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Advent

09/12/2013

Me: that’s an effing scary advent chocolate.

“Oh wait the Cadbury’s logo’s upside down!” Look at the first one again. (Could have just Tweeted it but I think it deserved to be shown in full-size.) Continue reading

December 2013, Food, Photogenius

Advent, Advent calendar, Cadbury’s, Christmas, Indifferent Ignorance, scary chocolate
17/12/2011

Good News! This Post Has Absolutely Nothing to Do With MCR!

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Art, December 2011, Holidays, Paywall

Advent, Bert McCracken, chocolate, Christmas, Heroes, Indifferent Ignorance, Jesus, Ruby
04/12/2010

Why Twit/Twat/Tweet When You Can Blog?

Sitting next to a perpetually hyperactive teenager (Elizabeth) is amusing. But it does give me motion sickness after a while. I would put that on Twitter since it’s probably less than 140 characters or whatever, but thinking of Twitter reminded me of advent… See the sidebar? See the Twitter bit? And the TwitPic links?… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Art, Colour, December 2010, Holidays, Internet, My Family and Other Animals, Pure Insanity

140 characters, Advent, advent calander, December 2010, drawing, Elizabeth, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, links, Ruby, Twatting, Tweeting, TwitPic, Twitter, Twitting

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When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

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This blog continues to evolve with me. My favourite topics are books and reading, travel adventures, the extensive works of up and coming rock band My Chemical Romance and the occasional update about my life and work as an author and scriptwriter. I’m also interested in digital minimalism, how we can solve environmental issues and why it’s probably a better idea to make a cup of tea than it is to shout at people you disagree with.

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Advent

Me: that’s an effing scary advent chocolate.

Good News! This Post Has Absolutely Nothing to Do With MCR!

Why Twit/Twat/Tweet When You Can Blog?