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Ugly Puggly 84.
My throat was sore from breathing and I made whistling noises in the back of my throat as I trudged along towards Dalmuir West. I stopped for a...
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Ugly Puggly 83
I holed up in Ugly Puggly’s house with a litre of vodka and some cans. The electricity was still gubbed. Rain washed up against the windows like a...
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Ugly Puggly 82
Because it was late when I got home, I thought I’d fall asleep right away. But Molly wouldn’t let me sleep beside her. She put me in the room next...
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Ugly Puggly 81
Wee Jim came up to the hospital to visit me. I’d have ducked him. But I’d haemorrhoids. My ducking days were over. I’d enough grief to deal with and...
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Ugly Puggly 80
I took a spoonful of lentil soup, tepid at best, but at least the caterers got the orangey colour right. It left my lips greasy and stained like a...
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I guess we're all ARSEs. I
Posted on Tue, 22 Oct 2024
I guess we're all ARSEs. I think we've had six or seven deregulations of the regulatons in the NHS. I guess another is overdue.
Read full commentPosted in A Free Lunch [Some words from Liar's Kingdom]
The Queen works very hard at
Posted on Mon, 21 Oct 2024
The Queen works very hard at being rich. That's why she's the Queen. King Chalie is the same.
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone (6) (i)
muttering under his breath is
Posted on Sun, 20 Oct 2024
muttering under his breath is cliched. I'd change that, but everything else rings true.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Settling Up (i)
I remember bits of this but
Posted on Sun, 20 Oct 2024
I remember bits of this but forgot how good it was. By good, I mean honest and wonderfully written. The reader is there.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Settling Up (ii)
A costly vist no doubt.
Posted on Thu, 17 Oct 2024
A costly vist no doubt.
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ashes and dust. A reminder of
Posted on Fri, 18 Oct 2024
ashes and dust. A reminder of what we become. I remember that from Lent.
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handshaking etiquette was
Posted on Sun, 13 Oct 2024
handshaking etiquette was always a toughie and turned into handwringing techniques to master the truly awful. How we long for the simpler time when my da could punch the gaffer on a Friday and start a new job on the Monday. Not Linden. Fuck em....
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Bus Pass knows best. A sad
Posted on Wed, 16 Oct 2024
Bus Pass knows best. A sad but simple truth.
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I enjoyed reading the Outrun.
Posted on Sat, 12 Oct 2024
I enjoyed reading the Outrun. Now it's a film, I'd quite like to watch. I think we've all gotten into the house, just ahead of the wind and rain and thanked whatever god we didn't believe in.
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one of the lads..or lassies.
Posted on Fri, 11 Oct 2024
one of the lads..or lassies. Getting a gaffer's job was seen as moving up and moving out. A bit like getting married.
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