Dan’s Sentences

I actually made a Shakespearean doublet instead of a shirt, using an old tapestry, and having a massive strop in the process.

Since childhood, I wanted to design video games. Nearly thirty years later, I finally built one and accidentally launched it to thousands of players.

I face my fears by reading a story about facing my fears.

Helping each other out is how things get made. The glass beetle in my window is proof.

Fear isn’t always rational. I’ve jumped off bridges and climbed glaciers. Nothing prepared me for the existential horror of eating a fish.

I’m standing on the world’s most dangerous walkway. I should be thinking about death. Instead, I’m thinking about peanuts.

Tangier, Morocco awaits – a mixing pot of chaos of barters and wads of cash. Money passes hands in quick bursts, no cards, no tax, just trade.

I swim in a mountain river, and then save somebody’s life. No kidding, I saved somebody from drowning. It was badass.

Learned CPR, defibs, choking, and how little I actually knew. Also: why isn’t this government funded?

Feeling stuck in life? Learn how I used a 100-item bucket list to find purpose and complete goals that truly matter. Includes prompts, rules & tips.

Sleep-deprived, surrounded by druids, drum circles, and tinfoil-wrapped strangers – my mystical, piss-scented solstice at Stonehenge.

Growing up I was always in the dirt, or under rocks, looking for critters. I’ve never tried beekeeping… Until now!

Just a short paddle, a small island on Ullswater, and a final trip for the kayak. Or so I thought.

Word of advice, every woman wants a sword. If you want to make her a happy lady, get them a sword. Actually, scratch that, let them make a sword.

We had 48 hours to make a film. Built a time machine out of a metronome, accidentally remembered why I love this stuff.

I promise you that if you want to eat the little bits of paper that they use for perfumes – this article has a way to make your dreams come true.

I was a doodler as a kid. But I was absolutely rubbish at drawing people. So I tried Figure Drawing!

Snaking ribbons of lights, screaming delicious shades of green like ink drops in water. Come sit and listen while uncle Dan has a mental breakdown in a blog.

The Sky Lagoon in Iceland, the most relaxing experience in my entire life I nearly cried (but I didn’t, I was brave)

It’s not what I expected. We visited Grindavík, where people lost their homes to a volcanic eruption.

I climbed into a lava tunnel and got to sit in the darkness for a minute.

Because neighbours don’t like it when you smash up a printer in the front garden with a large metal pole.

If you’ve ever thought that it’s shameful to be drunk at 11am, I’m about to make you feel like a silly idiot fool.

I’m not a scientist, but now I get to say “we” when I talk about research. That makes me insufferable, and I did it all with a little help from AI.

The type of telescope they have at observatories isn’t the type that your Dad has in the attic, or like the one that you keep seeing on Facebook Marketplace.

I bought a motorcycle off a scouse man on Facebook marketplace, then I had to actually sort out a licence before I could drive it up into the mountains…

In 2022, I was in the top 0.01% of listeners for The Lumineers. Before you judge me, please keep in mind that shut up I just like them, okay!?

It took the Blackbird 12 minutes to fly over North Vietnam. It takes me 12 minutes to get out of bed on a good morning – after my third alarm, of course.

A trip to LA: Covid, A bus fire, crying at a cowboy museum, the Oscars, baseball at a hockey game, Garfield, glowing sea sludge, and something about Ben Stiller

Seeing the Milky Way without light pollution is a BIG thing to experience, bioluminescent algae is the David to this Goliath.

Mark Rothko, the abstract painter. He’s the epitome of “But I could’ve done that!” But did I cry at the museum?

Imagine the coolest car you can in your head right now. If it’s not a Mustang, that’s completely fine, you’re entitled to your own opinion, even if it’s wrong.

Stick all your flour in a big pile on the table, then, change into some different trousers after you get your nice ones covered in white flour spots.

There’s a brilliant sense the first few times you go out on water of freedom, like you’re going where most people don’t get to go.

I got the opportunity to sit to one side of the stage watching Claybody Theatre put together Bright Lights Over Bentilee

The one where I go looking for fossils and dress as a pirate. Oh and I talk about Jim Carey and Animal Crossing.

A Dan Hike: The GPS doesn’t work, the map got deleted, and it’s getting dark already. Fun!

Sat on the floor of the Nottingham Buddhist Temple, legs dead, mind still, and it all clicked. I wasn’t going to fight the river this time.

Booking a boat with your friends is the most relaxing trip you can imagine. Screw Ibiza, or wherever the kids are going these days – choose Norfolk!

Donating blood takes 8-10 minutes, but in my case it took 6 minutes, which means I’m really good at bleeding!

Direct action inspires change, if you’re unhappy with the local area that you’re in, as most of us seem to be nowadays, what can you do, who can you rally to change it?

Learning how to fix your own things is a kind of revolution – revolution against getting ripped off!

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