Paul Carnahan
@pacarnahan
Writer. Pet-wrangler. MDANT. New novel 'End of a Century' out now. 'How Soon Is Now?' also available on Amazon and from Audible. www.paulcarnahan.com
A farming thing I have just learned: The woolly dude with the harness on has been put into the field to get better acquainted with his new lady friends. Attached to the front of his harness is a big crayon which leaves a mark to show which of his girlfriends he’s got to know especially well…
Why is the Wimpy Bar neon sign facing into the premises instead of towards passers-by outside? And, speaking of signs, is that ‘BUSY HIGH STREET’ neon across the road a sign of the AI taking its prompt a little too literally? 3/3
How is that magic schoolboy managing to pass through the shop window? How many hands does he have? Why is the shop’s name written to be read from the inside? Why is there a branch of Boots on both sides of the road? 2/3
More AI gibberish on Facebook from overseas accounts clumsily serving up fake ‘good old days’ slop to push that Overton Window rightward. TV dinners in 60s Britain? Wrong continent, lads. 1/3
Just had a text from my sister, who says the postman delivering a parcel to her house asked if she was related to me, because he'd just read 'How Soon is Now?', he'd really liked it and 'it made him think'. If you want to be as cool as a Cumbernauld postie: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Soon-Now... #BookSky
Time travel is real. But is it a curse or a blessing? Find out in 'How Soon Is Now?', the 'gripping', 'beautiful' and 'just brilliant!' time travel tale for lovers of 'The Midnight Library' and 'The Ministry of Time' – out now in print, audio and Kindle. www.amazon.co.uk/How-Soon-Now... #BookSky
Getting some Vegas-magician-looking dude to take off your jewellery while you're being arrested for sex trafficking really screams 'masculinity', right?
My wife has just observed, re. Andrew and Tristan Tate's arrest: 'Imagine being arrested while dressed like that. Capri pants and kitten heels.'
Something something World Cup .... something something never mind, cheer yourself up ... something something something fall in love, travel in time. FICTION'S COMING HOME! Not sure I've got this marketing thing worked out. Anyway, buy books. Lots of books. www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Paul-... #BookSky
On this day, July 15, 2016: Rosie was on serious drugs after a trip to the dental vet to fix a broken tooth. Those pupils!
'We're under intense scrutiny over our finances, but I've got a brilliant idea!' 'Straighten up our finances and stop accepting dodgy cash from overseas?' 'Nah. We'll hold meetings in cars. Throw this bag of cash in the boot with the others, would you?'
I'm not sure this is how chip shops ever worked. And ... cake and chips? WTF?
I've worked out how to record my screen, so here's the full version of the first vid. Watch out for the satanic backwards-walking child at approximately six seconds in...
This just in: No wonder BHS went out of business with crack-addled signage like that. ‘Frine lowi?’ I beg your pardon? Maybe it made sense to the 1960s couple somehow still wandering the streets in 2016.
I’m learning so much about the UK’s good old days over on Facebook! Back then, there was a Bock Jbleaw on every corner, usually with a Bolitche nearby. Back then, Woolworths was so cool it became Coolworths, and the Cooperative Society tried a hip ‘Co-op’ rebrand, 50 years too early. Ain’t AI grand?
If you enjoyed 'High Fidelity' and 'One Day', you'll fall head-over-heels for 'End of a Century', a warm and witty love story set in Glasgow and London during the long, hot summer of 1995... Out now in print and on Kindle. Free with Kindle Unlimited! www.amazon.co.uk/End-Century-... #BookSky
Does anyone have a saddle and a halter so I can lead this thing safely outside?
You can take the boy out of Cumbernauld, but you’ll never take Cumbernauld out of the boy… Cumbernauld Town Centre in miniature, courtesy of space-play.co.uk/collections/.... A surprise and very welcome late birthday present from my lovely wife.
The Establishment is out to stop Nigel Farage by ... not standing against him at a by-election called by Nigel Farage. His followers are making no sense.
One of my favourite photos, from August 2022 at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. From memory, I think the big beastie was part of an exhibition on microorganisms…
Two years now since we had to say goodbye to this boy. It's funny how you hardly notice the walks getting shorter and medication times getting longer, until suddenly they both stop... But his departure meant we had a space for our latest addition, Evie, just when she needed it. Thank you, Magnus.
Anyone know what this little guy, just saved from the watering can, is?
Spotted on Facebook. The old days were great, weren't they? Massive square tins of Heinz Beans. Tins of custard powder big enough to swim in. Packages that magically stayed on the back of your bike. And Oxo Cubss, before the wokes insisted on renaming them Oxo Cubes. Totally real picture.