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24/03/2015

Dogs and ’90s Hairstyles

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Dogs, March 2015, Paywall, Photogenius, TV

‘The Great Big Glorious Book for Girls’, Afghan hounds, dogs, Indifferent Ignorance, Jennifer Aniston’s hair, The Rachel
01/01/2015

Hogmanay Hangover (Sort Of)

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Dogs, January 2015, Paywall

dogs, Hogmanay, Indifferent Ignorance, New Year
07/07/2014

Quick Art Update

I usually just post these things in Twitter and/or Tumblr posts but they’ve all cropped up in the last couple of days so I thought I may as well do a proper post… Ahem. I got an email earlier that most of my Etsy shop’s listings are expiring really soon, so if you’ve ever fancied… Continue reading

(All Hail) Creation, Art, Books, Dogs, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, July 2014, Tumblr, TV

‘Goodnight Mister Tom’, ‘The Son of Neptune’, ‘Trainspotting’, ‘We Need to Talk about Kevin’, Adonis, Art, books, commissions, DeviantART, dogs, Etsy, Fred, Holidays, Indifferent Ignorance, piglet pictures, Society6, Tumblr, Twitter
08/11/2013

The Six O’Clock News: Dogs Are As Smart As Humans (but that’s not saying much)

Wag the dog It’s been scientifically proven that dogs are smarter than they look. Again. According to The Economist, Italian scientists have discovered that not only do dogs “wag their tails to the right when they see something pleasant…and to the left when they see something unpleasant” but that a video or silhouette of dog with… Continue reading

Dogs, Fuckin’ Idiots, Indifferent Ignorance, November 2013, The Six O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*

‘The Economist’, banning dogs, BBC News, Damascus, dogs, eating dogs, fatwa, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet, Lexi Branson, news, science, Syria, The Six O’Clock News, wagging tails

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dogs

Dogs and ’90s Hairstyles

Hogmanay Hangover (Sort Of)

Quick Art Update

The Six O’Clock News: Dogs Are As Smart As Humans (but that’s not saying much)