I like the
internet. I like staying in touch with friends; I like the access to
information; I like browsing online shops. But when it comes to distracting me
from writing, there’s no other competition in sight.
Stuck with
a difficult passage, or with absolutely no inspiration at all, the internet
beckons me from my work like the sirens calling to Ulysses bound to the mast. Here
are 10 questions that can always distract me from the empty page.
1. Has
Amelia Earhart been found?
2. What's
the difference between raisins, currants & sultanas?
3. How do
you convert Centigrade to Fahrenheit?
4. What
does 'floccinaucinihilipilification'
mean?
5. What are
Turks and Caicos?
6. Where are
the Islets of Langerhans?
7. Who was B. Traven?
8. Could Uri Geller really bend
spoons?
9. What happens when you type 'about:robots'
into the Address bar of the Mozilla Firefox browser?
10. If all
the doors and windows were locked in Fatal Attraction, how did Glenn Close get upstairs
and into the bath?
(Forgive me
if this is all a little off-topic, but I’ve just finished a second draft
rewrite of the current WiP and I’m a little punchy. Normal service will be resumed
at a later date.)
2 comments:
10. Wake up man...., you must have some idea of how resourceful a woman can
be when it comes to revenge.
Of course! I see it now! A beta version of the T1000, she turned herself into mercury, slid through the keyhole and restructured as the avenger. How could I have missed it all these years?
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