Spawn is one of those comic books that I've wanted to get into for a good long while, but since its been running for over 250+ issues and a dozen or so spin offs, that's a pretty intimidating back catalogue to clear your way through just out of idle curiosity. So I thought I'd pick …
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Marking off another of the 30 books that I want to read before I turn 30 (this being number 17) I finally got around to reading my copy of A Little History Of The World by E.H Gombrich. The book was an effort to educate children on the origins of the world from prehistory up …
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Just to prove how smart I am I've decided to play the alphabet game with countries of the world. Im also going to put the capital cities and GDP because I know these things without resorting to google A- Argentina- Buenos Aires- £15,436.77 Per Capita B- Bolivia -Sucre- £5275 Per Capita C-Cambodia- Phnom Penh- £1,725 …
So far I've managed to get through 15 of the books that I want to get through before I turn 30 and today Treasure Island makes number 16. First published as a serial in 1881, Treasure Island follows the adventures of young Jim Hawkins who starts out working in his parents pub, before "inheriting" a treasure …
Today I've been reading up on Syria, as the recent developments weren't something I was really up to speed on. Having a read around, on the BBC, the Guardian, RT and Aljazeera, the way I see it is this. The Assad regime in Syria probably did unleash chemical weapons on its own people (regardless of …
Many many years ago, (like 6) a young American lady of my acquaintance refused to believe that I was standing for public office, (I was standing for Newport City Council and lost massively before you ask) but the reason that she didn't believe me (until I showed her some campaign literature) was that I wasn't …
I'm in extreme pain with my back today, so there isn't going to be a blog today, I can't sit up to type, and I really hate touch typing, so can't type lying down doing it on my phone. it also helps that I don't actually have a post in mind so taking a day …
