my favorite part is seeing the two of us together singing and looking hot. Maybe everything always looks better twenty years later. When Kim showed up in Memphis to record the song, she had…

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  • What will babies be like 100 years from now?

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    3 min read

    Given that babies are generally only around for a year or two before they morph into young children, the question of what babies will be like in the future may well in fact be a moot one. But, to use Yoda’s phrasing, ask that question I have, and the answer reveal I now can.

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  • The Internet of Things: back to the future, or what?

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    6 min read

    I like to think of myself as a reasonably tech-savvy person. I’m pretty much on the computer all day at work, and I use a smart phone in my leisure time. And while I’m no digital guru I also like to think I know how things like the Internet work. But when it comes to…

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  • New site theme: Lovecraft

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    1 min read

    As a temporary cure for my chronic case of inactivity, I’ve switched to the fantabulous Lovecraft WP theme … now, to write a new post or two.

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  • Leaves of Glass: the reviews!

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    6 min read

    Happy new year, everyone! I hope your 2015 turns out to be even better than your 2014. Rather than engage in a Facecrack-style review of ‘my’ 2014—boy, didn’t that one get old quick?—I thought I’d celebrate with a review of the reviews of my book Leaves of Glass. To sum up, despite the fact that…

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  • Tabula rasa

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    2 min read

    TL;DR: I’ve decided to unpublish all of my posts, and start again.

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  • davey tried to log in to davey dreamnation

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    2 min read

    Password tried Passw0rd1 Password tried nautica Password tried genie Password tried julia123 Password tried junior Password tried football Password tried master12345 Password tried sophie123 Password tried monkey Password tried 0p9o8i7u6y Password tried zaq12wsxcde3 Password tried 4rfv5tgb Password tried max123 Password tried changeme123 Password tried xxxxxx Password tried c0nn3ct Password tried iloveu Password tried changeme1 Password…

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  • Leaves of Glass: it’s real!

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    3 min read

    Seven years in the making. Trans-continental in its composition. Green as a blade of grass in its wrapping. Leaves of Glass is real.

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  • Smokin’ Leaves of Glass!

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    I’m really glad to announce that my second full-length poetry collection, Leaves of Glass, will soon be released by smokin’ Sydney-based publisher Puncher and Wattmann. Long-term readers of this site would know that said collection has taken a few years to finalise but the wait has surely been worth it. The book, which was inspired…

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  • To be honest …

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    1 min read

    … when I posted that picture yesterday, I didn’t realise it would be automatically shared with Facebook, and so I’m a little surprised at all the hits and likes it’s generated (nerd reveal: I was just testing the ‘image’ post format). So, for those who didn’t make the connection, the thing that ‘happened’ was that…

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  • The Next Big Thang

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    4 min read

    Poet Ivy Alvarez, whose latest book is Mortal, invited me to participate in this self-interview blog meme called The Next Big Thing, where I get to share a little more about my next book. Writers participating get to answer 8-10 questions (about their book/blog/their writing), and then tag 5 other writer friends to post their…

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