Wed

I'm sorry this blog has been quiet for a while, but Sarah and I have been organising something that has taken up the majority of our time.

Last Saturday, we got married. Here we are under some antlers.

Here we are again with some booze.

And finally at the, completely transformed, village hall for the wedding reception.

All in all, the day couldn't have gone better and we couldn't be happier. We have both spent much of this week exhausted and are now enjoying a well-deserved rest.

Twitter Twatter #13

November 2014

It's another round of Portmantwho, the Doctor Who name game that nobody else is playing:

#portmantwho In The Forest Of The Night Of The Doctor

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 1, 2014

#portmantwho The Paradise Of Death In Heaven

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 9, 2014

I presume that the 10th of November was a Monday, and that I felt to share the lyrics to Pulp's 'Monday Morning':

There's nothing to do so you just stay in bed Oh poor thing Why live in the world when you can live in your head?

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

Oh, and you can go out late from Monday till Saturday turns into Sunday And now we're back here at #Monday so you can do it all over again

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

And we go Ah ah ah- ah ahah- ah ahah- ah ahah Ah ah ah- ah ahah- ah ahah- ah ahah Oh

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

I want a refund I want a light I want a reason to make it through the night Alright

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

And so you finally left school so now what are you going to do? Now you're so grown up Yeah you're oh-oh-oh-oh-oh so mature, oh

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

Going out late from Monday to chuck up in the street on Sunday You don't want to live till #Monday You're gonnado it all over again

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

And you go Ah ah ah- ah ahah- ah ahah- ah ahah Ah ah ah- ah ahah- ah ahah- ah ahah

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

I want a refund I want a light I want a reason for all this night after night after night after night

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

Oh, I know that it's stupid, but I just can't seem to spend a night at home 'cos my friends left town and now I'm here all alone

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

Oh, I know that it's stupid, but I just can't seem to spend a night at home 'cos my friends left town and now I'm here all alone

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

Oh Yeah they say the past must die for the future to be born In that case, die little mother, die little mother

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

Oh ohohoww Oh oh ohoww Oh oh ohoww C'mon C'mon

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

Stomach in, chest out, on your marks, get set, go! Now, now that you're free, what are you going to be? And who are you going to see?

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

And where, where will you go? And how will you know you didn't get it all wrong?

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

Is this the light of a new day dawning? A future bright that you can walk in No, it's just another #Monday morning Do it all over again

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

Oh baby La - la lalala- la lalala La la lalalalalala Oh oh oh La - la lalala- la lalala la la lalalalalalala

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

Oh ohoh Do do - do dododo- do dododo- do dododododo Do do - do dododo- do dododo- do dodo

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

Stick this #Monday morning up your, oh ohoh

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 10, 2014

Here's artist Chris Wormell being fantastic in a window:

Chris Wormell's live rendition of the cover art for "His for Hawk' at WaterstonesPiccadilly today #illustration pic.twitter.com/iO7d6Drda8

— The Artworks (@ArtworksIllos) July 31, 2014

It might have been another Wendy Williams:

Wendy Williams is trending and about time too. She was awesome in #DoctorWho's The Ark In Space.

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 16, 2014

Found myself in a lesson about The Dairy Of Anne Frank. No wonder her hiding place was cramped if she was milking cows in there.

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) November 20, 2014

Our first teaser in an age for "Assassin" in the current issue by David Black & @Paul_Ridgon pic.twitter.com/cGIXA7iXMC

— Psychedelic Journal (@Psych_Journal) November 17, 2014

Here's a collection of retweets sharing the now optimistic hashtag #CameronMustGo. They are just as relevant now given recent events:

140 characters not nearly enough to explain all the reasons why #CameronMustGo

— davidwhite (@davidwhite020) November 25, 2014

This is our favourite #CameronMustGo tweet so far. What's yours? pic.twitter.com/rMWoRlS4vB”

— Keep Our NHS Public (@keepnhspublic) November 24, 2014

RT @UKuncut: If you love #OurNHS then keep #CameronMustGo hash tag alive! pic.twitter.com/kfmrZyuv2h

