Rob Wickings
@conojito.bsky.social
Writer, Reading.
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No Swipe this week. Instead, join C and I on a pilgrimage, as we search for something sacred.
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Several Sorts Of Sacred – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
From Glastonbury Tor, you can find a kind of perspective. Below you, the lines of the earth are clear and sharp—both the natural contours of the land, and the hedges, fields and roads carved onto t…
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November 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
No Swipe this week. Instead, join C and I on a pilgrimage, as we search for something sacred.
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands By The Perimeter Fence And Screams For Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day to those who celebrate!
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands By The Perimeter Fence And Screams For Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day to those who celebrate!
Please make this happen, @2000ad.bsky.social.
I was raised on @2000ad.bsky.social ( always got the annual for Christmas ! ) so it’s wonderful to have done a few covers for them now.
The dream however is to write and draw a cosmic horror Judge Death story.
The dream however is to write and draw a cosmic horror Judge Death story.
November 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Please make this happen, @2000ad.bsky.social.
In this house, we believe in Bruce Springsteen.
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Rising – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
I couldn’t tell you where it started, this thing with Bruce and I. Perhaps it was the thundercrack, the twelve-gun salute from Mighty Max Weinberg which counts off Born In The USA. Maybe it was the…
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November 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
In this house, we believe in Bruce Springsteen.
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A little treat for All Hallows Eve Eve - three hours of spooky tunes, creepy chat and that whole David S. Pumpkins vibe. Any questions?
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MONSTER HITS | WROB
It’s All Hallow’s Eve Eve, and Rob and Jillian are here to scare up your season. Enjoy a fat dose of the best Halloween music, chat, unidentifiable bongs and honks from our malfunctioni…
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October 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A little treat for All Hallows Eve Eve - three hours of spooky tunes, creepy chat and that whole David S. Pumpkins vibe. Any questions?
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wrob.studio/2025/10/29/m...
OK, so the first line of @nytimes Connections made me laugh this morning. A hand across the oceans?
October 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
OK, so the first line of @nytimes Connections made me laugh this morning. A hand across the oceans?
In this week's Swipe — pivots, pumpkins and pellicles. Spicy!
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The Swipe Volume 3 Chapter 31 – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
We took a wander out into the woods near Maidenhead last week, as an attempt to keep some sort of exercise regime running. The weather was greyer than expected, but the colour of the leaves and fol…
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October 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In this week's Swipe — pivots, pumpkins and pellicles. Spicy!
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A slightly gloomier than usual Swipe, but there's carbonara and cocktails in the mix at least.
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The Swipe Volume 3 Chapter 30 – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
This week, a little spurt of writing advice as we gather pace towards a month made for hunkering down and making a dent in your wordcount. The organisation behind Nanowrimo hasn’t made any friends …
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October 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A slightly gloomier than usual Swipe, but there's carbonara and cocktails in the mix at least.
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A message from the mayor, 200 songs and embracing the eternal circle. It must be Saturday. Give it a Swipe. excusesandhalftruths.com/2025/10/04/t...
The Swipe Volume 3 Chapter 28 – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
The shift from summer to autumn seems to happen more suddenly than with any other seasonal switch. It’s been accelerated this year, perhaps, by our week in Northumberland — the return to work sudde…
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October 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A message from the mayor, 200 songs and embracing the eternal circle. It must be Saturday. Give it a Swipe. excusesandhalftruths.com/2025/10/04/t...
A long one from me this week — on history, memory and Debatable Lands.
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How We Used To Live – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
Northumberland is border country, and normal rules barely apply. It’s wild land, rugged but beautiful, a place where authority has always struggled to assert itself. One of the most famous hard bor…
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September 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A long one from me this week — on history, memory and Debatable Lands.
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Dunno about The Rapture, but I'm in heaven right now.
September 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dunno about The Rapture, but I'm in heaven right now.
A dispatch from the borderlands.
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September 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A dispatch from the borderlands.
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An element of bragging this week. I really need to get better at bugging myself up.
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The Swipe Volume 3 Chapter 26 – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
I had an unexpected day away from work this week—a hospital appointment mid-morning was immediately followed by a call from my manager standing me down for the rest of the shift. I felt guilty abou…
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September 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
An element of bragging this week. I really need to get better at bugging myself up.
