Tag Archives: spectacles

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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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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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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