Tag Archives: Research

Researching the Paranormal

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: The Sun Very tired yesterday. My eyes felt swollen in their sockets and I was unable to concentrate much for the early part of the day. I thought a good coffee would sort me out, but that just gave … Continue reading →

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Research Trip and July’s GDR Plan

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: School of GeoSciences Today I’m heading off on a research trip. An actual trip! With a couple of days away from the day job I figured I’d use the time productively now that the bulk of my writing tasks … Continue reading →

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A Scottish Summer

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Unknown The weather was somewhat unpredictable yesterday. When the wind blew, it blew hard and cold then calmed as fast as it had picked up. The rain followed the same pattern; sudden downpours, hard and cold, the nothing. In … Continue reading →

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People Power

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

Image: David Chief How great it is to see the voice of the people being listened to for once. Forth Ports wanted to change the name of Leith Docks to Edinburgh Harbour as part of their expansion and development plan. … Continue reading →

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Major Thomas Weir

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

Image: The Punch Pizza I had six hours of sleep before I had to log back into the Company network to complete yesterday’s marathon software installation. It felt like I’d had half an hour. Thankfully, it all went reasonably well, … Continue reading →

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Charging Up The Inner

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

Image: mangpage I had an excellent weekend; just what I needed to relax me, stimulate me, and provide a watershed between what was a pretty dire month and what I want to do with March. I’ll talk about how each … Continue reading →

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Back To The Drawing Board

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Looney Tunes I missed my blog post yesterday because I never got time to write it. Can you believe it? The little time I had to write I used for actual writing on Blood Ties and doing research for … Continue reading →

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My Weekend

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

Image: John McTarnaghan I hope you all had a great Valentine’s weekend whatever you chose to do – and whoever with. Gail and I had a nice time yesterday. Our initial plan had been to drop Laura off at her … Continue reading →

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Dark Dreams And Research

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Massimo Faccini I had some really weird dreams last night. Dream #1: I’m in a house by the sea. It’s on stilts so not easy to get off in an emergency. Typical then, that there had been a national … Continue reading →

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Tying Up The Month

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Jerry Daykin First half: reading and researching. I was up at the crack of dawn and sorted for the day before anyone else in the house was even on their penultimate roll over in bed. Laura had her pal … Continue reading →

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