Public Address | Cafe | Up Front: Adric and the Art of Asking https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Jackie Spencer https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=334345#post334345 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=334345#post334345 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 02:29:28 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333696#post333696 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333696#post333696 I’ll drag his corpse around for the rest of my life. Seems weird.

Yes, like buried depleted uranium, within the cranium.

I heard about a new potential treatment in an Applied Maths course I took this year – the lecturer was so keen he used up good lecture time just…

]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2014 19:25:04 +1300 Jeremy Andrew https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333673#post333673 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333673#post333673 May he wither and die, and his corpse fertilize the brilliant brain it is now plaguing.

My cousin had her unwanted hitchhiker removed this week. A golf-ball sized lump inside the back of her skull slowly putting the squeeze on her foramen magnum. Its now safely removed, and her limp…

]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:22:02 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333667#post333667 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333667#post333667 May he wither and die, and his corpse fertilize the brilliant brain it is now plaguing.

Thanks, Ben. Weirdly, while Adric will die (best case, etc) he’ll then just sit there, being all inert and lumpy, and I’ll drag his corpse around for the rest of my life. Seems weird.…

]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:47:58 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333662#post333662 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333662#post333662 First chapter down, and hooked already.

So sorry to hear about Adric. May he wither and die, and his corpse fertilize the brilliant brain it is now plaguing.

]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:14:31 +1300 Tim Michie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333620#post333620 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333620#post333620 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 20:20:32 +1300 Simon Nash https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333592#post333592 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333592#post333592 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:23:03 +1300 Miche Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333591#post333591 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333591#post333591 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:57:43 +1300 hamishm https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333589#post333589 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333589#post333589 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:41:30 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333584#post333584 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333584#post333584 If a person wanted to knit you a hat, what size should they knit it, and what’s your favourite colour?

About the size of my head, I guess. It’s this big. Y’know, about head-sized. I like jewel colours: burgundy, royal blue, forest green, deep purple, etc. I do have issues…

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:00:04 +1300 Miche Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333528#post333528 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333528#post333528 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 23:16:06 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333525#post333525 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333525#post333525 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:21:58 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333492#post333492 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333492#post333492 Enjoying it too much during treatment will confuse them.

My tattooist has kind of got used to it. I'm sure they will too.

Everyone here is working for you, to help you.

All my experiences with staff at Christchurch Hospital have been just so wonderful. I fully expect that to…

]]> Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:54:00 +1300 Rob Stowell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333489#post333489 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333489#post333489 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:27:01 +1300 JTweedie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333475#post333475 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333475#post333475 Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:46:14 +1300 Chris Waugh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333461#post333461 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333461#post333461 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:07:46 +1300 Gregor Ronald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333459#post333459 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333459#post333459 Best wishes Emma,
My wife's just come through a breast cancer experience – we know the anxiety and the imagination at times like this. You can control that, I'm sure – and it will make you stronger.

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:48:39 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333446#post333446 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333446#post333446 I am used to being unable to move, and I enjoy it.

Enjoying it too much during treatment will confuse them.

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:26:23 +1300 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333429#post333429 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333429#post333429 I should check my 'Isis Knot Privilege', but I'm so excited everyone else gets to read this wonderful book.

Emma, if there is anything we could do to help you in your coming months of trials and tribulations, I do hope you would ask.

Arohanui.
perhaps the ability to reach…

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:45:56 +1300 Moz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333426#post333426 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333426#post333426 recreationally I find ...

Now you just have to turn the jackhammering noise into some kind of avant-garde electronica and you're away. Or do the new machines not do that?

And yeah, superpowers! Even (especially?) NSFW ones.

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:34:14 +1300 sandra https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333409#post333409 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333409#post333409 Hi Emma,

Good luck with the treatment. I toured a brand, spanking new radiation treatment centre last Saturday. The invariable reaction from the 200 or so people on the tour was: "What a great place, I hope I never set foot in it again". A surgeon who was speaking later…

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:53:38 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333400#post333400 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333400#post333400 I didn't realise how much that mask would affect me too. I wrote a little about it this year (and sorry if this is insensitive).

Oh Hilary, yeah, there's something about the mask – though mine will be one of the mesh ones they show in that article I linked…

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:22:01 +1300 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333398#post333398 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333398#post333398 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:15:06 +1300 wendyf https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333397#post333397 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333397#post333397 Emma – I feel punched in the gut at your news. One of those times I want to scream "Not fair!!!".

I'm emanating positive thoughts to you, and I'll be reading your novel.

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:14:53 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333396#post333396 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333396#post333396 You could get your brain 3d printed which would be cool.

Ooo... See, this time they've done something called a STEALTH, which combines my MRI and CT scans to make an incredibly detailed and accurate model of my brain. It would be kind of great to get that printed out.…

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:14:23 +1300 Bruce Hopkins https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333395#post333395 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333395#post333395 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:11:13 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333393#post333393 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333393#post333393 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:10:41 +1300 David Herkt https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333392#post333392 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333392#post333392 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:09:21 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333389#post333389 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333389#post333389 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:03:50 +1300 Raymond A Francis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333386#post333386 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333386#post333386 Oh shit
Life can throw some ( or maybe that is lots) of the above
So all the best, if anyone can beat this you can

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:56:36 +1300 Louise Hall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333383#post333383 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333383#post333383 I have never met you but always enjoy your writing and own 'Not Suitable For Work'.
I will be keeping everything crossed for you and look forward to reading your novel.
Serialising – great idea!

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:30:33 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333375#post333375 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333375#post333375 The Isis Knot is fucking amazing. This woman is so talented. ]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:46:00 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333374#post333374 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/up-front-adric-and-the-art-of-asking/?p=333374#post333374 Discussion from blog post.

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