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Charging Notice and a Miniature Update
Oh hi again.As mentioned in the last post a few days ago, if it's quite all right, I'll now set Patreon to work on charging your kind pledges.As a little aside, in just 72 hours or since last writing, panic in the UK has gone up rather substantially about coronavirus. In the neck of the wood...
Whattup You Despicable Hominids, It's March and I've Been Productive For Once
Hello pigeons. I hope you’re all doing well.No audio version for this one I'm afraid; I'm not in Sofia at the moment and the laptop mic makes everything sound like dragons farting underwater. First things first. I’ve had one of those once-a-year ideas recently one gets genuinely all exci...
I'm Not Dead
Oh hi.(Audio version of this message attached below for those of you who despise the written word.)I just thought I might check in because I can, and because it’s been a little while. I’m not dead as yet, and – as per usual these days – sorry for the rather unexplained break in uploading.It...
A Totally Not-Depressing Rant About Getting Older and a Thank You
Hello sea cucumbers.(No audio accompaniment with this one, I’m afraid – I’ve been fighting with my laptop mic for an hour now and it’s being a total dick.)If you’re somewhere that takes Christmas seriously, have you been having a nice one? My family aren’t very religious, but we sure are...
The Shape of Failure
Hello dugongs,This is going to be one of those, Where the fuck I’ve been messages.(There's an audio version of this message also for those who prefer to listen. Apologies for poor quality, I'm away from home at the moment. It can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/exurbia-1/the-shape-of...
Fuss the Cats, Enjoy Your Ignorance, Cut Your Hair
Hello marmosets,How are things going in your forward light cone? Fantastically I hope.I'm currently sat in a coffee shop eavesdropping on a conversation between two very, very businessy-type people talking about how they taught their staff mindfulness and meditation to get them to work longer ho...
Eulogy for David Berman
My greatest living hero killed himself several days ago, so I'm going to break the tradition of the monthly random updates and tell you a bit about him if you have a few minutes.When I was in my teens there were these file sharing clients called Bearshare and Limewire, etc. One day I accidentall...
On Giving Up Smoking and Taking Up New Projects
Hello puffins,*The audio version of this message is attached at the bottom as usual, along with Freya’s regular photo shoot since she has been a medium-to-well-behaved girl. Please note the excessive fluff between the paws. She is very proud of that detail.How’s it all going? I’m fine, thank y...
A Timely What Up, Yo
Hello all,(There’s an audio version of this attached below as an MP3 for those of you who despise reading. Oh and Freya was well behaved, so there's a cat photo also.)You may notice I’ve put nothing out for the last quite some time now. Just between you and me, I’ve been working on three v...
Art is a Symptom of Passion
Hello wallabies, Housekeeping first: If it's quite all right, I will be collecting your patronage this month. I've got the ghost of a script I kind of like and the glimmer of an idea. This one's going to take lots of stock footage and that's generally been what I put your patronage i...
Stuff What's Happening Lately Yeah
Hello peacocks,(I’ve recorded this as an MP3 by way of doing something exciting and novel that isn’t hard drugs or holding one’s breath and standing up real quick. It’s attached below if you can’t be bothered to read stupid squiggle text words.)You may notice I’ve switched this month’s...
Larry, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office
Hello ocelots.I hope you’re doing well.You may notice I’ve switched Patreon back to monthly and charged you this month. That’s mainly because I’m trying to make a thing this month. As always I won’t be giving any details away, but yes – I hope you dig it.The new book is coming along all ...
February's Rant
Hello there you rambunctious corgis.How have you been? Is the weather nice? Is that a new hat?I won’t be taking your patronage this month. The new video has been rather akin to wrestling some kind of giant prehistoric eel, and I’m pretty certain it’ll take another week yet. I’ve put stuff ou...
Oh, So You're Still Silly Enough to Support my Pitiful Excuse for Content
Hello Cosmonauts. What’s new with you?Below you’ll find the draft version of the paperback cover for the new book, which I’m obviously rather excited about. All being well, it will be out by the time the next video drops.The reaction to the last video rather took me by surprise. The entire tim...
A Festive What Up
Good afternoon you festive geese,If you celebrate Christmas how was it? A veritable blast? Certainly was on my side. I got one of these.It’s called a ‘venova’. Yamaha essentially reduced a saxophone down to an itty bitty size via some kind of shink-ray. I’ve never played woodwind before. I...
