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"Simple and beautiful, and most important of all, a completely irresistible doodle. I apologise to school notebooks everywhere, because in 2010 that's what they're going to be wearing."

That's Stephen Moffat, on the New Doctor Who logo for Eleven and continuing in the grand tradition of Massive Doctor Who Chutzpah.

It looks a little bit like a waterfall, a little bit like a Transformers face, a little bit like it should be the logo for a death metal band. I love it, because I find it very hard not to love when Doctor Who tries so hard to be cool and stops just short of achieving it. It's like a toddler with a piece of colourful art. They're so proud of it. D'aww.

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Linkies for Tuesday!

I've posted Writ In Water, my final WIAD entry, over at sam_storyteller.

Recently I was ambushed by the Cold War Reenactment Society, and I wish I were clever enough to ambush someone else. If you are, have a look at the brilliantly hilarious rulebook and knock yourselves out!

I have some Thoughts about 24 Hour Comic Day (you can read Jean's here; everything she says I agree with, because I'm a bastard but I'm easy) and about WIAD, but it may be a little while before I can find the time and peace to write about them. Literally every minute of the day today I have been working: paperwork, editing, scheduling, collating, writing, catching up on email, catching up on my own personal calendar. I am mentally "GO!" from six am onwards, and it's great to be getting stuff done but it's not all that conductive to writing my own stuff.

I did spend lunch reading a fascinating article from this month's Chicago magazine, about the battle to preserve St. Johannes Cemetery from O'Hare Airport's expansion plans. It's made a puzzle piece fall into place for me with regards to the sequel to Nameless -- I had a situation that was, on re-read, untenably immature, but the article rewrote the situation for me and the new one is quite compelling. So yay!

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Wow. I just got shouted at, at the post office, for having the correct postage and packaging for my mail. Apparently I "just don't get" the post office rules.

Look, you don't have to weigh the package. It's a flat rate package. I promise it has the right postage because it has, in fact, the only postage it can have.

I don't think I'll be using that post office anymore. (A few of you who are overseas waiting on Nameless may have to wait a little longer, sorry about that; I tried being charming, disarming, and meek, but apparently the postal attendant wanted someone to fight. I'll get them out by this weekend.)

IN HAPPIER NEWS: THE CREPE SHOP IS OPEN. Crepe Town is open for business and was DEPRESSINGLY EMPTY when I went past it; I almost went in but I was all windblown and frustrated and anyway I'm going to wait to take my guests there this weekend. If you're in Wrigleyville, check out Crepe Town a block south of the Sheridan stop. Support the crepe out of it!

Also: yes, sequel to Nameless -- though not focused on Christopher and Lucas. The sequel is set one town north of Low Ferry, and explores similar themes (transformation, alienation, ritual community power) in a slightly less angst-ridden fashion. I'm not writing it, but in my head we're having a torrid affair while I work on Valet of Anize. :D

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NCIS was shiny and new tonight and contained a lot more pastrami than usual.

I have three things, and none of them are about pastrami!

Spoilers for NCIS 7.03: ( The Inside Man )

3a. GIBBS YOU ARE THE BEST DAD EVER.