WHILE SOME OF US prefer our facts false, I cannot deny the occasional appeal, too, of actual truth.

ONE OF THE GREAT PRACTITIONERS of this rare art is JOHN LLOYD, aka @curiositwitty, aka the creator of QI (a television program that is too smart for you),

AND ITS RADIOPHONIC ADJUNCT, The Museum of Curiosity.

HERE IS JOHN LLOYD speaking on the subject of “INVISIBILITY” through a microphone that someone tried to make invisible, but failed.

(THIS HAPPENED AT TEDGlobal, in England, which is just like the regular TED but with slightly less Al Gore.)

That is all.

I WAS AWAY on a whole different side of this continent when THE INVENTION OF LYING opened this weekend.

SO I MISSED THIS VIDEO from my friend and colleague Matthew Robinson… CO-WRITER, CO-DIRECTOR OF THE FILM (with Mr. R. Gervais) and ALL-NICE-GUY.

WHILE IT IS SOMEWHAT OUT OF DATE, the sentiment is still true for THIS WEEKEND or RIGHT NOW:

That is all.

…AND LARGELY INTERNETLESS. In the meantime, here is the US trailer for THE INVENTION OF LYING, a Gervais/Robinson joint.

I INVADED THE SET OF THIS FILM FOR ONE WARM DAY about a year ago, and I wore a black suit. Other than this, I am not allowed to say.

ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS ENCOUNTER, co-writer/co-director Matthew Robinson and I went to see INDIANA JONES AND THE LEGEND OF CRYSTAL HEAD VODKA or whatever it was.

EVEN SO: IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY, and you will enjoy this brilliant film.

THAT IS ALL.