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How Not To Make Friends On Twitter
Image: Telegraph.co.uk I’ve started using a service to monitor who follows and unfollows me on Twitter. Through registering with TwitQuit, I’ve been able to highlight some interesting activity that I wouldn’t otherwise have been aware of. As you might expect, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Politics, Scotland, Sport, Writing
Tagged 6 Nations, Calcutta Cup, debate, discussion, England, Fiction, Football, Internet, media, Murrayfield, poems, Poetry, rugby, Rugby Union, Scotland, Scottish Independence, Six Nations, social, TwitQuit, Twitter, Writing
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No Plans
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
Posted in Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Poetry, Reading, Scotland, Sport, Writing
Tagged Calcutta Cup, Day Job, Edinburgh, glasses, longhand, Reading, rugby, salary, Scotland v England, Six Nations, Writing
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Proofs And Presses
Image: Colin Galbraith I’m shattered. My eyes hurt, my head is sore, I have that run down snivelly thing going on and I want to sleep for hours while at the same time go out and let my hair down. … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Interviews, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Sport
Tagged chapbook, Day Job, I.T, Philistine Press, Poetry, Poetry Super Highway, rugby, Rugby Union, run-down, salary, Scotland versus England, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, Six Nations, stress, tired
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Bits ‘n’ Pieces
Image: Les Chatfield I finished work around 6:30am yesterday but was so tired opted to go back to bed for 90-minutes. It paid off. I felt much better after the extra nap. When I got up for the second time … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, I.T., Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Sport, Writing
Tagged e-zine, GDR, lit-mag, Photography, projects, Publishing and Marketing, rain, Ranfurly Review, rugby, Scotland, Six Nations, sleepover, Weather, Website
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Back In The Groove
Image: onthesnow.com A most satisfying weekend. I worked on several projects over the course of Saturday and Sunday, with BACCARA BURNING and SILLY POEMS FOR WEE PEOPLE VOL.2 bearing the brunt of my manic pencil. Things are moving nicely now; … Continue reading
Summer’s Come Early
Image: Gordana Adamovic-Mladenovic Not a good day to be a Scotland rugby fan, but the defeat to England at Twickenham wasn’t exactly unexpected. This year’s Six Nations Chamionship ended as bad as it could do for us losing in the … Continue reading
Charging Up The Inner
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
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Sport
Tagged Edinburgh, Editing, Family, GDR's, Italy, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Research, rugby, Scotland, Six Nations, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Edwina Currie – Why?
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 →