[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-a-mean-game-of-croquet":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"While we were in Brussels for the wedding, someone brought out a croquet set during the reception and it turned out none of the Brits knew how to play. So I gave everyone a croquet lesson, but since there was no one to check up on me, I taught them how to play \u003Cb>McIntyre Rules\u003C/b>, which I suspect is much more vicious than your average croquet. I'd left this baby I was minding for the photographer in a pram on the edge of the lawn, but after my second round, Thingy started squalling. So I picked up Thingy and it stopped, and then I cracked myself up by playing another killer round with it stuck under one arm like a sack of flour. (I didn't win that round, though.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/croquet-ba3038ec83.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Apologies to Thingy's parents if you're reading this, it really is a lovely baby.\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nOther things:\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://heroprotagonist.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">heroprotagonist\u003C/a> has done a great comic with lots of scrolling, \u003Ca href=\"http://heroprotagonist.livejournal.com/312329.html\">The Secret Thoughts of Harold Lawrence Windcrampe\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>The DFC\u003C/b> has a cool new trailer for an upcoming strip, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/issues/12/mezolithoffer\">Mezolith\u003C/a> by \u003Cb>Adam Brockbank\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Ben Haggarty\u003C/b>. And you can play \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/sd/poketheogre\">Poke the Ogre here\u003C/a>, the simplicity, the genius.\\r\n\\r\nAnd I hear from David Lloyd that \u003Cb>Jonathan Cape and the Observer\u003C/b> are running their \u003Ca href=\"http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/graphicnovels/competition.htm\">Graphic Short Story Prize\u003C/a> competition again. I didn't apply last time because the brief was really confusing, but perhaps they've made it more clear this time. Deadline is 17 October.","2008-08-18T12:18:00.000Z","a-mean-game-of-croquet",[],"a mean game of croquet",1776628723258]