It might have been appropriate to have added "white-haired" to that, because that's me; in a black tee-shirt I resemble a human Guiness.
Hair-splitting pedant is - suspicious |
This one is going to take bit of getting there, so I hope you're comfy; I am - for the first time in ages I haven't done any work in preparing this blog over lunchtime or before starting work, and am now reclining on my bed whilst typing.
Okay, cast your mind back a few weeks to Michael Newton's work on weapons, a reference guide for writers: "Armed and Dangerous" wherein he provides a few examples of Writers Getting It Wrong. Well well Kelvin Gosnell, what do we have here? My recent purchase "Meddling Kids", which Art can - Art! Put down that plate of coal and get working!
Funny and frightening |
NO! WRONG! VERY WRONG!!* Of course this doesn't detract from the novel's climax, it just caught my eye, because a pump-action weapon is a shotgun. Art?
Thus |
Sic |
This puppy, if on full automatic, will spray bullets around the landscape until the magazine is empty, which won't take long.
Anyway, I hope you see my point about exactitude: two completely different types of weapons.
Being Still More Pedantic
In the past your humble scribe has explained the importance of correct punctuation and grammar, the latter being very ironic as I've got no idea what the rules of grammar actually are. My facility with it comes from reading several hundred books per year, and having written formally and creatively for decades. Take the humble hyphen, which can transform the most innocent of activities into pant-wettingly terrifying ones - if misused. Art?
CAUTION! Do not try this at home. (Do not try it ANYWHERE!) |
Behold - the Man-eating Spider! (Okay, so it's a woman - you try finding the right picture) |
I Have Some News - Of Krasnaboos
If you remember, these are the people who gush unrestrainedly about anything military that the Sinisters or the Ruffians made or make. "Oooh! Oooh! It's a tank made out of custard and jelly! See how much superior it is to decadent Western tanks made out of metal and plastic!" is their level.
Well, here is a barmy Sinister concept that actually worked - the Antonov A-40 flying tank. Art?
Wheee! |
"Starlight" By Mark Millar And Goran Parlov
I have had a second pass at this comic book, as is my wont, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I can blame Brian M. Bendis for piquing my interest, as he posted one of the monthly comic covers, which got me curious. Art?
Intriguing, ain't it? |
I believe my first question was "Why does that chap have white hair?" because -
Go on, do I have to draw you a picture?***
Finally -
Because we still need a few words to get to count, I would like to bring in my Brother. Art?
Not a literal blood-relation |
Not quite a White Hare, but getting there |
* I use two exclamation marks because Mr Cantero is Spanish.
** At the bottom of a lake of fire.
*** Do you see what - O you do
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