Gah, Stewart Lee is one of my favourite stand-ups, so I’m rather gutted that I’ve inadvertently stolen some of his material. I’m guessing it was the stuff about the Bernard Manning / Queen Mum gag format? I was lucky enough to see Stewart Lee do one of the best stand up sets ever at Glastonbury a few years ago. There was a power cut a few minutes into his set, and he completed his slot using a megaphone whilst shining a torch on his own face. Brilliant stuff.

To be honest, I’m secretly pleased that this blog has attracted readers of a calibre high enough to spot Lee and Herring material.

I’m glad you like the first 27 pages of Earth Inc, here’s hoping the remaining 324 pages live up to that early promise.

When you say you’re about a third into the book, does that mean that two thirds of you aren’t that into it? Of course it doesn’t, I’m deliberately misunderstanding you for supposedly comic effect.
Thanks for your comment, and I’ll try to come up with something about alternative energy for Thursday’s blog. Or not, of course.

You probably nicked the self-referential “I’m writing about not being able to write about things” thing off someone, too.

But you book is good at least up to page 27, where I’ve got so far. And the bloke in Waterstones who I bought it off kept looking at the cover and the back, before saying “this looks really interesting.” I bought 3 other books, too, and he didn’t do that to any of the others. Which means your book looks more interesting than Fahrenheit 451, The Book of Dave and Satanic Verses. So I reckon that’s a big win on your front. Well done!

PS I can’t marry you as I’m not a lady.