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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 18h

I mean, seriously, does that look like an eleven year old?

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 18h

Certainly not looking very "Hugh Jackman". Mainly because it isn't him.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It depends on the porn. Obviously. A 1950s kitchen sink drama can distort your idea of women, too.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

She should have a peg on her nose for it to be a little more realistic.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This bullshit's been brewing since the "You didn't even thank us" bollocks, when they tried bullying Zelenski in that Whitehouse presser. Since then, Zelenski's been giving Trump the middle finger every chance he gets. And quite right too.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Pepe Le Pew returns... (after being hiy by the predator alarm in Coyote vs ACME)

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Looks like my idea's coming true, bit by bit (my idea was a MAMA hat, Make America Medieval Again) Bring back all the old diseases... Bring back public executions... Bring back persecution of political opponents... check, check and check... What next? Bring back the bubonic plague? Russia has it.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The #WIPSnips word for October 9th is "raid" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts From book 1: Beneath Dark Skies

“You’re sleeping in a ditch?! Why not just bite the bullet and go home?” Phil looked at his friend as if he was a different person.
“I need the ditch, I have another problem. Not just these shackles. This taser. It didn’t just stick me in that world making escape difficult. It actually reset my homeworld to that one and I have absolutely no intention of ever going back there in an uncontrolled drift. If I fall asleep, that’s where I go and if they capture me, it’s dead time. They don’t like slaves escaping, instant execution.”
The blood drained from Angie’s face. “Executed?”
“Yes. They don’t take slaves back, give them a slap on the wrist and send them back to their cell without any supper. Anyway, I think you’ve seen enough to convince you I’m not demented. We can drift back here so you can see how everything changes between here and home or we can go back to the courtyard so we appear in the clearing, your choice.”
“Courtyard” Ian chipped in “I don’t want anyone seeing me pop out of nowhere.”
Phil shook his head. “Here, I want to see this place change.”
“Angela, deciding vote...” Mike grinned.
“Here. Anyone sees us, tough. Just accuse them of being drunk.”
Yi-erwu let go.
The three stared in awe as the clouds danced in the sky. Then, without even a flicker, everything instantly transformed from cobbled streets populated by horses to modern tarmac and heavy traffic.
A short walk and they were back in the clearing. Yi-erwu appeared a moment later.
Phil’s awestruck expression seemed to have stuck solid. “Why didn’t you tell us! God, Mike, you can go anywhere, do anything!”
“Not quite. It takes a lot of walking to get most places where there’s a significant difference. I stumbled onto what look like the exact opposites of each other within a couple of days, tranquil, technology free versus hell on post-nuclear bombed earth. That’s another thing I need to do, check myself for radiation. No idea how long fallout sticks around, how long it takes to get washed away.” He …

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The #WIPSnips word for October 8th is "lizard" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts From my fantasy, Nemesis Falls

He slapped the folder down on the desk with a grimace. “Got some things to book out.”
The man opened the folder and his eyes widened. “Oh, you’re the lucky bugger, are you?”
“Lucky? Get stuffed.”
“So, you’re not getting a months long paid leave, then? You can do whatever you like once you’ve done your job and that’ll be unlikely to take more than a day!”
“I get to spend months sleeping rough, you mean.”
“You won’t be on the road the whole time. Every village has an inn.”
“With no modern conveniences. No luxuries. Not even able to use what few spells I know unless I kill some critter to eat beforehand. Unless no-one’s looking and I can drain a little from a bloody lizard, I’m powerless. No better than a bloody ape.”
“I would’ve given my left arm to go on that assignment! A chance to see the world or a major part of it. Gods, you’re a miserable bastard. Have you always been like this?”
“Oh, no. I was springing around with all the joy in the world, looking forward to my exciting thrill filled life in law enforcement. Then I entered puberty!”
“Oh well, maybe you’ll see the positive in it once you get there. Hope you do anyway. It’ll be you making your experience unpleasant, not the experience itself. I often go trekking outside the city. Bet you’ve been too lazy to do even that.” He flipped through the remainder of the folder and nodded. “Strip.”
“What?”
“It’s only a five letter word. Even you can understand that. Everything off. And I mean everything. Put it in this crate, I’ll lock it away until you return.”
The sarge gulped. “Everything?”
“Right down to your underwear and socks. Yes. We’re giving you new clothing that fits in. Nothing from here goes there apart from that fleshy lump, your partner and a few finely crafted little magical trinkets designed to look innocuous out there. Now, strip!”
Muttering under his breath, he unbuttoned his tunic and shrugged it off. The shirt and vest followed.
“What’s that?”
“What?”
The man prodded his forearm. On it, an intricate s…

