- UnReidable Chapter 45 – November 1993: Edinburgh, Scotland I had just turned 18 when I started out as a first year student at Edinburgh University in 1993. Reading my diaries at the time, I thought I had it all figured out. It’s apparent now, that I really didn’t. And it was that potent cocktail of overconfidence and cluelessness that fueled most of the […]
- UnReidable Chapter 44 – November 2014: Austin, Texas I don’t know how much of a surprise this is, but for as long as I can remember I have battled with depression. It still happens occasionally, but I’m significantly better at coping with it now than I used to be. For many years I assumed that my extreme feelings were just normal, or a product […]
- UnReidable Chapter 43 – October 1995: Austin, Texas The events of this chapter all happened over a few weeks in October 1995. At the time I was a couple of months into my year abroad studying at the University of Texas in Austin. I had just turned 20, and my brother Andy was 18. What follows are some of my memories about his […]