Author: Al Bear

This is where I'm meant to tell you a bit about the author. But this is my blog and there's plenty about me on here so it seems a tad redundant.

TalkTalk: I’m still waiting.

My last post was a copy of my email to TalkTalk, sent just over two weeks ago. I’m still waiting for a response, despite their claim that they would respond to me within 7 days. And then on Monday I received a bill from them, a bill covering the period up to 11th October. But […]

Dear Talk Talk

Hello all, yes I’m writing a blog post! I know it’s been a while, but here I am. And it’s time to share with you a complaint I sent to TalkTalk… I’ve been a customer with TalkTalk since moving into my first flat with my fiancé back in June 2009. The service you have provided […]

Missed Opportunities: The Comic that would have been awesome!

Have you ever had an idea, only for someone else to come along and make some kind of success of it before you got round to actually doing something about it?

A couple of years ago I came up with an idea. I thought it was clever and funny, but I never really did anything about it at the time. More recently I’ve been writing scripts for a comic version of my story and one novelised version. And I’ve been doing some rough character sketches for the comic version. I figured that if I didn’t start doing something about it, someone else would pop up and steel my proverbial thunder.

Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

The other day I was chatting to a work colleague about Star Wars, mainly the books that expand on the movies. You know, usual work style chat. I got talking about the series of books I have at home on my bookshelf. The ones that have been there for a decade, unread. And it made me remember a time at University when I, along with a small band of rebels, tried to make our own Star Wars film.