On the set of Man Down Mike was goosed by Rik Mayall, who was “genuinely crackers”

Initially moustache was grown as a joke

It takes 4 weeks for a “functional” moustache, 8 weeks for the full business

He has had “Stalin” shouted at him by a stranger

Max from Guess Who has also been shouted at him as someone he looks like. 

Worked out as a doctor “for a few years”

Describes in detail how to remove botfly larvae from a human

Has a twin sister, Hannah

Richard: “I’m trying to imagine an exact replica of you but as a woman, and I’m liking what I’m seeing.”

Apparently The Guardian article about him is “such bollocks”

“I like the Goon Show, she was always indifferent to it…we have a lots of other things in common and are very close.”

Might record a podcast later this week to entertain you guys (now I’ve figured out the mic on my iPad is better than the phone), so please let me know what you wanna hear me talk about!

“it’s like a casserole down there”

Chose as the celebrity to pat his hair if he was dying: Walter Matthau

Born in Oxford, raised in Portsmouth, conceived in Plymouth

Parents were doctors as well

Told his parents when he was 5 he wanted to be a Doctor which made his parent very happy, his sister did not make the same mistake.

“No, she’s more interesting and brighter, so she realised that if you say when you’re 5 “I want to be a Doctor” and it makes your parents very happy you don’t have to stick with it, it’s okay, whereas I sort of thought, yeah, that I would devastate them…”

Grew up in Portsmouth

“I have nothing against Portsmouth really now, but when I left I had no desire to return whatsoever.”

One of his ancestors - a Catholic Polish missionary - was eaten by cannibals in Papa New Guinea. Another - a Polish Count Rutkofsky was out hunting bears and was eaten by them.

Wozniak is of Polish origin - his father’s father was a bomber pilot who had to escape in the Second World War, he had to leave very quickly, couldn’t get his wife - she had to “smuggle and bribe and god knows what else” to get herself across Northern Europe to meet him “with the invasion hot at her heels right left and centre, and until the day she died had a suitcase in the bottom of her wardrobe “just in case””. 

Thinks that the right time to stop breast feeding is when the children are “ambulant”, “when they can get a drink” themselves. 

This episode was a great tool on how to Stop Comparing and Start Working or perhaps realize that you are making yourself miserable by comparing your life to something you don't even want!? I took some notes of the 4 steps outlined by Ryann in this podcast but I truly recommend listening to the full episode if you can.

Step 1: Find an Image that encompasses what it is you want-

Body Image- Image of those you are comparing yourself to.

Home and Lifestyle- an Image of the car, the home, or the lifestyle you are comparing your life to.

Look at it and take it in for Step 2

Step 2: “You're gonna ask yourself, what do you think or what do you know it took for this person to have the life, the body, the house, the car, et cetera, that you are envious of?” -How many hours, effort, travel, financials, and sacrifices does it take to have this thing? You can easily look at the posts of the people you follow and get a good idea of what It looks like a day in their shoes. A lot of them even will share the process of what they do day to day. Its also easy to assume what it took to achieve something. Really think about what it takes to have the X you are comparing your Y to.

Step 3. Write out each of those steps, get as detailed as the smallest detail. And even add in steps that you think it might take for you to get there, what is something that may require less or more for you to actually achieve changing your Y to the X?

Step 4.

“Looking at this list of everything in front of you, you're going to ask yourself, would I be happy doing all of this to become what they are or to have what they have? Would I be happy doing all of this?

Take that list you just wrote out and circle everything on that list you believe you would truly be happy doing. And truly be honest with yourself in this step.”

If the answer is yes largely yes? Then go back to step 3 and take the steps to get there. Put in the work, you can do it!!

If the answer is now, then what is the point of comparing your body, your home, your life to a life that you would be miserable trying to achieve?! Maybe that's not the life for you, the life that fulfills and makes you happy, and that is ok.

We had so much fun discussing who would be who if Clue has been casted with Jane Austen's characters. So here are our notes that could help you follow along with the episode if you haven't listened to it yet, or if you would like to listen again!

LEAGUE OF LIT'S OFFICIAL CASTING

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Mr. Body: Mr. Elton (Emma)

Informants: 1. Mary Musgrove (Persuasion) 2. Mr. Collins (Pride & Prejudice) 3. Anne Steele (Sense & Sensibility) 4. Mary Bennet (Pride & Prejudice) 5. Henry Crawford (Mansfiled Park)

Ms. Scarlett: Isabella Thorpe (Northanger Abbey)

Col. Mustard: Col. Fitzwilliam (Pride & Prejudice)

Ms. White: Augusta Elton (Emma)

Mr. Green: Frank Churchill (Emma)

Mrs. Peacock: Ms. Bates (Emma)

Prof. Plum: John Thorpe (Northanger Abbey)

WEAPONS

Valve Handle

Length of Muslin

Letter Opener

Candle Stick

Revolver

Fire Poker

ROOMS

Library

Hall

Ballroom

Kitchen

Study

Dining Room

Parlor

Drawing Room

Music Room

CIARA'S NOTES

Mr. Body: - Captain Tilney - Lady Catherine - The Thorpes (probably just Isabella)

Informants: 1. Mary Musgrove2. John Dashwood

Ms. Scarlett: - Lady Catherine

Col. Mustard: - Captain Tilney - Mr. Wickham

Ms. White: - Caroline Bingley - Augusta Elton

Mr. Green: - Mr. Willoughby - Henry Crawford - Captain Tilney - Louisa Musgrove

Mrs. Peacock: - Lady Catherine - Mrs. Bennet - Mrs. Dashwood

Prof. Plum: -

KARA'S NOTES

Mr. Body: - Wickham - Mr. Elton - Whiloughby - Captain Tilney - Mr. Elliot - Frank Churchill

Informants: 1. Mary Bennet 2. Mr. Collins 3. Henry Crawford 4. Mary Musgrove

Ms. Scarlett: - Mary Crawford - Isabella Thorpe

Col. Mustard: - Col. Brandon - Col. Fitzwilliam - Wentworth - General Tilney

Ms. White: - Caroline Bingley - Fanny Dashwood

Mr. Green: - Jane Bennet - Frank Churchill - Elinor Tilney

Mrs. Peacock: - Mrs. Bennet - Ms. Bates

Prof. Plum: - Mary Bennet - John Thorpe - Mr. Collins

Age: 14

Gender: Male

Species: Half Human Half Vampire (Dhampir)

Role: Main Character, Harem protagonist)(in his mind)

Orientation: Pansexual (gay and homophobic)

Born: 2009 (14 in 2023)

Occupation: Pro Gamer. Wannabe Gamer, LoL player? Fortnite, Roblox but he’s a PRO gamer as an overwatch league.

Description: Sweaty, acne, blonde hair, blue eyes, red eyes in the dark

Character Traits:

- Selfish

- Murderous

- Threatens you if you don’t like him

- Manipulative in a way to get people to like him

- Narcissistic

- “Mansplaining” in the way of like he’s wrong even

- Good work ethic- work space is immaculate, never get carpal tunnel

- Mains Cole Cassidy and insists on calling him Jesse Mcree still

Here are some notes I took after listening to Writing Excuses. It is an educational podcast that helps novelists/writers. The topic was from Season 10, Episode 20. How Do I Write a Story, Not an Encyclopedia?   [Brandon] This episode: Taking all the world building you’ve done and getting it into your story without boring your reader. This is a really hard thing to do. It involves avoiding…