- UnReidable Chapter 8 – February 1998: Glasgow, Scotland After finishing up at Edinburgh University in the summer of 1997, most of my friends were moving on to graduate training positions, or post-grad degrees, or jobs in London. But I wasn’t ready for that. There was only one thing I wanted to do. I wanted to get as far away from Scotland as I […]
- UnReidable Chapter 7 – February 1987: Glasgow, Scotland In writing these chapters, I have been able to look back at all sorts of diaries, notes, and journals that I’ve been keeping since I was 7 years old. The earliest diaries rarely contain expressions of emotion, and tend to be simple statements about what happened that day, like ‘December 29, 1986: Today we went […]
- UnReidable Chapter 6 – February 2000: Edinburgh, Scotland When I was a spotty teenager longing to meet a girl, I would sometimes picture my wedding day with my future wife, and think about it being the best day of my life. That it would be fun and memorable, and romantic, and hilarious, and that all of my friends and family would be there […]
- UnReidable Chapter 5 – February 2010: Brooklyn, New York The slogan ‘I ❤ NY’ is so ubiquitous in New York City that I think everyone just accepts the premise as true. Of course everyone loves New York! When I moved there in December 2005, I was open to the possibility of falling in love with the city, and I had some exciting times there, but […]
