Francesca's Thoughts

30/10/2013

Blog Years/Dog Years: Fun Indifferent Ignorance-Based Activities for Your Half Term

Tomorrow is four years to the day that I started Indifferent Ignorance, which makes her a decade older than me in dog (and, I think, Internet) years. Yes, she is a “she”. Halloween isn’t traditionally a time for reflection, but we’re at the point now where this site is A Part of My Life. As… Continue reading

25/10/2013

The Ten O’Clock News: Holy Shit (not a Pope-based pun this time)

…Although it does involve answers to existential questions. I don’t know who Andy Weir is or what he does other than solving life’s conundrums, but The Egg is really interesting. Ruby sent it to me. It’s not really news but I’m exhausted and my eyes itch. I think I might watch TV with the dogs… Continue reading

DISCUSS., Internet, Jesus, The Ten O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*

‘The Egg’, Andy Weir, Indifferent Ignorance, The Ten O’Clock News

18/10/2013

The Ten O’Clock News: ‘The Cruelty of Children’, and Teens, and Adults

I have no idea what the age range of readership for Indifferent Ignorance is (and I’m not looking to find out because that would be creepy) but this Rookie article caught my attention just now. It got me thinking about school, children/teenagers and the whole ‘social aspect’ of western education. As in, for ten per… Continue reading

DISCUSS., Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, Magazines, School, The Ten O’Clock News

‘The Cruelty of Children’, bullying, Eve Sturges, Indifferent Ignorance, Rookie Mag, school experiences, sharing, The Ten O’Clock News

14/10/2013

It’s, Like, a Musical, About, Like, God. Or Something.

This has been a week of mythology. School has been hard lately and I’ve had to be careful about my arm so when Waterstones outdid themselves and delivered House of Hades a day before its official release, I spent most of the afternoon reading (it counts as independent study for Latin, yes?). Uncle Rick, you… Continue reading

Books, Jesus, October 2013, Tim Minchin

‘Gethsemane’, ‘Heroes of Olympus’, ‘House of Hades’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, books, Indifferent Ignorace, ITV, Jesus, musicals, mythology, Rick Riordan, Rome Lies, Tim Minchin, Waterstones