Tag Archives: Day Job

Making Changes

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Colin Galbraith

It’s been a while. I’ve not written anything, fictional or poetic, since last spring. That’s the best part of nine months. And I’ve not blogged since the middle of last September. The reason for this has been a shift of … Continue reading →

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To Blog, or Not to Blog

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Colin Galbraith

Image: legalmarketingmaven.com A New Blog Well, this feels weird. I last posted on this blog on 7th February, 2012. It contained a poem about the perils of Scottish Independence called BROKEN NATION. Two weeks later the blog was invaded by … Continue reading →

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A Child Abuse Reminder from Banksy at Christmas

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: BBC Mega busy in the day job yesterday after my boss landed a heap of trouble on my desk at the last moment. Christmas cheer abounds in the office these days, so much so in fact, that yesterday the … Continue reading →

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Fighting Back Against the Fare Dodgers

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: The List TIME Newsfeed summed it up perfectly: if you ever find yourself on a Scottish train without a ticket, don’t even think about trying to sneak a free ride. The video in this article (which has now caused … Continue reading →

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The Future is Bright

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Unknown I had the entire day away from the day job yesterday and it was absolute bliss. Not that I used the time to laze about, oh no, I got off my arse and got wired into tying up … Continue reading →

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Toilet Decisions

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: PetTastics I must have stayed up way too late working on SLICK on Sunday, because I was shattered yesterday morning on the way into the day job. It took copious amounts of coffee to get me up to speed, … Continue reading →

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Study Leave

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: eMitten It turns out there was more to the University of St. Andrews story I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post. What wasn’t reported in the press (or it may be that I missed it) was the revelation that the … Continue reading →

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A Giant U-Turn

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Eternal Press Something struck me last night as I was walking through Edinburgh after the day job. Well actually, two things struck me, and I’ll tell you about them both here. I should explain that the route of my … Continue reading →

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A ‘Special’ Day’s Work

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: KGB Clothing A decent day’s work. My final two blog posts from the West Port Book Festival went live over at my (Unofficial) Edinburgh Book Festival Blog: Click here to read David Gaffney & Hannah McGill. Click here to … Continue reading →

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Making an Arse of it at the West Port Book Festival

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: WPBF Emily Dodd Emily Dodd entertained a full house in West Port’s Edinburgh Books last night, with her own unique brand of poetry and song. Through tales of insomnia as a child, to Percy the Puffin, meeting The Queen, … Continue reading →

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