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If you had Christian's 'To do' list in front of you then you would clearly see that 'Uploading photos to Flickr' was not the number one priority. In fact, if you did have his 'to do' list in front of you then he would be very pleased, as he could then accuse you of stealing it and have the perfect excuse for not completing any of the tasks upon it.

As it is, the current number one priority is 'Finish writing your third novel - Nix Ex Machina' - which is easily the funniest novel ever written by anyone named Christian Charles Cook. This has been priority number one since 2003.

In all that time, Christian has become quite adept at 'finding other things to do' to the point that he is now a master craftsman in the fine art of priority avoidance.

And in this effort his creative imagination really comes into its own. Rather than complete his latest literary effort he is far more concerned with such critical schemes as monitoring the seasonal migration paths of plastic bath ducks and attempting to sell snow to Eskimos by e-commerce.

But even when such grandiose campaigns of utter futility are not engaging his rather blurry style of focused effort, then he is quite content to sit for many hours in his large black thinking chair, pondering the many ways in which you can prevent gerbils from invading your home.

Currently he has got it into his head that he is some sort of photographer and so has begun uploading a series of photographs to his Flickr account.

But this may not go on indefinitely. There may well come a time when the camera is temporarily put aside in order for more important tasks... especially when you consider that shrews are far smaller than their gerbil cousins and so a house that has been declared 'Gerbil-secure' may not withstand the invasive efforts of a cunning pygmy shrew. Plotting every Shrew-vulnerable entry point could take many months.

In the distant future, 'Nix Ex Machina' may well get finished. Until then, you are invited to enjoy the photos in this Flickr account... and keep an eye out for shrews.

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