Tag Archives: glasses

Echoes

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Pink Sherbet Photography I dug out some of my old Pink Floyd albums and brushed them down last night. It had been a while. I tend to go through waves of listening to a certain genre—3 months on ska, … Continue reading →

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No Plans

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: koka_sexton Several pints of cold lager were had on Friday evening in my favourite haunt, Clark’s Bar, so much that by Saturday morning I was feeling a touch on the rough side. Not quite sure how it happened myself, … Continue reading →

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Britain Will Always Be British – Even Without The Right-Wingers

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: John Byford Would you believe that after all the trials and tribulations of getting my new pair of glasses sorted they STILL aren’t ready? Yesterday morning when I went to collect them, although they did manage to get the … Continue reading →

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Humuhumunukunukuapua’a

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: A Humuhumunukunukuapua’a fish At one point on Wednesday I sent out a tweet that read “I’m having a great day!” And it was: I was rocketing through my project work at the day job, solved two complicated high priority … Continue reading →

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Making A Spectacle

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: net_efekt Pay day yesterday—lovely jubbly! I celebrated by getting a pizza for dinner. I’m such a big spender. I had a decent day overall but it wasn’t without incident. I’ve had a right palaver getting all my pairs of … Continue reading →

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Poetry, Prose And Plays

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: mangpage Scotland’s last minute loss to Wales at rugby on Saturday was a huge blow. For the first time in a long time Scotland played like a team that knew what they were doing. With no fear and renewed … Continue reading →

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Edwina Currie – Why?

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Brandi Sims I was gutted to discover Spotify doesn’t have any of the classic De La Soul album, Three Feet High and Rising on its free database. A quick click on Play.com soon sorted that out. I used to … Continue reading →

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Who Ate All The Pie?

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Cyron A group of us from the office went out for lunch yesterday to Thomson’s Pub on Morrison Street. It’s a traditional Edinburgh bar with a very nice pint, but it’s also famous for one other thing—pies! People come … Continue reading →

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Broken Hearts (Fans)

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: bbc.co.uk Being a St. Mirren fan doesn’t usually give one anything much to ever shout about. It sort of comes with the territory. Today, however, all that is different. Being a west-coaster in the land of mainly Hearts and … Continue reading →

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Tackling The Whale

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

Image: coolantarctica.com Happy birthday to me! Yes, yesterday was my birthday, not that they are very exciting affairs any more once you get to 36–just another year to tick off—but it had all the ingredients I look for in my … Continue reading →

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