h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It seems that my writing for h2g2 comes in spits and starts that are almost unpredictable. I really don't know why.

In April, I wrote my first EG entry in about ten months, and since then I've written eight.. eight of my favorites, incidentally. It's been a fun few months, but I can feel that this particular urge has inexplicably run its course. I've been reading a riveting book about the Mississippi flood of 1927, but I haven't been taking notes (not even mental ones) or thinking of entry ideas. In June, if I didn't set aside an hour for writing every night, I started to get restless like a werewolf at the full moon. Really. It was inconvenient and exciting.

Animals have a biological imperative to procreate, I've heard, but it eventually ends after they've made their own contribution to tomorrow's food chain. I guess, for now, I stop at eight.



I found a website yesterday that offered free audio books for download (probably one of those websites that half the internet had heard of - the other half knowing of a superior alternative), and I snapped up Wodehouse's "Three Men and a Maid". So I spent the better part of tonight laying outside in a hammock with a pint of ice cream, listening to the first few chapters. Great stuff. Even better when narrated by a British accent. I don't know that there's better accompaniment to ice cream on a hammock in twilight than Wodehouse.



The results of the MOT is supposed to be announced tomorrow.
Sometimes when I'm about to go to sleep, I think about how things are different at that moment from when I woke up that morning. As much as every day seems to blend together, there's almost always that little something about my world that is irrevocably different. A new friendship, a broken appliance or a tiny victory. In 24 hours, I wonder what my miniature account for the day will read. I'm anxious.

Free audio books for download?

As for the writing/not writing: there are times when I feel the urge to write, but they're seldom, which is why I don't write much.

Oh, and you know there's not just the EG to write for.

Whatever happens down the road, you can be justifiably proud of your contribution to h2g2. We all have other things to fit into our days. This is a great place, but it often has to take a back seat to other areas in our lives. I hope this doesn't embarass you, but I'm going to say it anyway. In my mind Badge Boy, you have been as close to the perfect researcher as anyone here. Course, I'm a wee bit prejudiced.

Thanks Hyp. I'm not sure the nickname fits anymore. I noticed a while ago that the seal is my equal in badges now, which was astounding.

Bel, http://librivox.org/ is the site I found, though I'm sure there are others. It's only of books in the public domain, of course, but that accounts for a fair few great reads. Or listens

Thanks for the link, Jordan, I'll check that out.

I clicked on the link to h2g2 on Twitter on the FP just now, and I saw this "tweet" from Sam, "Future looking good for h2g2, one of BBC's best websites (I'm a bit biased). Long way to go tho, v stretched at the minute, but looking good" Sounds like a confirmation of what we'd hoped from the "Don't Panic" sign. I also saw this tweet (I can't take the word "tweet" seriously... it may have something to do with Joe Paterno, the legendary US college football coach who is in his 80s, recently getting confused and using the term "tweedle-dee") which came up in the search for h2g2 on twitter- "No joke. Many typos. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A28880382" I clicked on it, assuming it would be a case to refer to the curators, but found myself staring at my *un*edited version of "Typos in the US Constitution". The twitterer was referring to errors in the Constitution, not in an h2g2 entry. In fact, I googled "Typos in the Constitution" and found that my unedited version is the second result, after wikipedia. The edited version doesn't show up at all, for whatever reason. And anyway. That's how I've spent my last ten minutes :-D

Hey, it wouldn't be half bad if the same happened with some of your recent entries.

I can't get the hang of twitter, so I've very rarely had a look there. Thanks for the info.

I like 'tweedle dee'