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A Year in Writing (and Other Stuff)
August. Traditionally at this time of year I would normally be writing like a maniac to squeeze in as many of my remaining GDRs into the last week of my writing year. But not this time. This time, work has … Continue reading
Removing Stress through Writing
Image: Stock Corporate Sarcasm No blog post yesterday because I’m pretty sure the last thing you want to be reading about in any detail are the trials and tribulations of my working life at the day job. Corporate I.T. challenges … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, I.T., Poetry, Writing
Tagged cappuccino, coffee shop, computers, corporate, Costa Coffee, creative, Day Job, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Fiction, GDR's, I.T, National Gallery, novel, Poetry, Prince Street, Scott Monument, stress, technology, Waverley Station, Writing
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Worst Possible Timing
Image: Steve Lummer This will have to be a short post today. With my day job manager off on holiday and only a skeleton staff in the team, yesterday seemed like a good day for one of our critical systems … Continue reading
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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From Snowballs To Fireballs
Image: Daily Mail I’m as bored talking about the snow and ice as I am having to walk about in it so I’ll say no more. Unless, that is, I should fall arse over tit again and jar my coccyx … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Writing
Tagged and Bevvy, BBC, CGI, Christmas, Christmas presents, computers, cooking, design, drink, falling star, fireball, Flash, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Gail Galbraith Photography, GDR's, home office, I.T, ice, Internet, meteor, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, shooting star, snow, software, stars, Weather, Website, Writing
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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
Eat Your Heart Out Leslie Nielsen
Image: The Sports Hernia Until last night I hadn’t shaved my hair for 11 consecutive days. For me, this is quite a record. I’m a skinhead, and normally shave back my hair to the bone every 4 or 5 days … Continue reading
Posted in Books, I.T., Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged 100 Club, bald, Books, characters, Christopher Lee, computers, hair, I.T, Leslie Nielsen, live music venue, London, money savers, Music, Oxford Street, plotting, Reading, Savvy Authors, shaving, silver fox, skinhead, structure, Submissions, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, websites, Wordpress, workshop, Writing, writing competition
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Sushi In Leith
Image: Leith.org I’m under a wee bit of pressure at work this week. There’s a deadline that runs out on the 11th of this month and I’m trying to squeeze in about ten days of work into five to make … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Leith
Tagged Adam Sandler, Books, Chris Rock, cinema, Coffee, computers, Day Job, dinner, eBooks, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Grown Ups, I.T, iBook, iPhone, iPhone Apps, Jackass 3D, Kevin James, Leith, Mark Billingham, movie, Naturespace, Ocean Terminal, Reading, Rio de Janeiro, Sushi
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Itching
Image: Randy A most enjoyable and somewhat extended Sunday morning in Edinburgh yesterday, complete with a call out from my work while I was on the bus heading into town. It was a call to discuss a situation, which meant … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged callout, chicken curry, Costa Coffee, Curry's, Day Job, Edinburgh trams, I.T, korma, Photography, Scotch Bonnet, Sonar3, standby, studio, Submissions, trams, Waverley Centre, websites, Writing
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