As Rafiki once said: It is time!

Well, first of all, before I got on to the meat of today's blogpost, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the fabulous people all over the world who have been kind enough to spare a few minutes of their valuable time reading my inane ramblings - I hope that you found my observations and social comment interesting, and that my attempts at comedy and satire made you chuckle a little.
You are the best!

Right, now that that's out of the way, let's get to the subject of today's blogpost…and it's really a heads up about the fact that I'm going to blogging a lot less in the weeks and months to come.
'Oh my God, Andy, NOOOOO!' I hear you cry. 'Why are you doing this to us?'
Well, that's a good question, my friend.
It's all about time.
You see, since I finished writing Fractured Time back in May, I've had quite a bit of time available to write a post almost every day, which has been great. However, now that we're reaching the end of August, I'm starting to gear up for my new novel…or should I say novels. Yes, folks, because I'm always looking for a literary challenge, I've decided to work on two books at the same time (because I think they've both got tremendous potential) - so the next few months will see almost all of my writing time being devoted to 'The Curious Case of God vs Pratt' and 'Deus Magnus'.
This means very little time for blogging…unfortunately.
Not that I'm going to stop completely of course - oh no. I'm certainly going to keep people up to speed on my efforts to find an agent who falls in love with 'Fractured Time'; I'm also going to be sharing progress on efforts to get 'Callum's Quest' illustrated and then published. And I'll be providing an update on progress on both of my new pieces of work. And maybe some photos.
And I've no doubt there'll be a comment or two on the impending vote for independence in Scotland, and (unfortunately) I'd be more than a little surprised if we get to the end of the year without some barbaric act of terrorism taking place which warrants a rant of outrage!
So please be patient and keep checking in from time to time!

What the Belle & Sebastien is this?

Following my nostalgic post of Tuesday 12th August, I've come across this.
What the f**k?
Did any of you know about this?

Has anyone seen it?
Is it any good?
Personally, I think the word we're looking for is sacrilege!

They'll be remaking The Flashing Blade next (though if it's true to form, you'll need to buy an extra DVD to find out how it actually ends!!)

Now this a real crisis!!

We haven't had to look far for our share of international crises this year, have we?
The chaos in Syria continues.
Russia's annexation of Crimea.
Israel and Hamas fighting in Gaza (again!!)
Pro-Russian murderers shooting down a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine.
The list goes on and on.

But there's one crisis that has been conspicuous by its absence on the news channels of the world, and that's the loss of about 70% of the hazelnut crop harvest in Turkey due to the frosts in March.
So why is this a crisis?
Well, hazelnut prices have gone through the roof and hit a 10-year high and this will undoubtedly have an effect on the price of that most delicious of spreads…NUTELLA.

Each jar contains 50 hazelnuts!!

The obvious thing to do is to stock up on as many jars of Nutella as you can get your hands on.
Just one problem though - the Best Before date.
Let's face it, people, there's only so much Nutella spread on toast that a man can eat before they either get tired of the stuff (heaven forbid) or their arteries finally clog up for good…but wait, there is salvation!!!
Click on the link below and feast your eyes on fifteen examples of utter fabulousness!

THE MOST AWESOME NUTELLA SITE IN THE WORLD!!

Okay, it won't stop your arteries from clogging up because it'll mean you do actually consume the contents of those hundred and fifty jars you've just bought, but at least it will add that much needed variety to the consumption of that fantastic hazelnut chocolate spread.

I'm going to have a go at this - Banana and Nutella-Stuffed French Toast!

Nom, nom, nom!!!