The Making of Things

So, you’re probably wondering where the hell I’ve been. I’m not just sat playing games online, I swear, I’m actually making things.


Specifically, I’ve been preparing for a little Arts & Crafts market here in Bristol next Sunday, which will be followed by ThoughtBubble next week, and from then on all my weekends until the end of the year have something unusual going on. Craziness!

I’m thinking of opening a little webshop here on the site if my framed linocut prints (see picture) prove a success (although not too much of a success, because then I won’t have any left to sell, naturally. I’m also working on a pattern and make-your-own package for one of my crochet dinosaurs. Let me know if you’re interested in that, I’ll work a little harder. ^__^

So remember, even if you don’t hear from me, stuff is going on and I’m brewing up something cool. With dinosaurs. Of course.

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Dinosaurs, baby

Dinosaurs

Because my tagline is now “I make things” I thought I might as well tell you about some of the things I make.

End of Days is a new comic book that’s almost finished. It’s about dinosaurs and the end of the world, and I’m currently raising some funds to pay for the printing. If you contribute to the cause, you get a copy of the book and there are some bonus goodies like a personal drawing or one of my highly popular toy dinosaurs.

Check it out at indiegogo.com/dinos

Aside: what’s happening with this blog? Yeah, I know, right? I fell off the blogging wagon for a bit and have just been limping along since then. I hope to start putting some more thoughtful and interesting posts together, but I don’t want to bore you with half-baked stuff.

If you’re interested in what I’ve been thinking in the meantime, your best bet is to get the Dinosaur book actually, as that’s where all my clever thinking has gone. ^__^

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This is Awful

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“This is awful” is one of my magic phrases. it’s an unusual one; you wouldn’t think that saying “this is awful” could make anyone feel better. And it doesn’t. And that’s why it does. A bit of history. I was still working full time at the boring dayjob, for a boss that bullied me in [...]

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Today we’re playing at being robots. But don’t worry, no dancing is required. Just a bit of programming. I don’t actually know very much about programming, but I know it uses functions. You can use functions to program yourself, like this: Example Function: WHEN (X occurs) THEN (I do Y) For instance, Tidy Function: WHEN [...]

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One day, I realised I was spending a lot of time being annoyed at stuff. I decided to investigate. What’s up? I want things to stop being so annoying. That is, I want to stop being so annoyed. Annoyed? Annoyed. Aggravated. Eating of the face. Grargh. OK, let’s look at examples of annoying things and [...]

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Last week, I accidentally stepped into a hole in time and got left behind. Time rushed on, always in the present, as it is, making things happen and everyone doing things and running along. Not me. I was stuck. Stationary. outside time, or perhaps just in a different kind of time. A dead bit of [...]

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So, if you read my last post, you’ll know that I was going to have a bijoux mini ptit launchette last week, and that didn’t happen because I fell apart and had to stich myself back together using luxury hand-dyed yarn. I have a new thing. It started out as a small thing, just a [...]

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How to keep going when you don’t care

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So now that I’m a famous blogger, I guess I should post something every now and then, hm? Even if it’s last week’s post, and this is. I’m not even going to explain right now, just read the post first. I’ve not had a good week. The first week of January was great: I was [...]

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Three ways to repair a broken habit

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I talked before about having a daily schedule that is like a skeleton — solid but flexible so you can get it out of your way if needed. For instance, during a holiday where you may be travelling, staying in different places and doing all sorts of things you normally wouldn’t, as well as not [...]

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Hello! Stupid people of the world! I’m standing in front of the window, looking out at the parking lot of a supermarket. You’re all stupid! Look at you, with your stupid cars, buying all that stupid stuff! You all suck! I’m only playing for laughs. Sometimes I’ll stand up and do something ridiculous just to [...]

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End of year give-away

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