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Writing Induced Insomnia
Image: Infoniac Insomnia I’ve been sleeping crappy these last few nights. It’s baffling given that I’ve been working my skinny white ass off and gone to bed knackered each night. I’ve no idea then, why it is I should be … Continue reading
Posted in Family, I.T., Writing
Tagged Advanced Dialogue Workshop, Animals, backup scheduled, Books, data backup, Devon Ellington, DIY, eBooks, exercise, GDR's, iMac, insomnia, Reading, sanding, Savvy Authors, Sleep, special offer, stripping, Tropical Fish, wallpaper, Windows, workshop, Writing, writing course
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Dark Tales and Experiences with Aidan Moffat
Reviewing a unique performance from Aidan Moffat at the Sierra Metro art gallery, and a very special birthday bash for someone in the family Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Photography, Video
Tagged 70, Aidan Moffat, Arab Strap, art gallery, beer, birthday, Book Festival, Browns Restaurant, Carmen Sylva, dad, Day Job, Family, father, Glasgow, Leith Walk, Oceanlife, overtime, party, Peles Empire, Pub, Shawlands, Sierre Metro, The Auctioneers, Tropical Fish, Video, Writing
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The Edinburgh City of Literature Story Shop and Men
Image: JA Cosgrove The Edinburgh City of Literature Story Shop I’m not one to cast unfounded accusations or remarks—I’m the kind of guy who likes to gather evidence when building a case first—but yesterday I raised an eyebrow at something … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Photography, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Books, chapbooks, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, Coffee, coffee shop, Corstorphine, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Flickr, illustrations, iMac, male and female, PC World, Pest at Home, photographs, Poetry, Reading, Story Shop, Trackpad, Tropical Fish, writers
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TFI Friday
Image: Ginger TV Productions/SMG Look who’s the headline story in today’s issue of The ShjIBF Daily, The Sharjah International Book Fair’s daily online newspaper. I may not have been able to make it out to the UAE for the book … Continue reading
All Work And No Play And All That Jazz
Image: Spice London Yesterday was a blast. I spent some of the morning up in town doing some shopping for my parent’s visit later in the day, which naturally included a stop off in the coffee shop and a read … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Reading
Tagged Animals, Bevvy, Books, coffee shop, drink, Family, Father's Day, Food, Drink and Bevvy, GDR's, gifts, hot and sunny, Internet, parents, Sunday dinner, Tropical Fish, visiting
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Santa’s Coming!
Image: Colly Wobbles Thankfully the roads were clear enough to get buses down them by the time I left work last night. It took me a fraction of the time to get home compared to yesterday morning’s walk into work. … Continue reading
An Early Christmas Miracle
Image: Business Pundit If I ever wanted the perfectly worse day to follow a Specials gig, Friday achieved it. Instead of being able to skulk away and work quietly on my own work, thereby giving me time to get over … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Music
Tagged Animals, Aquarium, Corn X, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, gig, live music, Red Tailed Black Shark, The Sepecials, Tropical Fish
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Mission Accomplished
I was quite tired yesterday after only getting about five hours sleep. While Gail and Lindsay both had long lies to sleep off the effects of Saturday night, I was back out my bed five hours later when my father … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Theatre, Writing
Tagged Australian Pink Floyd, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Family, gig, life, meal, Music, Playhouse, Rabbits, Theatre, Tropical Fish
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Edinburgh Trams Fiasco Continues
Image: Winkled Weasle Little bit tired yesterday after being out so late on a school night for the Darling event. No worries though, as I stopped in at the coffee shop on the way to the day job to write … Continue reading →