“Hillary left 18 million cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling in America. We can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all.”- Sarah Palin
So, there we have it. It’s Governor Sarah Palin from Alaska who will help John McCain dodder up the stairs to the podium at next weeks RNC in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The [...]

It’s been quite a day for fuck ups, all told
First I discover that I incorrectly spelt ‘Mefenamic acid’ as ‘Methanamic’ acid in the book (kudos to Zoe for spotting – no pun intended).
Then Aaron Sorkin’s researcher pointed out that I’d illustrated my Facebook The Movie post with someone who wasn’t Aaron Sorkin.
And finally, just as [...]

Waterstone’s have just published a Q&A I did with them a couple of weeks ago. Here’s an extract. Follow the link for the whole thing…
They’ve published a slightly amusing profile of me too, here.
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Paul Carr – author Q and A
Paul Carr on the end of The Bible, whoring, and having a vague [...]

(Quick update: Aaron Sorkin’s researcher, Ian, just pointed out that “whoever that is on your website is not Aaron”. This is what happens when you rely on Google image search. Consider it corrected.)
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According to a story on Valleywag (now confirmed), Aaron Sorkin has been asked by Sony to write a screenplay based on the history [...]

Yes! It’s that time again. Time again for me to share a Brilliant Idea that I can do nothing with. Time, in other words, for another fun-packed installment of Brilliant Ideas For Other People.
This time: The Long Fail.
You might remember a couple of weeks back that I bought up the domain name ‘TheLongFail.com‘ on the [...]

Do you know what’s weird? Working in a hotel room of a morning, streaming BBC 6 Music for the first time in ages, and suddenly realising that the radio people are talking about you.
That’s weird.
Still, ‘ Unlimited digital thumbs up.’ One for the sidebar quotes, eh?

This copy of the book has so far travelled from London -> San Francisco and now to a hammock in Tahoe.

Photo taken at CampCamp by Eris.

“Until Robert explained to me what a haiku was, I thought you’d just written something shit in the front of my book to be mean.” – Stephanie

Lovely Stephanie. Outside the Spiegeltent. Saturday. Is there anything funnier than when posh girls go Street?

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Finally hooking up with the Champagne was a mini adventure in itself.
A gift from my (brilliant, lovely, etc) publisher to mark publication of The Book, it was originally delivered to me c/o Adam Street before embarking on a ridiculous up-country relay, ending up in a rather excellent Edinburgh restaurant where Richard O’Connor had thoughtfully arranged [...]

MacBook – check.
Blackberry – check.
iPod – check.
Hello there. You find me packing once again, this time to head north of the border to the Edinburgh Book festival (do come and see me if you’re around – details here).
With every new leg of the journey, it’s the same check list as I tuck everything into its [...]