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UnReidable Chapter 9 – March 1999: Twizel, New Zealand
It’s tempting now to look back on certain decisions I have made in life and try to rationalize or explain them with the benefit of wisdom or hindsight. But where’s the fun in that? I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done, and that includes those moments where I put rational thought to one side. This […]
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UnReidable Chapter 10 – March 1996: New Orleans, Louisiana
I had the worst day of my life on March 13th, 1996, in New Orleans. I can say that with some certainty, and I don’t enjoy reflecting on that day. I didn’t have fun writing this chapter, and it likely wont be a pleasant read either. For the first half of 1996, I didn’t keep much […]
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UnReidable Chapter 11 – March 2003: Austin, Texas
The third month of the year in Austin, Texas is synonymous with one thing – the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW). A lot of locals seem to hate it, but I think they just get annoyed by the traffic congestion and the crowds of people. You can’t hate the fact that some of the best […]
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UnReidable Chapter 12 – March 2004: Austin, Texas
In March 2004 I was unhappily single again. I had no profession, no future, no money, and no purpose. I remember one day I was waiting to cross the street outside my office building at 15th and Congress and a girl approached me, walking in the opposite direction. She asked ‘Don’t I know you?’ I […]
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UnReidable Chapter 13 – April 1984: Barrhead, Glasgow
I’m still amazed that more people don’t remember me as a TV child star. My standout appearance on the low budget Saturday morning television show ‘The Untied Shoelaces Show’, in April 1984, was probably my breakout moment. Actually I only know one person that saw it live, and it was never shown on television again. […]
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UnReidable Chapter 14 – April 2006: Upper West Side, New York
The first thing you learn when you move to New York City is that no one gives a shit that you’ve just moved to New York City. In April 2006, I had been in NYC for about 5 months, but I still wasn’t settled there. I had just started out as an attorney, and I […]
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UnReidable Chapter 15 – April 2001: Edinburgh, Scotland
In April 2001 most things were going well. I was back living in Edinburgh, some of my best friends lived there too, I was happy to be married, and although I was still working as a temp, I was working at the Scottish Parliament. I was only with the Parliament for about a year, but I was involved in some […]
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UnReidable Chapter 16 – April 1997: Edinburgh, Scotland
To most of the world the name means nothing. But to me and a few others, the name ‘Forest Pump’ means everything. It represents a football team, a permanent bond, a shared existence, a way of life. I’m exaggerating, but only a little. Forest Pump started as just a weak pun for the name of our Edinburgh University […]
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UnReidable Chapter 17 – May 2007: New York, New York
There is a chance that in writing this chapter I might give the impression that being a trial lawyer in New York City is somehow glamorous. It’s not. Or at least it wasn’t for me. I suppose there was a part of me that was drawn to the concept of being a New York lawyer. […]