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Visiting Friends and Family

Image: Ena Galbraith Visit to the Folks I was out and about over the weekend. I was through to see my folks on Friday night and then down south to see my mate. I drive down with my pal, Mikey, … Continue reading

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A Day in Glasgow

Image: Fawndoo The Specials Tuesday was brilliant! Despite my many doubts that The Specials gig at Glasgow’s SECC (Hall 3) would be a flop—the venue is like a warehouse with about as much thought put into the acoustics as a … Continue reading

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Time for a Pub Crawl

Image: The All Seeing One The day job has squeezed much of my time over the last couple of days but I’ve still managed to get through some good work. Savvy Workshop Comments on my first optional extra script came … Continue reading

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The 11th Beaujolais Breakfast Day

Image: remeut.com By the time you read this I’ll already be at the 11th annual Beaujolais Breakfast at Musselborough’s Staggs Pub, in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. By now, I’ll have had my full Scottish fry-up and will be … Continue reading

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Back From Benidorm

Image: SkyScraperCity Having not written a single blog entry for November up until last week, I feel it’s now rather cheeky of me to say I have yet again been remiss due to a long weekend spent with my pals, … Continue reading

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Red Pen Marks

Image: Library Wee bit of a catch-up required today since I’ve been in absentia these last few days: Thursday Evening I got some nice goodies for my birthday this year: new clothes, and as well as £50 worth of book … Continue reading

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Still Got It

Image: celebritiesnews.info Wednesday catch-up: Day job was the day job. I met up with my wife for lunch. We ate soup and a roll in a car park near the Botanical Gardens. Such romance! In the evening I met up … Continue reading

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Mixing Things Up

Image: Ernie Back still sore. Dull, constant and at times, muscle twanging pains that shoot through the area above my bum. It’s really awful. I can’t relax or get comfortable in any position. I had to get up from my … Continue reading

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Friday Fun

Image: Ginger Bit of a tight squeeze getting everything into half a day in the office yesterday, the afternoon having already been reserved as a management discretionary holiday. As luck would have it we had a team lunch arranged at … Continue reading

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A Very Special Day

Image: archinect.com I write to you from the warmth of my home office. Outside my window lies a landscape scattered with 1950’s housing, skeletal trees and a cloudy, overhanging sky. It’s not a particularly exciting view, in fact, at first … Continue reading

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