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Posts tagged League Cup

Broken Hearts (Fans)

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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 Hibernian fans is usually a bit of a pain, as they try to justify why they are [...]

February 3rd, 2010 | Tags: articles, cup final. Scottish football, eye test, frames, freelance writing, GDR plan, glasses, League Cup, Paisley, spectacles, St Mirren | Category: Freelance, Scotland, Sport, Writing | Leave a comment

Warehouse Grub

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I began the mammoth task of sifting through my email yesterday. I’m still missing several days from last week despite being assured they will come through once all the data is copied over, but I remain dubious. AM – can you resend your email please? It looks like it’s got lost and I [...]

November 10th, 2009 | Tags: cold, Costco, coughing, Day Job, emails, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Football, League Cup, muffins, phlegm, rejection, semi final, short story, St Mirren, Writing | Category: Books, Day Job, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (2)

The World Is Full Of Numpties

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I found myself dealing with more numpties than I would normally expect to during my day job, yesterday. I mean, one has to wonder where we get the staff from at times. On one hand it boosts my profile, but on the other it is so infuriating to have to lead people by the [...]

September 23rd, 2009 | Tags: acceptances, Day Job, e-zine, Editing, Fiction, flash fiction, Freelance, GDR's, idiots, Internet, League Cup, numpties, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Reading, rejections, Scottish football, security, St Mirren, Submissions, The Leither, Website, Writing | Category: Day Job, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Freelance, Internet, Interviews, Photography, Poetry, Reading, Sport, Writing, Writing Process | Comments (1)