— James Weir (@LordFawlty) November 24, 2014

Well said | MT @LabourEoin: #CameronMustGo coshe is convincing u that the yellow circle is bigger than the red 1 pic.twitter.com/n29eLuABFq

— Unite the union (@unitetheunion) November 24, 2014

#CameronMustGo because despite his welfare reforms causing pain to millions, we're borrowing more than ever -> pic.twitter.com/zY941m4RpA

— Alastair Sloan (@alastairsloan) November 24, 2014

Because he uses stories about his dead son as misty-eyed rhetoric to legitimise selling our NHS to his friends: #CameronMustGo

— Jack Monroe (@MsJackMonroe) November 23, 2014

#CameronMustGo this pic sums it up @Angry_Voice pic.twitter.com/squbWce5yi

— UK Uncut (@UKuncut) November 24, 2014

#CameronMustGo because Owen Jones is right. pic.twitter.com/xwnu93E1cb

— Jo (@noush555) November 24, 2014

This picture keeps getting removed RT RTRTRTRTRTRTRTRTRTRTpic.twitter.com/bmFaUIk7sL" #IDS + #CameronMustGo”

— cool vibes (@coolvibes77) November 24, 2014

#CameronMustGo to America being as he likes them so much #TTIP pic.twitter.com/5rOEXtF8bU

— Are We All Asleep ? (@demindblower) November 24, 2014

MP of the year @CarolineLucas sums up why #CameronMustGo @jon_swindon @TheGreenParty @CharlieWoof81 pic.twitter.com/uer7oUBXb0

— UtopianFireman☭ (@UtopianFireman) November 23, 2014

#CameronMustGo because his commitment to tackling #climatechange started & ended with a photocallvia @johnprescott pic.twitter.com/vFs0e7xxu6

— Bonnie Greer (@Bonn1eGreer) November 23, 2014

#CameronMustGo because he's taking money from the poor to give to the rich pic.twitter.com/cyIO3MA9Jr

— UK Uncut (@UKuncut) November 23, 2014

We've lost 7968 beds under Cameron's watch + 2000 community nurses. No wonder we have a crisis! #CameronMustGo pic.twitter.com/pYtxbCdUUz

— MagsNews(@MagsNews) November 23, 2014

Last one for now #CameronMustGo because he said he would lead greenest govtever and has yet to make speech on environment

— Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret) November 23, 2014

More reasons why #CameronMustGo pic.twitter.com/GZ1Y5wToOJ

— UK Uncut (@UKuncut) November 23, 2014

RT @Gazinsalford: #CameronMustGo because country cannot afford a second series pic.twitter.com/B77YwVT87Y < what a thought!

— MagsNews(@MagsNews) November 23, 2014

Democracy Inaction

Well, the election was a bit of a surprise and a lot of a disappointment.

Vote

There's a general election today.

Friedrich Schiller said "Every people gets the government it deserves."

Don't you deserve better than this?

Twitter Twatter #12

October 2014.

The link won't work, but I still recommend the film:

Just watched X: The Unknown: http://t.co/n7epAB6fOa featuring a teeny (and Scottish) @WhoFrazer, 'twas fantastic
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) October 4, 2014

Hong Tong is the Dreddverse's name for Hong Kong:

BBC Reporter reporting on the situation in Hong Kong, accidentally referred to it as Hong Tong #JudgeDredd
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) October 5, 2014

Another portmantwho:

#portmantwho Kill The Moonbase (please don't, I love The Moonbase)
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) October 5, 2014

This is excellent. Media outlets need to learn from this and stop helping ISIS. pic.twitter.com/x2FFpIkMsH
— Abu Al Baik(@M_Ullah) October 4, 2014

Same for the ever-lovely @RealNichelle. A true legend. :-) pic.twitter.com/PSu4HeO9yO
— Jeri Ryan (@JeriLRyan) October 5, 2014

We still want a Dredd sequel:

This is the #DayofDredd! RT to tell the world you support the campaign and WE WANT A DREDD SEQUEL pic.twitter.com/qBz82sjTWO
— 2000 AD (@2000AD) October 1, 2014

