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- RT @The7Line: Our passports are ready, @MLB. Make it happen! @The7LineArmy with bells on. 1 week ago
- RT @LondonMarathon: #OTD in 2016, @EliudKipchoge won the #LondonMarathon in a time of 2:03:05, just eight seconds off the WR! Since then… 3 weeks ago
- RT @BallySportsCLE: Fans at Yankee Stadium throw things at Guardians players after the game ends. https://t.co/1LIv66LfBW 3 weeks ago
- RT @BallySportsCLE: Moments before the final scene in the outfield in the bottom of the ninth, Myles Straw went right back at fans at Yanke… 3 weeks ago
- RT @BallySportsCLE: "If I were to do it again I probably would've said the same thing." Myles Straw doesn't regret defending his teammates… 3 weeks ago
- At least it wasn't glass bottles like the old firm. Not surprised Myles Straw jumped in. Gonna be some Subway Serie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 weeks ago
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- RT @EdinburghCityFC: 📸 Ryan Shanley celebrates the opening goal at Ainslie Park this evening #OurECFC https://t.co/7EaYzKYGsT 3 weeks ago
- RT @EdinburghCityFC: YAAAASSSSSSSSS!!! It’s a massive three points for the playoff-chasing Citizens tonight. Thank you to everyone who cam… 3 weeks ago
- RT @EdinburghCityFC: ⚫️⚪️ IT'S MATCHDAY ⚪️⚫️ Get yourself down to Ainslie Park and throw your support behind the team for this crucial gam… 3 weeks ago
Tag Archives: Westminster
London and an Oral Saga
Image: Colin Galbraith Oral Hell I’ve been unable to write for around a week now. Things were good up to last Sunday night when I returned from London, then I visited the dental hospital in Edinburgh to have two wisdom … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Photography, Poetry, Travel, UK, Writing
Tagged Buckingham Palace, Camden Market, Camden Town, chapbook, David Gilmour, dental, dental hospital, Docklands, Dublin Castle, Embankment, extraction, FA Cup Final, London, London Eye, Nick Mason, O2, O2 Arena, oral surgery, Photography, Pink Floyd, poems, Poetry, Roger Waters. The Wall, sightseeing, St. Paul's Cathedral, teeth, Tower Hill, Trafalgar Square, Westminster, Whitehall, wisdom tooth, Writing
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Salmond Flounders On The Sand
Image: BBC There was a sleepover in my house on Saturday night so yesterday morning, despite the rain, I left the house relatively early to gain respite from teenage girls who wear far too much make-up and think wearing scarves … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Film & TV, Leith, Politics, Writing
Tagged Alex Salmond, BBC, Books, coffee shop, debate, Edinburgh, Editing, Fiction, Football, General Election, Hibernian, Holyrood, Leith Walk, Observer, Old Firm, Politics, Rangers, sleepover, SNP, SPL, Twitter, voting, Westminster, Writing
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Sleazy Tax Robbers
Image: AC Someone gave me a box of Roses chocolates yesterday morning as way of thanks for all the work I put into a recent project implementation. A small gesture compared to all the overtime I earned doing it, but … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Freelance, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged chocolate, Day Job, Dust Devil, Fiction, Madness, MPs, Music, Politics, record, record shops, Roses, scandal, sleaze, Westminster, Writing
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Sinn Fein – Just Another Westminster Fraud Mob
Image: BBC Online The good thing about writing my blogs the following morning as opposed to the night before, is that I get to react faster to anything in the news that catches my eye. Even more so when a … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading
Tagged Animals, camera, competition, design, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Guardian, horse racing, IRA, laptops, marketing, MPs, Netbooks, news, newsletter, Northern Ireland, PC World, Photography, promotion, Rabbits, Sinn Fein, Telegraph, Tesco, Walking, Westminster
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Coalition Commotion
Image: Stock I was a total waste of space yesterday. Having stayed up through the night until 6am I was woken at 9 by the postman and never managed to get back into it again. Three hours was all I … Continue reading →