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Wittering On
Image: fotolog.com Slept in a touch yesterday morning. I think the sushi I ate in the cinema for my dinner followed by the late night leftover pakora I’d stashed in the fridge from Monday night, may have had something to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Fiction, I.T., Music, Reading
Tagged Apple, cinema, crime fiction, dodgy stomach, dreams, eBooks, iBook, iPhone 4, iPod, London, Mark Billingham, Microsoft, pakora, Popbitch, Rememberance, Rick Witter, Shed Seven York, Soho, Sushi
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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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An Afternoon With Mark Billingham And Jackie Kay
Image: Edinburgh Guide I had another half day yesterday but this time with an early start, so my hours spent in the day job office weren’t as short as they were on Monday. With work building up around my ears, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, I.T., Writing
Tagged autobiography, computer, Corstorphine, crime fiction, Day Job, day off, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Jackie Kay, Leith Walk, Mark Billingham, PC, Poetry, Scottish Poetry Library, Tom Thorne
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Fascinating, Fantastic and Fun: Trudeau, Heaney and McCall Smith
Image: The List Things conspired against me yesterday leaving me unable to post my blog entry. That’s twice in less than a week it’s happened and I am less than pleased with myself. Therefore, I voluntarily stick out my virtual … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Reading, Writing
Tagged Alexander McCall Smith, America, Andrew Sachs, Apple, cartoonist, Dianne Abbott, Doonesbury, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fringe Fantastic, Garry Trudeau, George Bush, Ian Rankin, iPhone, Jackie Kay, Labour MP, Mark Billingham, Michael Portillo, naughty, New York Times, poetry reading, Poolside Poetry, Roy Hattersley, Seamus Heaney, social media, spanking, Steve Bell, Twitter, USA, website statistics
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Freedom from the Mundane 