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Merry Christmas!

Whilst the local populace is listening to lonely old men waffle about morality in ostentatious castles built with money extorted from the poor and desperate, my family are drinking morning beer, listening to Iron Maiden and waiting for my uncle to judge our midnight gingerbread house-making competit...

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Midnight Mass

It has just turned Christmas day, which means many Catholics will be attending midnight mass at this very moment. My own feelings on this event aside, I thought I'd spend a couple of minutes writing about my thoughts on the Christmas in general. Christmas, no matter what they tell you, has nothing ...

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Paul McCartney Fronts Nirvana!!! (But Actually Doesn’t. At All.)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma8nDZaFp4k&w=560&h=315] This is the epitome of why new media (or social media, or indeed the world in general) needs to sit on a hundred dicks and cut its own face off. This is what every single news outlet said prior to this performance (and for so...

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The Hardest Phone Call…

It's that time of year again. Time to make the hardest phone call: "Hello, Lolita. Yes, it's me. I know I don't call you very often, but it has been too long and it's getting uncomfortable, especially at night when I'm trying to sleep. I don't know exactly what I'm going to ask you to do, but you'...

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Not Enough Hours…

Thank the nine Gods that today is my rest day. Having very nearly passed out at freestyle wrestling last night, I fear I may be working too hard and eating too little. Frankly, there just aren't enough hours in the day... Then again, you try looking this guy in the face and telling him "I'm too t...

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11 DAYS OF POWER!

Having had my motorbike for a pitiful 11 days before it got written off by a terrible driver, I have arranged 11 days of utter chaos and debauchery to make up for my loss. I've decided this is just how I'm going to roll these days. It starts tomorrow: Day 1: Thursday: see Guns n' Roses at the O2...

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A New Beginning

Friends, I have come to a realisation. Life, it turns out, is short. Very short. FAR too short to spend it sitting at a desk, day-dreaming of all the marvellous things there are to do in the world...that you aren't doing. As I was stamping my way up the Three Peaks, it suddenly occurred to m...

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Peak Number Three: Ben Nevis

At 08:30 we awoke, less magnificently than the day before, but still pretty magnificently, in the car. Having spent 8 hours driving 311 miles until 04:00, but failing to find anywhere to stay, we eventually pulled into a car park, reclined our seats and alternately frozen and boiled our way into the...

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Peak Number Two: Scafell Pike

At 08:30 we awoke, magnificently, in Truck Haven. After conquering Snowdon the night before, we had set out at midnight for Scafell Pike, covering 150 miles of our 216-mile drive before practically falling asleep at the wheel. Two enormous breakfasts later, we were back on the road, wending our w...

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Peak Number One: Snowdon

Bored with the lack of adventure of everyday life, Simon and I decided to climb the three peaks.  We also decided that, given our love for food, beer and epic bleak photography, we didn't want to rush up and down in 24 hours, as is traditional.  Instead, we set out for a long weekend of conquering...

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Training for the Three Peaks

As Champion of Murderbeers, my responsibilities are vast ‎and never-ending. Quash a rebellion here, fend off the Ice Giants there; if it's not killing one thing, it's conquering another. So, when the Emperor looked out from Murder Mount and realised that England, Scotland and Wales ALL have tal...

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