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Sunday

09/10/2011

Start the Week As You Intend to Continue: By Doing My Bidding!

Happy Sunday everyone! It’s a little known fact that Sunday is the first day of the week. I learnt this in RS; Saturday is Jewish Sabbath and the final day of the week, and the early Christians moved their day of worship to Sunday because Jesus was resurrected on a Sunday, and Jews didn’t like them preaching… Continue reading

Internet, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), October 2011

#MCRChat, European Music Awards 2011, Indifferent Ignorance, Internet memes, laundry, MCRmy.com, My Chemical Romance, Sunday
17/12/2010

Frank’s Immigration Test (a way to keep out the riff-raff)

We did this in Maths today, my last lesson of 2010. I’m putting it on here with correct answers so you can do better than 13/22, which is what my friend and I got. My theory is that if we gave it to every adult looking to immigrate to England, and they scored less than 12,… Continue reading

Complaints, December 2010, Holidays, Lists, Pure Insanity, School, THE WORLD *head in hands*

ark, English language, foolproof way to cap immigration, France, government, humour, immigrants, immigration, Indifferent Ignorance, Isle of Man, maths, monkeys, Moses, Mount Everest, riff-raff, Sunday, The Intelligence Test, trick questions, United States, York
10/09/2010

This Is Probably the Only Blog Post You’ll Ever Read Linking My Chemical Romance and the 1947 Polish Elections

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Comics, Complaints, Music, My Chemical Romance (get a category), My Family and Other Animals, Paywall, September 2010, THE WORLD *head in hands*

2001, 9/11, birthdays, Bob Bryar, Charles Darwin, comic strips, communism, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, heory of evolution, Indifferent Ignorance, it’s not over until the fat lady sings, MCR, medical science, Mikey Way, Music, My Chemical Romance, Osama Bin Laden, Ray Toro, September 11th, Stalin, Sunday, Twin Towers, World Trade Center

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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.

What will you find here now?

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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Sunday

Start the Week As You Intend to Continue: By Doing My Bidding!

Frank’s Immigration Test (a way to keep out the riff-raff)

This Is Probably the Only Blog Post You’ll Ever Read Linking My Chemical Romance and the 1947 Polish Elections