Archive | March, 2008

newcastle

24 March 2008

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It only feels right to be drinking a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale as I sit in the pub at the Newcastle Airport. It also only felt right to be running to catch my train out of Edinburgh this morning – running late when traveling seems to be how I travel best. The Newcastle is [...]

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things (which are hopefully more interesting than the title)

22 March 2008

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I was talking with my dad last night, and he reminded me of something I’ve been constantly aware of lately. “You’ve kind of been neglecting your blog recently, haven’t you?” he asked. I have been. It’s been some time since my last post. I guess my rationalization for this is my life hasn’t been all [...]

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thistle street bar

12 March 2008

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Hi, all. I’m sitting down to write from my Edinburgh watering hole. When Brian and I first went to view our flat, we walked past a comfortable looking pub not four or five doors down from our flat entrance. One of us surely said, “That looks like a pub that we’ll be spending a fair [...]

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‘heya’

5 March 2008

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Heya as the Scottish say. Not, ‘Hello’ or ‘Hi,’ but ‘Heya.’ I’m writing today from my desk at my latest assignment with the temp agency I’m working for. Yes folks, I have a desk. I’m kind of a big deal. I’m not working in a cafe, I’m not working behind a bar, and I’m not [...]

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