Mr603 - Researcher, Post Contributor, Communications Team Volunteer "You are what you pretend to be, so be careful about who you pretend to be." That's a pretty apt quote. When I joined h2g2, way back in 2003, I was a teenage sixth former pretending to be a writer. Four years and one history degree later, I landed my first full-time writing job. This isn't a coincidence. About Mr603 I'm a 20-something bloke living in a part of Salford that's almost Wigan. I share a house with my fiancee, two cats and a large number of books. None of which I've written, but many of which I've written in. I'm a copywriter by trade, a blogger by inclination, and a social media evangelist by nature. I'm also a keen homebrewer, a near-fanatical Leeds United fan, and a complete history bore. My h2g2 Career Despite contributing here for over a decade, I've still not hit the 25 solo edited entries mark. I'm currently on 18. However, I did spend two years as a Sub-Editor, have written nearly every type of column imaginable for The Post, and currently volunteer for the Comms Team. Speaking of which, you should look for h2g2 in the following places: Oh, just for reference, at the 2012 Manchester Meet, I was the tall and handsome one with the glasses. People have been talking about this Guide Entry. Here are the most recent Conversations: Journal Entries Welcome to this Researcher's Journal. If you'd like to comment on anything they have written here, just click the relevant 'Discuss this Entry' button. Tramadol Nights (2 Weeks Ago)Think I've slipped a disc in my back. Couldn't sleep last night, so resorted to two tramadol. Shouldn't have. Not only did it not help me sleep, it did weird things to my brain. Aside from seeing leopard spots every time I blinked, I quizzed L about the following things: Q: Can she please reassure me that I don't have a Lego man head? Q: Why is all snow called Dave? Q: Where is the cat? Is the cat hungry? The third one might not sound weird, but it did end up with me stark naked in the kitchen at 3am, attempting to make the cat a sandwich. Don't do drugs kids. Drugs are bad. .603 Click here to discuss this (16 replies, Latest reply: 2 Weeks Ago) Good Friday Massacre (Mar 31, 2013) Pub crawls are not necessarily a bad thing. Pub crawls are a bad thing when you have 13 pints in 13 pubs, topped off with a whisky and a round of shots with Steve, because you're sorry you called Steve a dick, and you didn't mean it so of course we'll have some run. Pub crawls are also a bad thing when you get plastered on 13 pints and a set of shots, then decide to see how much you can disturb your friends with not entirely truthful tales of sexual debauchery. In front of a glowering fiancee. And pub crawls are probably a bad thing when you decide that if you have a daughter at any point, you're going to name her after your cousin, and decide to explain this on Facebook, leading to enquiries from your family about whether or not you've knocked up said glowering fiancee. Oh, and don't play cock in pocket. .603 Click here to discuss this (20 replies, Latest reply: Apr 2, 2013) Coldsores (Mar 26, 2013) I'm in the process of cultivating my first coldsore in about five years. And as I do in times like these, I go to a pharmacy and spend money on something that's either an ineffective cure or an ineffective placebo. But this time, I decided to read the application instructions: "For mouth and lips only..." So far, so good. That's where coldsores grow, after all. "...do not use inside the mouth..." Fair enough, someone might be daft enough to rub it inside their lips too, the weird buggers. "...in the eyes..." Coldsores? In the eyes? "...or inside the vagina." Wut. I've head of chapped lips, but that's ridiculous. .603 Click here to discuss this (8 replies, Latest reply: Mar 28, 2013) Comms and That (Mar 14, 2013) Looks like I'm back on the h2g2 Communications Team. In that case, make sure you find h2g2 on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ .603 Click here to discuss this (No replies) Homebrew Batch 3 (Mar 11, 2013) I've just added the dry hops to my third batch of homebrew. After a little taste, it reminds me a bit of Newcastle Brown Ale, but with a bit of a tang that only seems to appear in homebrew that uses big tins of malt extract. Anyway, here's the recipe. 3kg Amber Malt Extract 450g Crystal Malt 225g Toasted Malted Barley 56g Fuggles Hops (Boil) 21g Cascade/Golding Hop Mix (Finish) 21g Cascade/Fuggles Mix (Dry Hopping) Toast malted barley & steep w/ crystal malt at 180C for 30 mins Sparge, add extract & boiling hops Boil for 60m Add finishing hops for 60 seconds Sparge into bucket with enough water for 19l Add yeast, leave it 10 days Add Dry Hops, leave another week Bottle Condition for 3-4 weeks Drink The gravity is higher than I'd like, as it seems to be stuck at 1.020. This has happened to every beer I've made. Hopefully in a week, it'll drop a bit and be stronger. I'll let you all know in a month or so. Click here to discuss this ( 1 reply, Latest reply: Mar 20, 2013) Click here to see more Journal Entries Most Recent Conversations
Most Recent Guide Entries These are all the Guide Entries this Researcher has created. If you'd like to read them, click on the link, and if you want to talk about them, use the 'Discuss this Entry' button when you get there. From h2g2: A87762513 Favourite Children's Authors (Jun 18, 2012)From h2g2: A87755908 Bang Said The Gun (Apr 27, 2012) From h2g2: A87749914 Favourite Children's Books (Mar 26, 2012) From h2g2: A87744649 Twitter - The Social Network (Feb 24, 2012) From h2g2: A87739672 Our Man in Milliways: Manchester Meet Special (Jan 31, 2012) From h2g2: A87728935 Amateur Thematics (Dec 13, 2011) From h2g2: A87724948 Leeds United AFC - The League One Years (2007 - 2010) (Nov 28, 2011) From h2g2: A80734863 What is h2g2? (Feb 2, 2011) From h2g2: A60296042 Mr Inquisitor meets: Nick Reynolds (Dec 3, 2009) From h2g2: A58758925 The Post 140: Tweet-A-Guide-Entry (Oct 23, 2009) Click here to see more Guide Entries Most Recent Edited Entries These are all the Edited Entries to which this Researcher has contributed. They obviously read the Writing Guidelines and submitted their Guide Entries to Peer Review: why don't you too? From h2g2: A87790189 Watching Star Wars - What is The Correct Order? (2 Weeks Ago)From h2g2: A87767536 Favourite Children's Authors (Sep 13, 2012) From h2g2: A87746368 Gregg Jevin and #RIPGreggJevin - A Sad Tale of Death By Twitter (Mar 6, 2012) From h2g2: A47579250 An Idiot's Guide to Trolling (Mar 10, 2009) From h2g2: A46931484 The Shelling of Copenhagen (Feb 17, 2009) From h2g2: A41427371 How to Survive a Plane Crash (Oct 1, 2008) From h2g2: A38083584 Being a Home Supporter at a Football Match (Aug 27, 2008) From h2g2: A30334907 Introducing Gerbils (Jan 29, 2008) From h2g2: A29443197 Monument to Peter the Great, Moscow, Russia (Dec 10, 2007) From h2g2: A28387524 The Cathedral Square of Pisa, Italy (Nov 29, 2007) Click here to see more Edited Entries Friends List |
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