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Drunken Text Menaces
This is one of my favourite stories to tell, despite the fact I come across as a bit of a dick in it. I will blame that partly on being drunk, partly on being in cahoots with a good friend, and partly...
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Protected: Napoleon Complexes, And The £64,000 Penis (Part One)
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Napoleon Complexes, And The £64,000 Penis (Part Two)
Having found ourselves in a stranger’s flat, drinking after a night in a club, a good friend and I had an experience that we still recall vividly. She had been dancing with a guy who removed any fear...
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“Uberstardom”– Life Imitating Art
In 2008, I was working on a pantomime in Glasgow. One of the actors, a well-known face from our national soap, had previously done a panto there in 2006, the year I started. There was a great...
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What’s In A Name, Or Number?
I used to work for the catalogue firm Index, one of only two companies encapsulating pictures of their products in glossy books rather than following the more conventional method of putting items on...
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Objectively Spaced-Out On Art And Images.
I have a friend who studied the history of art, in her American home state. While chatting online, she mentioned that she was having issues with an assignment, and I offered to help her with it. Given...
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Instrumental Presents Of Mind.
Except where necessary, I try to avoid name-dropping while writing these blogs. The many dubious claims to fame are deliberately chosen for being precisely that – dubious. Some of them are extremely...
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Outward Bound At The Inland Revenue
I used to work for the Inland Revenue, long before it was renamed Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, and at the time when Working and Child Tax Credits were being introduced. It was an alright job, for...
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Radio Uncontrolled Cars
I have mentioned previously that I once worked, in a temporary capacity, for the Inland Revenue (as it then was.) Regular readers know that all the stories I tell here are my own, observed by me and...
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Helping Those Who Help Themselves
I have recently joined a new mobile network, my third this year. They offered cheap and unlimited internet access for my laptop, for a reasonable price. As ever with these things, though, there were a...
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Practical Jokers – My Kind Of People.
I love a good practical joke, and it is that shared sense of cameraderie and physical humour which has always drawn me to working backstage and in related environments. It is especially easy to get up...
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Fridge Frolics And Container Confusion.
Working for different film, TV, and theatre production companies, I have been based in various different stores and seen the facilities utilised by some of my colleagues for their personal kit. They...
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Dubious Claims To Fame – 23
There have been two versions of the television show “Gladiators” screened in the UK. The first was hugely popular when I was a teenager, and the second was watched by nobody I have ever met. Both...
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Glasgow Comedy Festival Show – (J)ordinary World
After several years dotting about the local comedy scene, which saw my 100 stand-up gigs documented in the blog that preceded this one, I have decided to do my first solo show this year. Poster,...
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