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Jun 12

Right, that's it. They'll have to go....

There's nothing else for it. I shall be driving up to Lancashire under cover of darkness tonight, whereupon I shall attempt to dismantle ...

Yeah, I know he's an easy target, but this time...

James McGee

Apr 6

Yeah, I know he's an easy target, but this time...

The Orange Loon's at it again. Yeah, I know I seem to refer to him a lot but come on, the man is comedy gold. Once again he was confronte...

What's the difference between Windows 10 and a steaming pile of dog poo..?

James McGee

Apr 16, 2019

What's the difference between Windows 10 and a steaming pile of dog poo..?

Jeez, let me think...

James McGee

Apr 9, 2019

I sometimes wonder why I bother...

Here comes today's rant... The Independent Home page, with Adblock disabled. I think there's a newspaper in there somewhere, but I can't ...

James McGee

Jun 11, 2018

The unspeakable in pursuit of...

Bear with me because this one goes on a bit… Have to admit that I'm late to the starting blocks on this one as the release date was back ...

James McGee

May 27, 2015

ps...

A short add-on to my post 'The lights are on...' Just to say that only this morning I received a very nice message from Liz Perl - aforem...

James McGee

May 20, 2015

The lights are on at Simon & Schuster. There was somebody home...!

For anyone who's been vaguely interested in my on-going correspondence with Simon & Schuster and for the rest of you who couldn’t give a ...

James McGee

Apr 29, 2015

Has Simon & Schuster gone belly up? The world needs to know...

The saga continues... Still no word from the book world's most elusive publishing house. Perhaps the lunatics really have taken over the ...

James McGee

Apr 19, 2015

Right, let's try again, shall we..?

Thought I'd give you an update on my previous blog entry about me and that other McGee. No response from Simon & Schuster, so I've sent ...

James McGee

Apr 1, 2015

It's not me, it's the other guy..!

This is a goody. There I was, surfing the Interweb thingy when I came across what I thought was my name on a Simon & Schuster website. ...

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