The Wire is the best TV show I’ve ever seen. We’ve just started watching the fifth and final season/series.

Here’s a great interview with the creator.

Beginning with Homicide, the book, I decided to write for the people living the event, the people in that very world. I would reserve some of the exposition, assuming the reader/viewer knew more than he did, or could, with a sensible amount of effort, hang around long enough to figure it out. I also realized—and this was more important to me—that I would consider the book or film a failure if people in these worlds took in my story and felt that I did not get their existence, that I had not captured their world in any way that they would respect.

http://www.believermag.com/issues/200708/?read=interview_simon [via 43folders.com - I like Mr. Mann's new direction]

Quiet around here of late.

I’m working on:

http://writersresidence.com

http://theorytestpro.co.uk

and I just pushed out http://whenshouldwe.com with a fresh coat of paint courtesy of the wonderful folks at With Associates (http://withassociates.com) who you should really use for all your web design, development and hosting needs.

Um, what else? Well, I’m sure you’ll be thrilled to hear that it was sunny in London today and that we went to a barbecue at Henry’s. I highly recommend Henry and Erwan for all your barbecue hosting and cooking needs.

That’s it for now.