[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-thumb-wars":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Oof, a bit of a slow start this morning. Let's see, a diary event: make a note of the evening of Monday, \u003Cb>21 Sept\u003C/b>: that's the next meeting of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.laydeezdocomics.com\">Laydeez Do Comics\u003C/a> (open to blokes as well). The speaker will be \u003Ca href=\"http://www.friends-of-rosalind.com\">Rosalind B Penfold\u003C/a>, creator of \u003Ci>Dragonslippers\u003C/i>, and the book to read is Eddie Campbell's \u003Ca href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fate-Artist-Eddie-Campbell/dp/1596431334/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251364717&sr=1-12\">\u003Ci>The Fate of the Artist\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. (Which I haven't read; do any of you people recommend it?)\\r\n\\r\nThat event's in London's east end and, speaking of that area, I just got a postcard from my favourite art supply shop, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.atlantisart.co.uk/\">Atlantis\u003C/a>, that they've just moved up Brick Lane to an even larger building, on Hanbury Street. \\r\nI liked their old place next to the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/\">Whitechapel Bell Foundry\u003C/a>; I used to snoop around that building watching them making the enormous bells. (Americans, it's where the Liberty Bell was cast, and it cracked, but I hear they're still a pretty good foundry as bell foundries go.) So I'll have to make a special trip now to peek in.\\r\n\\r\nViviane gave me these amazing thumb wrestling hoods, so I had Gary and her try them out. \\r\nAnd guys, the battle was fierce, let me tell you.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/thumbs1-130348c965.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/thumbs2-095cc244a5.jpg\">","2009-08-27T09:10:00.000Z","thumb-wars",[],"thumb wars!",1776628733190]