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Just Smile

Just Smile

Yeah, thought I’d mess with a photo.

 

This is another idea for a recurring image post style of thing. It’s called ‘Redacted’ because it appeals to me aesthetically to baleet things like eyes from photos, but also because I like juxtaposing text and pictures of differing tones.

Things do tend to creep into pictures that might look a bit odd with the right slant. It helps when you’re the kind of person whose life is often crept into by things that look a bit odd.

Doing Cambridge and hearing Neil Gaiman

Doing Cambridge and hearing Neil Gaiman

As previously bleated about, I spent the last few days exploring sunny Cambridge with my partner Becki, culminating in a Neil Gaiman signing.

 

First impression? Damn, that’s a lot of bicycles. In Stoke, bicycles are seen as arcane instruments that are only to be used for ritualistic self-flagellation (exercise). Should one venture onto a road, it becomes a huge nuisance and the target for a game of bump-n-grind (not the nice kind).