Peter Morwood
@peter.petermorwood.com
Novelist, screenwriter, arms & armour fan, amateur historian, amateur cook. Interested in many things. Likes cats. CATS ARE NICE.
Tyrannosaurs in F-15s shot through my fevered (literally, I have a temp) brain.
May 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Tyrannosaurs in F-15s shot through my fevered (literally, I have a temp) brain.
That's a first-generation Mainz-pattern gladius from Albion. IIRC it was discontinued because grinding the bone grip involved too many health risks, but IMO the main health risk about this is being on the wrong end of it. "XIII! XIII! XIII!"
May 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
That's a first-generation Mainz-pattern gladius from Albion. IIRC it was discontinued because grinding the bone grip involved too many health risks, but IMO the main health risk about this is being on the wrong end of it. "XIII! XIII! XIII!"
Call me biased, but this one is even simpler. Still no arsenic, which like strychine is an optional extra. Cyanide of course provides an interesting hint of bitter almond, though IMO I can't recommend any of them. Just make the bread... mind-palate.com/the-househol...
The Household Daily Bread Recipe (PM's Version) - The Mind Palate
Peter's version of the household bread recipe, with ingredient amounts tailored to the high-walled loaf pans we use.
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May 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Call me biased, but this one is even simpler. Still no arsenic, which like strychine is an optional extra. Cyanide of course provides an interesting hint of bitter almond, though IMO I can't recommend any of them. Just make the bread... mind-palate.com/the-househol...
Congratulations on the eBay win, and thank you for posting images from your collection here and on Tumblr. They're much appreciated!
April 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Congratulations on the eBay win, and thank you for posting images from your collection here and on Tumblr. They're much appreciated!
Here are a couple of rock crystal sword pommels, also AFAIK German. The first is in private hands, the second is in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich.
April 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Here are a couple of rock crystal sword pommels, also AFAIK German. The first is in private hands, the second is in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich.
I knew about "Handy" (Handi?) before Stephen Fry mentioned it on QI, but until then hadn't heard it pronounced with the same inflection as "vibrator". :-> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow1n...
QI | Mein Handy
YouTube video by QI
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April 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I knew about "Handy" (Handi?) before Stephen Fry mentioned it on QI, but until then hadn't heard it pronounced with the same inflection as "vibrator". :-> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow1n...
The words "A Major Award" just passed through my mind, followed rapidly by "FraGEElay"... :->
April 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The words "A Major Award" just passed through my mind, followed rapidly by "FraGEElay"... :->
M&M sandwich - not the alien form of Smarties but Marmite & Mayonnaise. Can be bread or toast. Can add a couple of crisp bacon rashers and / or slices of salami if desired. Can add a dash of Tabasco or Franks. Yum. Best not to wear white, though...
April 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
M&M sandwich - not the alien form of Smarties but Marmite & Mayonnaise. Can be bread or toast. Can add a couple of crisp bacon rashers and / or slices of salami if desired. Can add a dash of Tabasco or Franks. Yum. Best not to wear white, though...
April 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
DD & I bought ourselves all of Glyn Hughes's books as household Christmas presents, and the original "Foods of England" website has been comprehensively archived. web.archive.org/web/20231209...
Foods of England - Home
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April 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
DD & I bought ourselves all of Glyn Hughes's books as household Christmas presents, and the original "Foods of England" website has been comprehensively archived. web.archive.org/web/20231209...
I know some of the terminology (a youth ill-spent reading Westerns and thrillers, where the game featured a lot and often ended in exciting violence) but an actual poker player I Am Not.
Snap or Happy Families is more my level, and I don't have the patience for Patience.
Snap or Happy Families is more my level, and I don't have the patience for Patience.
April 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I know some of the terminology (a youth ill-spent reading Westerns and thrillers, where the game featured a lot and often ended in exciting violence) but an actual poker player I Am Not.
Snap or Happy Families is more my level, and I don't have the patience for Patience.
