Mission Statement. Ish.

Why, you may be wondering, does the world need another fairly anonymous blog? Especially one with such a weird name (Since changed to a different weird name – A).  Indulge me while I explain…

For many years I’ve been producing a film-review column entitled 24 Lies A Second on an on-off basis  for the site www.h2g2.com, where it eventually built up a bit of a following. My lifestyle means 24LAS has been rather more off than on recently, but I still like the name and the concept. It was suggested to me a long time ago that I should take it solo into the blogosphere but I resisted the temptation then.

So why now? Well, the venue on h2g2 where I used to disport myself seems to be going in a different direction, which is less suited to a regular, semi-topical column. Also, I’m making an attempt to take my writing more seriously and get out of my comfort zone just a tiny bit. So I expect I’ll be using this spot to put up film reviews, but also write about other pop-cultural stuff, things to do with my writing, philosophy, and anything I think deserves to be read.

There will be long words. There will be geeky stuff. There will be bad jokes. Now that I think about it, it will be a bit like talking to me in person, but you’ll have to imagine the poor personal grooming for yourself.