• Chris's Book

    'A Modicum of Daftitude'

    An anthology of humorous blog posts, including the best of Kris’s Krazy Korner and the entire output of The Groovy Druid. Guaranteed to raise a smile.

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    Anfire - Book One - A Warrior's Soul

    'Anfire: a Warrior's Soul'

    Anfire, where the warriors are like the very rock they live on. This is the story of three of them who set out on a Universal quest to save their planet.

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    Anfire - Book Two - Retribution

    'Anfire:Retribution'

    The second Anfire book. It is five years after the Final Battle, but the war still isn't won. There may be peace on Anfire, but out in the Universe a new threat is waiting in the shadows

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Archive for the ‘News’ Category

The answer to Gordon Brown’s prayers: WWRMD

Posted on May 8th, 2010 by Chris

The people of Britain have voted, and if you thought the country was in a mess before, look at it now. No party has an overall majority, our pottylicians are in a panic, the pound has nosedived, and the rest of the world is laughing at us.
Fortunately, I have the solution.
Gordon Brown, who was PM [...]

14-year-old puffin lies about its age

Posted on July 17th, 2009 by Chris

According to the BBC (full story here), ornithologists say they have found the oldest known puffin in Europe on an island off the west coast of Scotland.
Naturally, we had a few doubts about this story, mostly because of the following details:
The experts who were on a bird-ringing expedition in the Shiant Isles in the Hebrides [...]

From America with Love

Posted on June 15th, 2009 by Shana

Through Ravelry I’ve met some wonderful people, well one certain group in particular…it’s no good you all hiding, I know where you are!! As I’ve been a bit down lately, Linda rallied the troops and sent me a goodie parcel. And I am so pathetic at saying how really grateful, chuffed, happy, thrilled [...]

Guerilla bagging

Posted on January 9th, 2009 by Shana

Budding eco warriors may be interested in this:
Make your own cotton morsbags and distribute them – each one has the potential to eliminate 100s of plastic bags over its lifetime.
sad fact: over 1 million plastic bags are consumed per minute globally.
gut-wrenching fact: marine wildlife mistake plastic bags for food and die.
frustrating fact: supermarkets and politicians [...]