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Tag Archives: DVD
Trees for Life Haiku Published
Image: 17 Day Diet I took the evening off work last night to spend time with my daughter. We’d planned one of our little Pizza and DVD nights; Domino’s Hot and Spicy and an Indiana Jones movie. After the intensity … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged DVD, Family, Fiction, fun, haiku, Japanese poetry, movie, novel, pizza, Poetry, Trees for Life, Writing
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On a Roll
Image: ratestogo.com Day Job High When I left the day job on Friday I was on a major high; I’d had a fantastic week. Not only had I made two technological breakthroughs for a long term project I’ve been working … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Reading, Writing
Tagged bonus, Day Job, Dean Martin, drafting, DVD, England, Fiction, GDR's, John Wayne, movie, novella, pizza, revisions, Rugby Union, salary, Scotland, short story, Six Nations, Spoon Cafe, The Sons of Katie Elder, Twickenham, Westerm, Writing
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A Working Saturday
Image: Guardian If you read yesterday’s blog post you will already know pretty much all there is to know. Saturday 5th February was, for me, a full day’s work at the Day Job. Big changes are afoot in the company … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Film & TV, I.T.
Tagged computers, Day Job, DVD, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Film & TV, I.T, laptop, Larry David, movie, office work, Photography, virus, virus removal, Whatever Works, Woody Allen
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A New Jedi Knight
Image: Surfur Dude It was a drookit day from dawn till dusk yesterday; overcast, grey, manky and just plain wet. Just as well I spent several hours in an office complete with regular shapes, strip lighting, keyboards and monitors. Earning … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, Darth Vader, Day Job, dentist, DVD, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Fiction, Han Solo, hygenist, I.T, Jedi, movies, office work, overtime, paranormal fiction, pizza, Princess Leia, rain, revisions, Skywalker, Star Wars, teeth, The Force, Weather, Writing
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I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
Image: Unknown Saturday did not go as planned. The intention was quite simple: nip up town, buy a DVD, grab some coffee and read the paper. All went well until I tried to the buy the DVD, which I required … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Writing
Tagged Animals, Bevvy, Bill Clegg, Books, coffee shop, DVD, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, film critics, films, funeral, Hannibal Smith, night out, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, publication, Reading, rejections, The A-Team, The League of Ordinary Gentleman
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Long Days, Short Nights
Image: Gail Galbraith Long, long, long, long, looooooooong day yesterday. For some reason I was up and into work before 7:30am and laying into a large fresh coffee with a sausage and tattie scone roll. Scrumptious, but I was ravenous … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Film & TV, Writing
Tagged Bill Clegg, Books, day and night, Day Job, DVD, Editing, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, Reading, The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Writing
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Ten Questions
Image: Sam Churchill Did anyone notice the funny faux pas in yesterday’s post? “I’ve never actually been to Cornwall, Devon…” Gee, how I laughed when I noticed the English county confusion I caused. I thought for today’s post I would … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Interviews, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Blockheads, Daily Telegraph, Domino's pizza, DVD, Every Day Poets, Ian Dury, Interview, Madness, movie, Paul Auster, Poetry, publication, questions, Stephen Frears, The Pink Panther, The Specials
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Freedom from the Mundane 
My eBay Decision
Image: James Allen You only have a few more hours left to take advantage of my 20% off all poetry books offer I’m running. Go on, buy some poetry, have a great laugh and see the world through my eyes … Continue reading →