Snap or Happy Families is more my level, and I don't have the patience for Patience.
There's a gruesome painting from 2013 by John Brosio (johnbrosio.com/figures/) which fits the bill.
April 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There's a gruesome painting from 2013 by John Brosio (johnbrosio.com/figures/) which fits the bill.
A vertical mouth would fit with old-style ribbed hydrants in a Dark Manhattan where the feral cabs are - you told me once - Checkers. But I always saw that horizontal mouth as where cap met trunk, like a trapdoor spider lair. Prey approaches, lid pops up, tongue shoots out and Gotcha!.
April 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A vertical mouth would fit with old-style ribbed hydrants in a Dark Manhattan where the feral cabs are - you told me once - Checkers. But I always saw that horizontal mouth as where cap met trunk, like a trapdoor spider lair. Prey approaches, lid pops up, tongue shoots out and Gotcha!.
One of several reasons why @diane.dianeduane.com and I are so keen on train travel. This brings back fond memories of my first-ever bowl of goulash soup in a Mitropa dining car. (There have been others since.) :->
April 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
One of several reasons why @diane.dianeduane.com and I are so keen on train travel. This brings back fond memories of my first-ever bowl of goulash soup in a Mitropa dining car. (There have been others since.) :->
And of course @diane.duane should have been @diane.dianeduane.com, but for a bit there I was having trouble remembering ME...
March 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
And of course @diane.duane should have been @diane.dianeduane.com, but for a bit there I was having trouble remembering ME...
I just wish I’d been writing when it happened, because I was actually watching a BBC adaptation of an M. R. James ghost story, the BANG happened at A Good Bit, and it was several seconds before I detached myself from the ceiling. Triple espresso to calm my nerves, then bed. :-P (6/6)
March 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I just wish I’d been writing when it happened, because I was actually watching a BBC adaptation of an M. R. James ghost story, the BANG happened at A Good Bit, and it was several seconds before I detached myself from the ceiling. Triple espresso to calm my nerves, then bed. :-P (6/6)
Because BANG it was, and BTW, I can assure one all that The Scent Doesn’t Fade. (5/6)
March 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Because BANG it was, and BTW, I can assure one all that The Scent Doesn’t Fade. (5/6)
Last year DD said “decant it into smaller bottles so The Scent Doesn’t Fade,” so I did. They were screw-top bottles. Oops. Big mistake. The R&G push stopper and the old wicker wrapping may have been a safety feature as much as a design trademark. In case of BANG. (4/6)
March 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Last year DD said “decant it into smaller bottles so The Scent Doesn’t Fade,” so I did. They were screw-top bottles. Oops. Big mistake. The R&G push stopper and the old wicker wrapping may have been a safety feature as much as a design trademark. In case of BANG. (4/6)
Two Christmases back I bought @diane.duane a bottle of R&G Jean Farina, her favourite, and because I was a bit flush I made up for being more skint at prior Christmases with a 1 litre bottle. Divvied into sprays etc. I thought, that should last a while. (3/6)
March 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Two Christmases back I bought @diane.duane a bottle of R&G Jean Farina, her favourite, and because I was a bit flush I made up for being more skint at prior Christmases with a 1 litre bottle. Divvied into sprays etc. I thought, that should last a while. (3/6)
Turns out a bottle of cologne had exploded. Does cologne do that? Yes. Oh, very yes. At least this one did, with great enthusiasm. Looking at the splinters, I’m just glad I wasn’t in there when it happened. But why? (2/6)
March 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Turns out a bottle of cologne had exploded. Does cologne do that? Yes. Oh, very yes. At least this one did, with great enthusiasm. Looking at the splinters, I’m just glad I wasn’t in there when it happened. But why? (2/6)
A place for those times when someone needs to get dead drunK.
March 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A place for those times when someone needs to get dead drunK.
Basel... Chur... It's been far too long since we were there.
March 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Basel... Chur... It's been far too long since we were there.