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Tag Archives: stress
A Healthy Diet
Image: Noodle Pie The Day The patter of my yesterday followed Wednesday: up early; intense and stressful day at the day job; a relaxing hour writing poetry in Costa Coffee; an evening working on my new novel. The only difference … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Poetry, Video, Writing
Tagged Apple, coffee shop, Costa, Day Job, death, Edinburgh, fish supper, Friday Vid, GDR's, haddock, Mac tracking, novel, poems, Poetry, Russia, self-burial, software, stress, videos, wrap-up, Writing, writing review
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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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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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A Day From Hell
Image: tubafrenzy.org Yesterday was the day from Hell. I came into work and felt like I’d been ambushed, such was the problems I fond myself embroiled in. By half past eight one of the new systems we support fell over … Continue reading
Dead, But Without The Coffin
Image: Ambient Damage As I said before, I knew it was going to be a tough weekend; I just didn’t appreciate how tough it was going to be. As I write this I am still in the recovery zone, the … Continue reading
Freedom from the Mundane 