{"id":561,"date":"2004-02-27T11:43:47","date_gmt":"2004-02-27T11:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/?p=561"},"modified":"2020-09-25T08:39:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T07:39:59","slug":"all-work-and-no-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.john-howe.com\/blog\/all-work-and-no-play\/","title":{"rendered":"All Work and No Play…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…Makes John a Dull Boy.<\/h4>\n

This last week has been a week of overtime and malicious deadlines lurking in wait (like the ones that live under the basement stairs when you\u2019re a kid, with tentacles). Between camping out at the scan shop and wearing down my brushes.
\nHaven\u2019t lifted my nose from the wheel or my shoulder from the grindstone except to mix metaphors unless it is the other way around and\/or vice versa.
\nWhere is that place time goes when you need it? It\u2019s only when you\u2019ve got it on your hands (what a curious expression: time on your hands – evocative of hourglasses balanced on fingertips, or sand running though your fingers\u2026) and don\u2019t know where to put it that it seems easy to find.
\nThe Muse has struck me off her mailing list.
\nInspiration scorns my shoulder as a potential perch. Ungrateful harpy, fickle fowl, clean out your own cage this week. See if I care.
\nSo, no news is no news, my limited thoughts are ever turned to just getting work done. On time. More or less. Sort of. Give or take a day or two.<\/p>\n

DOCUMENTARY<\/p>\n

The trailer is up and running on http:\/\/www.johnhowedocumentary.com<\/a>
\nFEAR! FIRE! FOES!<\/p>\n

Ever heard of \u201cThe Bastion\u201d<\/a> by Tolkien? Neither had I until a few months ago, when it turned up like a rotten apple in eBay\u2019s bountiful basket. I complained, it was removed. Now it\u2019s back. Who ARE these crooks?
\nLast time I came across their nasty tracks, I tried to purchase a Gandalf ceramic tile and a t-shirt of the same. Tasteful, undoubtedly, They happily debited my credit card, but NEVER sent the items. Twice crooks, and thieves compounded. I\u2019d love to leave some negative feedback, but I can\u2019t buy my own illegal print in order to complain about being ripped off\u2026
\nNEXT UP<\/p>\n

A children\u2019s book, and one long overdue at that.
\nSTUCK<\/p>\n

Ever had a tune stuck in your head?
\nAll week, I\u2019ve been humming that old Elvish Presley tune \u201cYou ain\u2019t nothin\u2019 but a balrog\u2026\u201d
\nDefinitely been working too hard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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