Humor

For those of you who may not have heard, I’ve published a new book. Now don’t go rushing off to Amazon looking for a book written by ‘The Vandal’. The book, HAL, is written by my ‘aka’, Derek Haines, who you will find on Amazon. Anyway, on with the show, or teaser or whatever you…

Such was the response to my first posting about what annoys me, I’ve decided to vent my spleen on another five outrageously infuriating nudniks or thingamabobs that really tick me off. With the benefit of hindsight there are a couple here that really deserve star status and therefore should have been in part one. Well,…

Once I completed my little list below, I had such a glowing sense of the therapeutic value of relieving myself of them that I had to go back up to the title and add ‘Part 1’, which gives me a great excuse to return to this topic again in the near future. So, back to…

Have you noticed that when you meet someone for the first time, your immediate reaction is to make an instant like or dislike decision? This is how it felt for me when I met HAL. Albeit that he was English, extremely tall, clumsy and had a serious allergic problem, he just seemed like a nice…

Intrepid Reported Said Orquardly continues his series of interviews with Derek Haines, trying to establish the truth about the writer behind the stories. SO. It’s a pleasure to catch up with you again. DH. Ditto, I’m sure. SO. So, since we last spoke about your book, February The Fifth, you have released another one I…

As part of my ongoing mission to bring abject laziness to the front and centre of world debate, I recently introduced to you and then fully exploited my furry little friend ‘Slug’ the three-toed maned sloth, in my endeavours to bring attention to my cause. Following this shallow attempt at attracting attention to my favourite…