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UnReidable Chapter 23 – June 2006: Austin, Texas
I was in love with Farah from the beginning, but I remember the moment that I decided I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. She and I were standing together, waiting for the lights to change so that we could cross a street in Edinburgh in September 2005. And then she […]
Pete Reid
June 10, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 22 – June 1996: Austin, Texas
After New Orleans, I returned to Austin, drained and dispirited, and I tried to shift my focus to law school and the upcoming final exams. I couldn’t handle the emotional storm inside me. I didn’t have the time or the ability to manage it, and so I just wanted to suppress it all. To somehow […]
Pete Reid
June 5, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 21 – June 2014: Austin, Texas
The most fun I’ve ever had as an attorney was the two days in June 2014 that I spent making the first Pete Reid Law commercial. In fact, the whole process was a blast, from coming up with the idea, to working with the filmmakers to make it happen, and then watching the reaction it generated from around […]
Pete Reid
May 27, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 20 – May 1995: Edinburgh, Scotland
My 2nd Year at Edinburgh University started in August 1994 and finished 10 months later. I lived with some of my best friends, I watched as British indie music became ‘Britpop’, and my brother and I started to become friends. But really I was just drifting along aimlessly until one day in 1995, when I […]
Pete Reid
May 23, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 19 – May 1999: London, England
When I moved to London in May 1999, I was planning on being there for a very long time. I was about to start a post graduate diploma in English law, which would have led to me qualifying as a barrister within a couple of years. But then Kristy showed up, I spent a summer in […]
Pete Reid
May 15, 2016
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UnReidable Chapter 18 – May 1992: Glasgow, Scotland
I was 16 years old in May 1992 when I sat my Highers at Glasgow Academy, the exams that would determine where and what I might study at University. It seems like a long time ago, but then again, I am not sure how much I’ve changed. Highers. It’s not a word that I’ve thought […]
Pete Reid
May 8, 2016
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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. […]
Pete Reid
May 1, 2016
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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 […]
Pete Reid
April 24, 2016
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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 […]
Pete Reid
April 16, 2016