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Trout, ancient tomatoes and a new way to look at the human brain. We're Swiping into autumn in our usual stumblebum fashion. Come join our trip.
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The Swipe Volume 3 Chapter 25 – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
The Autumn Switch has finally been flipped. Sweet, blessed rain has anointed the garden, and a late flush of colour and dewy freshness is our reward. A lot of the Crown Prince squashes have fallen …
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September 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Trout, ancient tomatoes and a new way to look at the human brain. We're Swiping into autumn in our usual stumblebum fashion. Come join our trip.
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I mean, obvs.
Ok its ‘feed it off an aux, speak, grunt no strength, the ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height, wire in a fire representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site’.
September 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I mean, obvs.
Apologies to Excuses And Half Truths subscribers who received a draft skeleton of Chapter 24. There, now you see how the sausage is made. The full kahuna will be with you as usual on Saturday at 10am.
August 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Apologies to Excuses And Half Truths subscribers who received a draft skeleton of Chapter 24. There, now you see how the sausage is made. The full kahuna will be with you as usual on Saturday at 10am.
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A lot of things are happening right now. Clearly, letting things happen was a mistake. We need to ban happening, or things. Possibly both.
August 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A lot of things are happening right now. Clearly, letting things happen was a mistake. We need to ban happening, or things. Possibly both.
Reposted by Rob Wickings
Our third quarter report, updates and essential information for all stakeholders in our continuing venture. excusesandhalftruths.com/2025/08/23/t...
Third Quarter Report (Bloom Baby Bloom) – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
The August Bank Holiday feels like a pivot point for the year. It’s the last public holiday before the end-of year bacchanalia of consumerism and over-consumption that Christmas has become. Only a …
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August 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Our third quarter report, updates and essential information for all stakeholders in our continuing venture. excusesandhalftruths.com/2025/08/23/t...
Reposted by Rob Wickings
I beg to differ
August 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I beg to differ
Some deep thoughts on how we interact with our fellow humans, snuck into the usual ramshackle hoo-de-rol of recipes, music and all-round foolishness. Don't Swipe past this!
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The Swipe Volume 3 Chapter 23 – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
I was getting into one of those slightly boozy text arguments with a pal, which are about nothing but generate bruises and ill will if you let them. Stupid stuff, growls and pokes which often come …
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August 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Some deep thoughts on how we interact with our fellow humans, snuck into the usual ramshackle hoo-de-rol of recipes, music and all-round foolishness. Don't Swipe past this!
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Monkey balls, a Batmobile and all the cocktails. Now that's what I call a weekend!
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The Swipe Volume 3 Chapter 22 – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
A tweak to my working hours for the foreseeable future means a 5am alarm call, 6am report for duty. Which sounds horrific. But I finish at 2pm, giving a nice fat chunk of the day in daylight, free …
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August 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Monkey balls, a Batmobile and all the cocktails. Now that's what I call a weekend!
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wp.me/pjmMI-Jnj
Shrunken heads, poetry, cocktails and The Time Warp. Join us in an invigorating round of pelvic thrusts.
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The Swipe Volume 3 Chapter 21 – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
Rain. Finally. Thank all the heavens. The introduction of a hosepipe ban, one focussed cruelly on a single Caversham postcode—ours—usually heralds wetter weather. But the grumbles of thunder and dr…
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August 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Shrunken heads, poetry, cocktails and The Time Warp. Join us in an invigorating round of pelvic thrusts.
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Two big superhero movies out at the same time. Could I resist a long post on the inevitable comparisons? Spoilers: no. It's bloviatin' time!
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Super-Fantastic – EXCUSES AND HALF TRUTHS
It’s easy to lose faith. As a fan, reader and outspoken advocate for the medium of comics, it can be a struggle to argue your corner when folks will only see the worst parts of your favourite thing…
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July 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Two big superhero movies out at the same time. Could I resist a long post on the inevitable comparisons? Spoilers: no. It's bloviatin' time!
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Metal to the end. We have lost the darkest angel, but his songs will rattle the gates of heaven tonight. So long, Ozzy.
July 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Metal to the end. We have lost the darkest angel, but his songs will rattle the gates of heaven tonight. So long, Ozzy.