The Oxford company that owns this picture withdrew copyright permission in a “policy decision”. So let's tweet it. pic.twitter.com/U6RiF3N1mP
— Susan (@marthasydenham) September 22, 2014

My thirty-third birthday inspired this quote from Pulp's Dishes:

A man told me to beware of 33. He said "It was not an easy time for me" But I'll get through even though I've got no miracles to show you
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) October 9, 2014

And this swipe at David Cameron:

Apparently I share my birthday with @brianblessed, @ScottBakula & @David_Cameron. So a very happy Birthday to @brianblessed and @ScottBakula
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) October 9, 2014

I still cannot believe Channel 4 was so short-sighted:

#Utopia cancelled?! A short-sighted @Channel4 kills its golden goose in favour of Skins knockoffs. https://t.co/nZCmytz9gJ #BringBackUtopia
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) October 11, 2014

Newsrevued

I had a couple of comedy sketches accepted into the most recent run of Newsrevue, the world's longest running live comedy show. The show resides at the Canal Café Theatre every Thursday to Sunday and is a topical and satirical sketch show. The last run was directed by Mark Collier and starred Naomi Bullock, Rachael Owens, Chazz Redhead and Ben Vivian-Jones.

I was lucky enough to see the show on Friday and it was fantastic. I'm enormously grateful to all concerned.

I don't know if either of my sketches will remain in the show for the next run, but I'm very pleased to have had them accepted and, more importantly, I'm determined to write some more.

Twitter Twatter #11

August and September

"White privilege is a myth," reveals privileged rich old white man. pic.twitter.com/JE1kuykmmR
— Peter Anghelides (@anghelides) August 27, 2014

British priorities: 6 complaints to BBC abta gay kiss in Doctor Who; 556 complaints about baked alaskasabotage in Great British Bake-Off.
— L M Myles (@LMMyles) August 29, 2014

Private Eye bang on again pic.twitter.com/feqf5IM4Sn
— Paul Hutcheon(@paulhutcheon) August 22, 2014

Vic Reeve's Lloyd Grossman using 2.5 tonnes of Battenberg to crush David Cameron in Kettlewellas requested by Simon pic.twitter.com/ZVPP5rkOOA
— Jim'll Paint It (@Jimllpaintit) August 6, 2014

Two days into the Cardiff summit, and the Prime Minister is *still* trying to explain this to President Obama. pic.twitter.com/dRYaqe3AHk
— Ed Stradling(@edstradling) September 5, 2014

Scott Pilgrim Versus The Town #CheaplyMadeMovies
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 15, 2014

Where The Wild Things Aren't #CheaplyMadeMovies
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 15, 2014

Queasy Rider #CheaplyMadeMovies
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 15, 2014

Finding Emo #CheaplyMadeMovies
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 15, 2014

I have an Epi-Pen now. My friend gave it to me as he was dying; it seemed important to him that I have it.
— TJ (@TitusJudah) September 14, 2014

Dearest Fox, Please give back Firefly if you are not going to use it. 😉 My best, Bill
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) September 17, 2014

#portmantwho The Invasion Of Time Heist
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 21, 2014

How did we allow @josswhedon's #BuffyTheAnimatedSeries to get away? Let's get this thing crowd sourced. The world needs saving again.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 24, 2014

#DoctorWho turns 50 & I barely noticed, but I just discovered that the first episode of #Spaced aired 15 years ago today. Now I feel old.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 24, 2014

#portmantwho Closing Time Heist
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 24, 2014

#Enterprise's T'Pol should be in #StarTrekXIII, she could still be alive and living on New Vulcan. Would @JoleneBlalock do it?
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 27, 2014

#ChangeALetterRuinATVShow Bloke's 7
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 28, 2014

#ChangeALetterRuinATVShow Danger Louse
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 28, 2014

#ChangeALetterRuinATVShow Fireflu
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 28, 2014

#ChangeALetterRuinATVShow MISK
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 28, 2014

#ChangeALetterRuinATVShow Neverwhore
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 28, 2014

#ChangeALetterRuinATVShow The Great Brutish Bake Off
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) September 28, 2014