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Burns Night

25/01/2015

Mid-Blog Crisis?

I feel like I’ve got a conundrum on my hands, and it’s not whether or not I should eat even more haggis today than I did yesterday (while I’m thinking about it, happy Burns Night day! One of these years I will actually get past the food and read some poetry). The conundrum is that, for… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Indifferent Ignorance, January 2015

blogging woes, Burns Night, conundrum, Etsy, Indifferent Ignorance, The Bullshit Brigade
24/01/2014

The Ten O’Clock News: a Debate About Scottish Independence

Had a few issues with my laptop earlier so instead of being the link-and-image-filled collage I’d planned, this is going to be a nice discussion post! Tomorrow is Burns Night and since it is potentially the last one with Burns as a Brit, I think we should talk about the referendum. Ask the Important Political… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, DISCUSS., Government and Politics, January 2014

Britain, Burns Night, cute British accents, debate, Indifferent Ignorance, referendum, Scotland, Scottish independence, The Ten O’Clock News, whiskey

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Burns Night

Mid-Blog Crisis?

The Ten O’Clock News: a Debate About Scottish Independence