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7 Reasons Not To Make Your Own

Yesterday Marc hit the mother lode and in his excitement urged us all to make our own. Being the type of person that does exactly as Marc says, I set out, full of the joys of a rainy spring, and immersed myself in an afternoon of crafting. The results, unfortunately,...

7 Reasons To Make Your Own

Readers of 7 Reasons, something very, very, exciting has happened.  I’m a big fan of the craft boom that’s going on at the moment and see the trend for knitting, sewing and making your own stuff as a very good thing indeed.  As a father, I’m much happier knowing that my child is playing with toys that we made him at home, rather than playing with mass-manufactured plastic ones that are cheaply-priced as a result of the exploitation of cheap labour.  It’s sometimes hard...

007 Reasons to be a Bond Villain

James Bond: Suave, sophisticated, international jet-setting spy and cultural icon.  Every boy wants to grow up to be like Bond.  But isn’t he just a tad dull?  Wouldn’t it be much more fun to be a Bond villain?  Of course it would.  Here are seven...

7 Reasons You Shouldn’t Wear A Tie

1.  It causes a rash. When you’re the cool kid at your school, people expect you to do things differently, to be a bit rebellious.  To subvert convention, you wear your black, orange and electric-blue striped polyester school tie with the thin end at the front. ...