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December 22, 2010

2010 Anti-List (Part One)

While I really enjoy other people’s end of year lists, I have always been hopeless at putting mine together. I’m not one of those “You can’t rank art!” people, but I am pretty indecisive, and prone to moments of insecurity, where I worry that if I haven’t listened to every single major music release in a year, then how can I be in a position to judge an album of the year? So, these kind of minor histrionics have delayed me posting any sort of Best of 2010 list. Until now that is. You lucky things. Read the rest of this entry »

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December 14, 2010

My Little Adventure (Or ‘How I Escaped A Dramatic Fire and Took My First Tentative Steps Towards Becoming A Minor Radio Personality’)

So, it starts with a meal. A nice, romantic meal. It ends with me broadcasting to literally tens of people. Although, to be fair, the magic of the internet means pretty soon my voice will be available to a much bigger audience. In the middle, there is danger, intrigue and a load of other stuff that will compel you to READ ON, dear reader. Read the rest of this entry »

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December 8, 2010

Kevin Howells: An unlikely and unheralded Ashes hero

So, the good people of England are very excited that their cricket team is actually doing really rather well. For English cricket fans, it doesn’t get a whole lot better than trouncing the Australians in their own backyard. After two games of a five game series, England are 1-0 up (the first Test was a draw), and *whisper it* look like they just might be strong enough to win their first Ashes series in Australia since 1986/7. Read the rest of this entry »

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December 7, 2010

The Wedding SUIT!

Wedding plans are well on their way now. It has been *touch wood* a really very smooth journey so far, thanks in no small part to incredibly supportive and easy-going parents, and the magnificent, unstinting work of my Significant Other. So far, we’ve made a pretty good team. There have been a couple of tasks that have fallen solely to me, however. One of the most exciting of these has been buying myself a new suit. Read on, for my adventures in successfully dressing myself properly… Read the rest of this entry »

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November 30, 2010

Ten Things I Could Be Blogging About That I’m Not (Blogging About)

Whenever I read those goofy, carny “How to Blog Better and Make a Ton of Money of the Unsuspecting and Easily-Led Public” sites, they forever talk about “pillars of content” and how list posts are a great way of getting traffic and generating content and all that nonsense. So, I figured I’d attempt something along those lines and wait for the millions of visitors to steam in, marvelling at my prose and offering to write me a cheque out of sheer gratitude for my writing endeavours. Without further ado, Ten Things I Could Be Blogging About That I’m Not (Blogging About)… Read the rest of this entry »

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