Non-Committal November Update
Hello you tawdry jackals.So. I’m not going to accept your kind patronage for December. There’s too much to do that I’ve left undone. The audiobook of The Fifth Science has all been recorded in a studio, but I need to do the editing myself and it’s going to be quite a fucker. The paperback is...
The Standard Monthly Rant and Cat Picture
Hello lemurs. Hope you're well, and hope you enjoyed the new video too. It's been quite the month. While running a little while ago I came down too hard in a pothole and noticed my back didn't work. In fact it was a slipped disk and I've now reverted to hobbling everywhere with an ...
Book(s)
Hello you despicable seahorses.Just going through my emails from you chaps, and noticing that some of you are asking after the last few books. I said I'd give them out for no monies to those of you mad enough to support my stuff, and don't intend to go back on that.However. To make this a bi...
From a Chair in the Sky
All right you little chicken teriyaki six inch subs with extra chilies - how's it all going?I'm currently writing this in a chair in the sky.Which is, you know. Neat.Perhaps you're aware this isn't exactly my favourite method of travel.I have something of a routine these days while f...
Oh Sweet Jesus, the Book is Finally Out
What’s cooking, you bunch of entropic carbon units.It is with great, great pleasure that I can tell you the new book is finished and I still haven’t had that stroke yet. And, better still: the thing should be attached to this message for download, (the book, not the stroke) in mobi, epub, and PD...
Köszönöm, Peacocks
Hello peacocks. I hope you’re all doing excellently.Right, first things first: I’m totally going to accept your kind patronage this month if it’s quite all right with you. The book is getting the finishing touches and the new video is almost ready. Whatever happens, they’ll both be out this ...
Whattup Antelopes (an update)
Hello antelopes, how are you doing?Firstly, I hope you liked the new video. I’ve seen a fair few comments pointing out that just because stuff is automatic in the brain doesn’t mean the whole thing is. I have to concede they’re right. I don’t want to get into a big old metaphysical argument ...
Adventure Mode
Hola cosmonauts. What's new with you? Anyone learning the accordion? It's been something of an interesting month. We're into full Bulgarian summer now and our faces are all peeling off like a radiation leak in a sci fi movie. I put out the paperback of The Prince of Milk last month, ex...
Whattup, you little rapscallions
Hello gang. How's everything proceeding? Are those new shoes? They look marvellous on you, if I may say so. I hope you liked the last video. It confirmed what I already knew which is: it's a lot more fun to work on something longform, so I'm just going to do that for the foreseeable fu...
A Book Update and a Book Update
Hello elephants.I hope you're doing well.A bit of housekeeping first then. Proof copies of the physical version of The Prince of Milk are on the way to me right now, should be here in a few days. If they look all right, I'll approve everything, and the book will be up on Amazon immediately. ...
New Stories, an Update, and Some Recommendations
Hello squirrels. How's it all going? It's been an interesting month. I have a bit of exciting news that might not excite you much. Then I have some movie and book and game recommendations that might actually be exciting. A few weeks ago I woke up with what I thought might be death. It was ...
Thoughts on Your Masterpiece, and a Thank You
Hi giraffes,As a kid living in a weird English village, I was generally allowed to just wander around all day. (We spent the rest of our time smoking pipes and running from tigers.) One day I ended up in the village library. I hadn't read much back then, and what I had read I barely understood. ...
Distinct Lack of Replicants
Knock knock. Who's there? The new year! No thanks, the last one was awful and we've all learned our lessons. Isn't December just delightful? After a year of avoiding various family and friends, you suddenly find yourself partying with them and deciding they're really not so bad. It a...
Here's That Book I Promised
Today is rather special. Instead of banging on about how the book is almost finished, and how I'm looking forward to sending you the book, and how I've been having nightmares about being murdered repeatedly by ebook files, I can just give it to you instead. So I will.I hope you like it. It&#...
Acknowledgements
Hello you existential puppies.Well, I'm putting together the final list of acknowledgements for the book, and it is as follows. If you don't see yourself on there, please just drop me a DM on here (or an email via exurb1achannel@gmail.com) and I'll be only too happy to get you in there. ...