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If they were, there wouldn't be so many people in photos of him screwing up their faces in disgust.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If it wasn't for the label, I'd've thought that bottle contained bleach... Mind you, bleach might be preferable to the toxic shit americans put in their food.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A tumbleweed? Luxury, I haven't even got that.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for October 5th is "wall" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts From book 5

Diah leant on the wall outside the church in Golden Hill as nonchalantly as he could manage. Best uniform on, cap an’ all.
They’d be out in a minute and he’d not seen the friends he’d made in his first two weeks here since he ran away. He’d decided to make an impression even if it was a little on the cold side.
The arctic gear would’ve been more appropriate but in his opinion at least, it didn’t look nearly as dashing.
Slow organ music began to waft out of the church and a few minutes later, the first of the congregation emerged. No-one he recognised at first. Then Rose appeared with her parents.
She smiled and walked over.
“Here to impress your friends, eh?”
Diah chuckled. “Oh, if only I could. They’d probably like it as much as I did that first day.”
“What?”
“Oh, sorry Rose. Impress. Two meanings. And the second I only heard about when I got snatched. It also means to press into service. That’s how I ended up on the Defiant in the first place.”
“So how are you? Eric’s spoken about some of the things he picked up from that book. It sounded like hell!”
“Hell? I love it! I’m sure he also said I’m going back?”
“Well all I can say, Diah, you’re luckier than most of us. A lot never find their place in the world.”
“Luckier than even them, Rose. I found my place in a different one.”
“Yeah, that is one thing you’d be wanting to keep under that hat.”
“Don’t I know it?”
Rose returned to her family and they walked away. Another wait.
Many were gathered around the vicar by the doorway, chatting, shaking his hand, blocking the exit for the rest.
Cob was the first to appear. He walked out of the church, looked around and froze to the spot, staring. It didn’t even look like he’d recognised him.
Diah waved and he inched closer.
“What the hell is a sailor d”
“Don’t tell me it’s been that long. I’ve only gone up a few inches! It’s me! Diah!”

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What he means is between them... not each.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I think it beats Cockwomble as one of the more creative insults...

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

*lick* *lick* Hmmm, tastes nice, I'll save it for later.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The poor brainwashed yanks. Selfishness has been baked into their personality, hasn't it? Anything with even the slightest sniff of altruism turn their stomachs, doesn't it? It's only free money for others they object to. $5000? For moi? Yoink. Free money's not what socialism's about though.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Couple of typos there to correct to make it more authentic... Shall should, I think, be shalt and the th should be a thorn.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What's to argue? We use base ten because we counted all our digits.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The finger one could be accurate... Depends how inbred they all are, there.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm not a morbid fucker who follows obituary sites, so with no due respect, get stuffed. What was aggressive about the last post? Disagreeing with your fucked up idea of gatekeeping "If someoe knows him" is not aggressive. You're the one being incredibly shitty about someone who died.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How do you know I've never heard of him if I don't know who you're talkng about? Talk about pigheaded and arrogant. Not to mention disrespectful to the person who's died.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

But I didn't expect the leopards to eat my face! - Every Trump Voter apart from the insane or billionaire ones.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And finally, after being arrested for selling seashells on the seashore, she's finally come to terms with the "take nothing but pictures" idea and now only sells photos of seashells on the seashore

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just... Don't mention the cleaning lady

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They need a new hat design. MAMA Make America Medieval again

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think that reaction's more likely to be the jack-in-a-box

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh, I dunno... I'd be pretty terrified facing up against a beholder capable of blasting you to bits or petrifying you, or Tiamat, with her breath attacks. I'd even run away from Venger, he can blow you up with his bolts of energy, after all... The kids in D&D usually escaped injury, though.

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's not like she died. Of course you should be able to seriously injure main characters. Where's the drama if it's all butterflies and rainbows? Boring as F**K without a little bit of peril woven in.

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