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Tag Archives: death
A Thank You to Steve Jobs
Image: Unknown RIP Steve Jobs Woke up to the sad news that Steve Jobs died in the early hours of the morning. Shocking to hear it come through although not entirely unexpected; it was public knowledge he had been seriously … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Fiction, I.T., Poetry, Writing
Tagged Apple, Bill Gates, cancer, chapbook, crime, death, Duchess of Alba, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, essay, iMac, Indiana Jones, iPhone, iPod, magic, Microsoft, novella, pancreatic cancer, paranormal, poems, Poetry, Raiders ofthe Lost Ark, Savvy Authors, Steve Jobs, thriler, Windows, workshop, Writing
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Ryan Dunn – A Short Tribue
Today’s blog post has been set aside in order to pay tribute Ryan Dunn, who died in a car crash last week aged only 34 years. Dunn and his cohorts at Jackass gave me many, many gut wrenching laughs over … Continue reading
A Healthy Diet
Image: Noodle Pie The Day The patter of my yesterday followed Wednesday: up early; intense and stressful day at the day job; a relaxing hour writing poetry in Costa Coffee; an evening working on my new novel. The only difference … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Poetry, Video, Writing
Tagged Apple, coffee shop, Costa, Day Job, death, Edinburgh, fish supper, Friday Vid, GDR's, haddock, Mac tracking, novel, poems, Poetry, Russia, self-burial, software, stress, videos, wrap-up, Writing, writing review
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Out Of Sorts
Image: acsweb I’m struggling to sleep, work has gone berserk, and I feel like a zombie. Other than that life is spiffing. Yesterday’s shift at the day job was always going to be a long one and so it proved. … Continue reading
The Beauty In Sadness
Image: Robert Jaffe Photography An emotional Friday, and one I was glad to be finished with so I could get the weekend going and put it behind me. I was at the day job, as usual, in the morning, but … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Fiction, Photography, Poetry, Writing
Tagged AudioBoo, cremation, death, Editing, emotions, funeral, iPhone, limerick, manuscript, photgraphs, sadness, Warrison Crematorium, Writing
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Ian Rankin And The Live Book Festival Twitter Feed
Image: Twitter Before I get stuck into yesterday’s goings on at the Edinburgh Book Festival, I want to say a humongous thanks to everyone who has emailed and tweeted me to express their enjoyment of my book festival blogging and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Scotland, Writing
Tagged blind, blindness, Blogging, Bookfest Burnout, Candia McWilliam, chapbooks, crime writing, death, Doors Open, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edwin Morgan, Fringe Fantastic, Ian Rankin, Lin Anderson, live tweeting, Makar, poems, Poetry, Poolside Poetry, Rebus, run-down, social media, The Complaints, Twitter, What to Look for in Winter: A Memoir in Blindness
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The End Is Nigh
Image: Chemical Recovery So, Gary Coleman has died at the age of 42, the end to an existence that by all accounts wasn’t the easiest. His life seemed to me to be one of a bi-polar existence; a child genius … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Politics, Writing
Tagged actors, Aitken and Waterman, Cowell, David Laws, death, Dennis Hopper, Edinburgh, Eurovision Song Contest, expenses scandal, Fiction, Fuller, gardening, Gary Coleman, gay, Hollywood, homosexuality, Music, novels, rewriting, roast dinner, Stock, Writing
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Always The Good Guys
Image: Darco TT I arrived at work yesterday for what I thought was a happy gathering of colleagues, so that the management could buy us breakfast to thank us all for the hard work we’ve put in as a collective … Continue reading
Another Reason To Ban Fireworks
Image: Mopsy 7 ½ Weeks Old I really need to do something to cheer this blog up so I’ll begin with a short review of my recent trip away to Fuengirola in Spain. I went away with the determination to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Travel, Writing
Tagged Animals, bunnies, death, fireworks, friends, Fuengirola, GDR's, pets, Rabbits, Reading, Scruffy Dog Review, Spain, The Diners, Travel, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Reaching For The Stars
Star Wars Rather sadly (to some), I’ve now seen Star Wars: the Force Awakens a grand total of six (6) times. I suppose one might argue I’m a little bit obsessed, but actually that’s quite wide of the mark. It’s more … Continue reading →