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OK, what next?

The Burning Room. Still Owe co-author character outlines. Extract digit.

Strawberry Peppermint Stamp Collection. Maybe 1/2 written. Need to plot ending properly.

Ambitious But Rubbish. Needs more plotting sessions with Jon.

Macquarie Uni VC's essay writing competition thing. 2000 ww due 21 July. Can I be arsed?

The Travelling Preservation Society. Needs series bible thing. And less awful title.

Strange Flesh Prince Charm. It's back FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE. Have a reasonable overall outline; next step is a more detailed one.

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*sigh* Paralysed again. Although weirdly, I just made a pie.

Wiki gives the psychological definition of delusion. To be a delusion, a belief has to be held with complete conviction, can't be challenged by evidence to the contrary, and has to be "implausible, bizarre or patently untrue". I'm relieved to see that my religious / spiritual beliefs don't fulfil these criteria.

Interestingly, the DSM definition specifically excludes religious beliefs, along with anything else generally accepted by the person's "culture or subculture". This may irk some of my more dedicated atheist readers, who may be interested by this.

Here is a cute puppy.

There's a name for it

You know that crazy-making thing fanboys do, where they get hold of an article or an interview or something and they comb through it looking for quotes which prove their crazy personal theory - when necessary, removing context, distorting stuff, and insisting on whacky interpretations? Confirmation bias. It's like - do you remember in high school, learning to write the four-paragraph mini-essay? It's like writing one of those, but totally leaving out the third paragraph where you consider the evidence which doesn't support your argument.

We all do this crap - the trick is to be aware of it.

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Oh for heaven's sake, the latest trailer for next week's Who just reduced me to tears. (It's on YouTube if you want a peek.)