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WARREN ELLIS

Apparently it is Wrong, when finding
carol singers at your door, to yell
"Hail Satan! See you in Disneyland!"
and slam it on them. But I don't want
to be Right.

Stopping off in the pub to recharge
before heading into town to complete
Phase Two Xmas Food Shopping.
Phase Three is tomorrow, when we
go to our butcher to pick up the
goose, and stop off at the local
beer specialist to get a case of
heather ale and maybe some
Samiclaus (sp), the superpowered
Christmas beer that pours like
treacle and paralyses the brain.

My back is killing me. I can feel things
moving around in it. It is a singularly
unpleasant sensation. Almost as bad
as watching Xmas television. Caught
part of a documentary on the
recording of "Fairytale Of New York"
last night. What the fuck happened
to Shane McGowan's head? It's
shrunk. Someone told me that
they're re-recording it with Katie
Melua doing Kirsty McColl's lines.
Horrible. I heard her doing "Just
Like Heaven" on Jools Holland or
something the other month. Audio
Valium. She should have been
arrested.

Weird start to the day. I got a
package from Peter Kuper. Which
is weird because I don't know the
bloke at all, never spoken to him. It
was a comp copy of the new issue
of WORLD WAR 3, the political comics
anthology. I suspect he must've
gotten my address from the Top
Shelf comp list and just sent it
without having the faintest clue who
he was sending it to. Nice looking
book, that works hard to try and
avoid that Air America-style
shrillness. Haven't read all of it yet,
but the Joe Sacco was very good,
as was the photo-story from Iraq.

People are starting to drop off the
grid for Xmas now. And I'm next,
I think. See you on the other side.

-- W


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