Humor

Some time ago, I wrote an epic piece promoting the idea of a World Day of Abject Laziness and how it could save the world. Since then, however, I have had second and third thoughts about this noble plan and have decided to do some fine-tuning to my idea. As with most marketing ideas, you…

We all know that the number 42 is made famous in the novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is calculated by an enormous supercomputer over a period of 7.5 million years to be 42. But just how famous is…

While endeavouring to become a rich and famous science fiction writer with my new book ‘February The Fifth’, it seems my penchant for gastronomy is hindering progress. Although I am honoured that so many readers have commented on some of the tempting meals mentioned in the book, it shouldn’t be forgotten that I do mention…

While looking through the vast number of topics I have covered on my blog, I came across a remarkable omission. A check of my blog tags around the letter V revealed a horrendous gap. So, I did a search of my entire blog and discovered that I had, in fact, mentioned this absent tag word…

With the release of his new book, February The Fifth, our reporter Said Orquardly tracked down Derek Haines for this exclusive interview. SO. How did you come to discover this hidden planet called Gloth? DH. It was strange, really. I was actually looking at images of Jupiter in Google Images. I found one I liked,…

So, it is clear that I have to make a sad admission. I can’t be a real writer at all as I chose to have a dog as a pet. Ignoring all the best advice and forgetting the history of association with cats and writers, I went headlong into my pet project and Yalla the…