Category Archives: Hatboy’s Nuggets of Crispy-Fried Wisdom
Interlude: Writing female protagonists
Here’s an interesting thing I saw this morning. An author kicked up a bit of a storm (oh, to have a share-fest viral outbreak like this… *wistful sigh*) with a tweet about a guy who hilariously failed to write a … Continue reading
Today in funny
Day 80. 137,053 words. What a write night. Still not finished quite yet, but what a write. Today I’ve mostly been chortling at the SBS. Guess I’m a self-hating white guy who has surrendered to the institutionalised racism of this disgusting … Continue reading
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
Day 79. 132,926 words. Full day meeting so no writing, I am just penning this on the bus. Today I had the delight to listen to the latest series of scathing notes on Mike Pence by the Last Week Tonight … Continue reading
International Women’s Day Interlude: So apparently they give Oscars for this now
Day 67. 118,449 words. This came up as a topic of discussion in a correspondence and since I completely ran out of time today, I figured what the Hell. Might as well make it into my blog post for the day … Continue reading
What I Did On My Holidays, 2017-2018, Day 18
Day 65. 115,650 words. We met up with a few more old friends today, and I took an afternoon train ride into Perth to do some random shopping for birthday presents and things. There really wasn’t much to add for today. … Continue reading
Interlude: If People Don’t Like You, It May Simply Be Because You’re A Fucking Arsehole
Day 64. 114,550 words. This pointless little news story irritated me mildly last night. Director Kevin “Silent Bob” Smith had a big ol’ heart attack a little while ago, and was fortunately fixed up by his surgeons. Actor Chris “Star … Continue reading
BONUS POST: Want to help fix the world?
So, here’s something you should check out. My friend and former student of Mrs. Hatboy’s[1], Jason Selvarajan, is working on a cool little invention called the Showerloop: Showerloop is an open source real time water filter for showers. Shower for … Continue reading
