Knowvember 2026

Robert Birming wants us to get to know each other, this November. Here's my hat in that particular ring. Learn more about "Knowvember" on Robert's blog: Knowember, get to know your blogger. A photo This was taken at a house party many years ago by my friend, Ade. I had recently dyed my hair, like Gerard Way, as an homage to those carefree college days when we were discovering things and rebelling against things and refusing to blend into a crowd. Name or nickname I've written before about where my online handle comes from; hryggrbyr is the original spelling of my surname from over 500 years ago. Everyone just calls me Thom though (even if it's 50/50 on whether they spell it correctly). I've never really had a nickname, per se. When they ask for a name for taxis or coffee, I invariably give my surname because there's wayyyy too many damn Thomases around and, unless I'm in a particular part of England, relatively few Rigby's! Where in the world I blog from Mostly I blog from my phone.…

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