Indigo Roth: December 2012

Monday, December 31, 2012

* Never To The Hardy Boys

This blog entry has been removed, revised and included in the romping sci-fi epic TESTAMENT: FUNNY BADGERS by Indigo Roth, Red Angel Publishing, 2013.

Its reference in the book is 1 ROTH 10:1-27

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Monday, December 24, 2012

Twas the night before Christmas
In his home full of cheer
Roth was adding last touches
And toasting the year

He checked his list carefully
His work was all done
And he sighed with relief, it
Was time for some fun!

The cards they were posted and
The presents all wrapped
There was food in the fridge and
His visits were mapped

In his front room, resplendent
His tree with a star
Which recalled the old tale of
Three wise men afar

As he sat reminiscing
Of true tales he'd told
He remembered all those who
Were out in the cold

So he called on the badgers
And toasted their sett
Then he played them at dice and
He lost ev'ry bet

Roth returned to his house and
He closed his back door
And his ears they were filled with
A welcoming roar

So he popped in on Kingy
The lion upstairs
And they buried the hatchet
Then drew up some chairs

They shared cold cuts of zebra
With cheese, port and bread
And then, both of them weary
They farewelled to bed

As he put on pyjamas
Brushed teeth to both ends
Roth counted his blessings;
Health, family and friends

And so long before midnight
With a hot milk in bed
Roth watched Monty Python
Then slept like the dead

And when Santa came calling
He left them cool things
Three new BluRays for Roth and
Three new ties for King

Then old Santa's eye twinkled
He'd a long way to go
But he'd just time to leave them
A blanket of snow

Twas the night before Christmas
And all round the Earth
Folk were adding last touches
And toasting new birth

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

LET'S RAISE A TOAST TO ALL OF US, SUCH AS WE ARE!

I WISH YOU SNOW!

Indigo

Monday, December 17, 2012

A Change To Scheduled Programming

The future is a wonderful, scary place.

And it's pretty darned big.

I'm on a journey, with some idea where I'm headed.

I'll need some help. This comes to mind:

There's some things you can't find in shops.
There's some things you can't find in books.
There's some things you can't find anywhere.
But somehow we find them in other people.

I hope you'll join me, one and all.

And no, no photo today.

Indigo

Monday, December 03, 2012

Dreaming And Scheming No Longer

Sometimes the best way to tell a story is straight.

But before I get going, may I just say this is good news?

Friday was my final day with my employer.

There have been layoffs in prospect for over three months.

For reasons I'll explain in a moment, I was keen to leave, and told my boss so. Luckily, when it came for the decision to be made, he chose me.

You're remembering this is good news, right? No? Quick, relax with this:

Pacman never looked so good. Better? Okay, I'll continue.

I've been with the company for thirteen years.

When I was laid off, I received a very generous severance deal.

This means that I can take a long sabbatical without worrying about money.

I have time and space and resources behind me.

And so I'm going to write a book.

Called FUNNY BADGERS, it will be a feature-length version of this blog.

Yes, yes, it's all about me; are you surprised?

Plus a lion, a bear, various badgers, Abbey, Eolist and 'Difficult.

Oh, and Elliot.

And a Squiddrel.

There's even a rumour that my agent Ziva will put in a scene-stealing cameo.

As you can imagine, I'm very happy about this.

You’re totally feeling the good news now, right?

I've been distracted of late, and it's puzzled and worried a few.

It's been stressful, waiting for confirmation while dreaming and scheming.

But now the deal is done, I can share it with you without jinxing it.

I wanted you all to be the first to know.

Huge thanks to my sanity throughout this.

Indigo