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Guest Post: 7 Reasons The United States of America is Better Than Great Britain

Guest Post: 7 Reasons The United States of America is Better Than Great Britain

    Today we are joined on the 7 Reasons sofa by Simon Best who, when he isn’t committing treason or thinking about trains, is a Youth Worker.  Simon’s fantastic tweets can be found here.  They are as fine a guide to tasteful living as you will find anywhere. 1.  The Weather. In Britain we love talking about the weather but, frankly, the British weather is pathetic, insipid and dull. For 5/6 of the year the weather in...

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Guest Post: 7 Reasons The Wedding Day Can Go Wrong

Guest Post: 7 Reasons The Wedding Day Can Go Wrong

Today’s guest post is written by esteemed American Architect Nicholas Kennedy, who, as well as being instrumental in the building of the Burj Khalifa, is also a newly married man. Inspired by his experiences on the day, here are 7 Reasons why the Wedding Day can go wrong. You can follow him on twitter here. 1.  The Date. Choosing New Years Eve as the day of your wedding may seem like a good idea at the time, but in hindsight it’s a...

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Guest Post: 8 Reasons that in all your Amours you should prefer old Women to young ones.

Guest Post: 8 Reasons that in all your Amours you should prefer old Women to young ones.

We’re going wild and breaking out of the format today.  This post was brought to our attention by Brad B. Wood of our favourite indie band, Merchandise. Since this piece was written, society has progressed and become more sophisticated, and we now know that 7 is the correct number of reasons.  But, while it doesn’t contain the right number of reasons, we can’t really ask the writer to make any changes as he’s been dead...

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Guest Post : 7 Reasons To Love Bolton

Guest Post : 7 Reasons To Love Bolton

Today’s guest post comes from Bolton-based musician, record-label-owner and music-promoter Brad B. Wood.  His highly acclaimed band, Merchandise, are releasing their fifth album soon, which could mean any time in the next two years.  You can check out the brilliant Merchandise website here, it’ll even play you a song while you read this.  You can also find Brad twittering here.  Twitter will not play you a song. 1.  The moors....

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Guest Post: 7 reasons I feel at home in liberal towns

Guest Post: 7 reasons I feel at home in liberal towns

We love it when we find other 7 Reasons pieces on the internet, especially good ones.  We found this one via Twitter.  It’s written by Vince Marotte, who is the Internet Pastor at the Gateway Church in Austin, Texas.  He’s kindly given us permission to use it.  It was originally posted on his blog, where you can also read about his love of Radiohead and He-Man blankets (he’ll fit in quite well here then). When I was laying...

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Guest Post: 7 Reasons Spooks Are Different To Humans

Guest Post: 7 Reasons Spooks Are Different To Humans

Today sees us hand over the reins of 7 Reasons to guest writer, Bri McIntosh. All compliments can still be sent to us. We’ll pass them on. No, seriously, we will. But then again you are probably a fan of joy, so we suggest you visit his blog here and and follow him on twitter here. 1.  Accidents and illness. The average human being is susceptible to getting a common injury such as a sprained ankle or getting a bout of the common cold....

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