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Servant of cats. Sniffer of books. Wrangler of WordPress. https://handpressed.net

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Guess how many times a day I make sure these Rubik's Cubes are perfectly aligned, stacked.
Photo of 3x3 Rubik's Cube on top of a 4x4 Rubik's Cube...
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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The beautiful chaos of a small room filled with used books...
A black and white photo of a small room containing shelves and piles of books.
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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#NowPlaying An album that starts off brilliant, never dips, and nails the ending. One of my all-time favs. www.last.fm/user/Guerril...
Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers album cover.
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Elizabeth is more than welcome to come and join me in my foggy and wet coastal town - we can be a little less alone together. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
"When I was in high school, I dreamt of being a very old lady on the coast of England, alone actually. I might have had an animal, and it would be like foggy and wet and kind of cold, and I would go on long walks and I would be in a small town that had like one of each thing you need like one bakery, one coffee shop, one fishmonger, one cheese shop, one like community centre, one theatre. It was always just me because I like meeting new people and I like being a part of a community, and I always imagined I would die alone."
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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#NowPlaying A favourite. So good. www.last.fm/user/Guerril...
Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins album cover.
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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I like to think I can trust my own judgement...
Screenshot of Bluesky's mad moderation settings showing every one switched to off.
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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#NowPlaying A few lagers and some Oasis and it's like the last quarter century never happened. 👍 www.last.fm/user/Guerril...
Be Here Now by Oasis album cover.
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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#NowPlaying Just 32 years have passed since I used to sit on my bed and drum along on an all-in-one drum kit I bought from Argos. www.last.fm/user/Guerril...
Come On Feel by The Lemonheads album cover.
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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I'd like to say I've had this displayed in pride of place for the last 20 years but only recently found it neglected under a pile of old newspapers.
Faded, signed, framed photo of Joe Cole in action for Chelsea, covered in 20 years of dust.
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Pleasing.
Screenshot of a post by @thebrainchildofchris - "Dick Cheney won't see your mean jokes about his death, but Tony Blair will, hopefully" - showing that it has been re-posted 666 times.
November 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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#NowPlaying Better times, good times, times I can't believe were 30 years ago. www.last.fm/user/Guerril...
The Bends by Radiohead album cover.
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Not sure what it says about me that I keep the only essay I ever got an 'A' for on my (disgustingly messy) desk so that it shows up every once in a while but I do. I'm here if you want to know about Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development.
Item report form for an essay I wrote about Piaget in my first year of university in 1998. Bottom of the item report form showing that I was awarded an 'A' grade.
October 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Gonzo in a cardigan kinda sums me up...
Selfie: Gonzo decal t-shirt (white text on black), cardigan (aubergine), beard (orange).
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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#NowPlaying Less than two years between Popped In Souled Out and The Stone Roses. A complicated time in my life. www.last.fm/user/Guerril...
Popped In Souled Out by Wet Wet Wet album cover.
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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#NowPlaying I was 17 years old when I bought it on cassette from Woolworths on the day of release. It sounds as good now as it did then. Timeless.
The Stone Roses (1989) by The Stone Roses album cover.
October 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Something about this juxtaposition of photos of a younger Donald Hall looking at his older self struck me...
Black and white photos from a web search of poet Donald Hall, younger on the left.
October 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Halloween reading. I remember the horror elements genuinely scared me when I first read it 20 years(!) ago.
UK hardback (2005) cover of Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis.
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I'm not convinced Jim Harrison stuck to his own principles but he made it to 78 years of age regardless and he's one of my heroes and I like to read them every now and again and not stick to them.
Black and white photo of the mighty Jim Harrison, American Spirit in mouth...
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Wore this t-shirt today, first time in a while. Didn't get verbally abused from a passing car. Times they are a-changing.
Me wearing an EU flag t-shirt.
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Seeing Pitchfork give a new album I'm really enjoying the Pitchfork treatment has reminded me of this classic example of Pitchfork being Pitchfork...
Wikipedia's professional ratings table for The Boy with the Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian - shows Pitchfork gave it a rating 0.8 in 1998 and 8.5 in 2018. Original Pitchfork review of The Boy with the Arab Strap by Belle & Sebastian (1998) via archive.org.
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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What makes men do this.
Screenshot of a Bluesky post where a man does that man thing and explains things that didn't need explaining and the explaining wasn't asked for.
October 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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#NowPlaying Tackling the Sunday blues with Oasis and lager, just like the olden days. www.last.fm/user/Guerril...
Be Here Now by Oasis album cover.
October 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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#NowPlaying First play of Deadbeat. Never the best time to give an opinion on a new album, but so far... it's Tame Impala and I'm bloody loving it.
Deadbeat by Tame Impala album cover.
October 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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#NowPlaying The best (most memorable, anyway) decade of my life was soundtracked by Underworld. www.last.fm/user/Guerril...
Underworld 1992–2002 album cover (white text on a black background).
October 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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I never did get around to sending Jonathan of Bookseller Crow the t-shirt I made. Another regret.
'JIM HARRISON T-SHIRT FOR BOOKSELLER CROW' note scribbled on the pad next to my keyboard. Four-panel four-colour design of a photo of Jim Harrison, cigarette in mouth, looking very much like Jim Harrison.
October 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM