Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Flat, underwater and references.

1. On a crisp still morning the smoke lies flat -- having hit an invisible layer in the air, it can go up no further.

2. Lying in the bath with my ears underwater.

3. Spotting The Jungle Book references in Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book.
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