
Free martinis
Posted February 1 into House keeping by John Birmingham
The post below is an extract from The Seven Stages of Drinking Martinis, the anthology I collected over two years of writing Alien Side Boob. But specifically the non ranty, non political bits. Looking back, they're my favourites.
Because I've grown so weary and sick in my soul of social media, I'm making a real effort to pour the energy I would've spent composing tweets or drooling thru Facebook (not a typo) into slowly renovating the ol' blog here.
I like the idea of a quiet clubhouse where I can retreat from the madness of the online world. And I gotta feeling I might not be alone. So although I've published Martinis as a book—Kindle exclusive for now, so its free for KU readers—I'll be running a piece here every now and then. Partly to pimp the book, but mostly to warm up the joint.
I get so little joy from Twitter anymore. And I've pretty much always hated Facebook. Opening those sites and apps feels like compuslive self abuse, and not the good kind.
So pull up a chair, pour yourself a drink and get cozy. But observe the one and only house rule. Be awesome to each other.
Barnesm puts forth...
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Murphy_of_Missouri reckons...
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Excellent film.
Leftarc reckons...
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Whilst I enjoy a short, pithy snark as much as the next person, watching you dismember a topic or person limb by limb (sorry, watched Kill Bill this morning) in the long form is something to savour.
HAVOCK21 mumbles...
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DarrenBloomfield asserts...
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HAVOCK21 is gonna tell you...
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John Birmingham ducks in to say...
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tqft mutters...
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I could add it to my rss feed script but that almost guarantees not being read.
To ditch twitter or not, I don't know. If I had a life outside of work I might.
jason puts forth...
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Murphy_of_Missouri has opinions thus...
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Then again, I might want to work on some new fiction first.
John Birmingham mutters...
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