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Wha’s like us? Damn few an’ they’re a’ deid!

Writing The Long Way Around

When it comes to being Scottish, I aspire to the Sean Connery school of practice – delighted to have a say in the running of the country but really prefer not to live there. It’s not just because of Alex Salmond, but also the weather which seems to be permanently turned to cold and wet.  A Sean Connery mascot style role, flown in for parties and ceremonies sounds much nicer. Please don’t think I am not proud to be Scottish.  I am – most of the time. I think my country is beautiful and I feel rather spiritually connected to the … Continue reading Wha’s like us? Damn few an’ they’re a’ deid!

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Speech vs. Writing

Writing The Long Way Around

It’s odd sometimes what you wake up thinking about. Take this morning for example. My head is all a whirl with Plato’s Phaedrus and Derrida’s deconstruction of Phaedrus to show that Plato the old sock, argued against himself when he insisted that writing is secondary and lesser to speech. Please don’t expect quotes at this time, or any further exploratory blurb about Derrida. It is not quite 9am and I haven’t even sipped my coffee yet and to be honest, at this stage, I would only be regurgitating facts rather than imparting real knowledge. The whole speech/writing thing came up … Continue reading Speech vs. Writing

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To game or not to game

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To the best of my knowledge, I have seen one movie containing Johnny Depp. I tell you this not to boast or to confess but to further illustrate my main point. Apart from a quick foray into Sonic the Hedgehog way back when, and the occasional game of Solitaire or Freecell whilst waiting for Word to sort itself out, I have never played a computer game. I feel a bit raw and self conscious about this especially as it turns out I have never watched TV except for Emmerdale. The other day at university our erudite and ever dapper reader-in-residence … Continue reading To game or not to game

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On the pish…or should that be lish?

Writing The Long Way Around

I am killing time until a bottle of wine is cold enough to drink and now that I realise my life has boiled all the way down to waiting on inanimate objects for fulfilment, I am going to have a gin and tonic while I wait in a bid to wrest back a little control. Aaah…who’s your daddy now? We have been looking at the editing process in the practical sessions of our Theory and Authorship class over the past three weeks. As a module, Theory and Authorship looks at the relationship between author, text and reader and as the … Continue reading On the pish…or should that be lish?