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Last updated: 18th March, 2010 11:00pm

Not a holiday of course, but this spring I am going to be a tourist and visit Washington DC. I should go into the city more often. Blossoming Japanese cherry trees on the tidal basin are beautiful. Donated in the 1930s from the same people who brought us Pearl Harbour and Toyotas, they are supposed to be spectacular. I'm not a tree person, but it is a nice walk…

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Last updated: 18th March, 2010 03:43pm

Forfar So Good

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MAD March continues apace for Forfar as we lost our fourth game on the trot away at Montrose during the week.

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Last updated: 11th March, 2010 10:05pm

Okay Karaoke…

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My vision of Dante's inferno would have to be a karaoke bar. There isn't enough alcohol in Scotland to ever make me stand up and sing like 'Ole Blue Eyes'. I'm always Mr. Designated Driver when I go out and I recently had to sit through Karaoke Night without the benefit of alcohol to get me through the evening. I've now added karaoke to my list of things never to do. I keep a Bucket List in reverse. The things I don't want to do before I expire. I also have a mental list of places I never want to visit. I live an organized life….

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Last updated: 4th March, 2010 10:13pm

Smoke Free Blog...

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Very little surprises me in today's world but the breaking scandal on the misuse of funds generated from the Live Aid Concert did. Tribalism, feudalism, coup d'etat and 'Presidents for Life' were the post-colonial legacy of many African countries. Few African nations adopted or maintained democracy after the departure of the colonial Europeans. I think it would be naïve for anyone to consider that much of the money went to feeding the poor. A rather pathetic chapter in a never ending area of conflict.

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Last updated: 26th February, 2010 10:23pm

Cup O'Java Please…

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I always respect anyone who can go to a Starbucks or Mocha Joe's and confidently order one of the exotic coffees on the menu. I don't speak Fritalian and I take a shot in the dark (that's a pun) every time I attempt to order one of the foreign sounding java's. I do admit I am intimidated by some of the odd sounding coffee concoctions. Macchiato, Mocha's, Caffe Latte Tostatura and Americano. Call me old fashioned, but if you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't drink it….

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Last updated: 16th February, 2010 11:08pm

Doodling Uptown…

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Doodling through youtube.com I came across a video series by a fellow Fife resident who goes by user name 'uptowndisco2'. I have to mention this gentleman as he has a rather unusual hobby in that he tours Fife area on his motorcycle and documents, very amusingly, his travels, using a professional helmet mounted video camera. I got to take a couple of virtual tours of Rosyth and I have to admire the guy for taking the time to create these productions. I have always wanted to ride a motorbike but I don't have the coordination and got tired of falling over a lot. Great job Mr. Bill…

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Last updated: 15th February, 2010 08:32am

Into Africa: Back to school - for some

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GAVIN and Bronwen Ryalls left Dunfermline in July last year to take up voluntary charity work in Rwanda. They've launched a street project to help feed 30 poverty-stricken children and, after the continent was gripped by the African Cup of Nations - a football tournament - another important day looms.

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Last updated: 12th February, 2010 10:40am

Valentine's Day...

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Valentine's Day is almost here and like most men I'm under tremendous pressure. Chocolates, flowers and dinner just don't cut it year after year and it is difficult to come up with a new way to please your loved one. I only have a few days left to come up with a unique and special Valentine gift. Every year I go through the same anxiety and every year I come up with the same gift. Will I change? Possibly not. This year though I am going to make a real effort….

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Last updated: 5th February, 2010 10:29am

Shanghai'd in Shanghai.

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Scots are very far flung, or should be, as an Englishman once remarked. Far flung meaning of course there aren't many countries in the world where you won't find a Scotsman. We seem to take delight in straying far from home in some obscure and exotic places. Political, social and economic changes resulted in emigration of Scots all over the globe. I always take a special pleasure in meeting a fellow Scot no matter where I go.

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Last updated: 29th January, 2010 10:26am

Bootleg Haggis...

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It was just a matter of time. Bowing to International and Foreign Office pressure, the embargo on Scottish Haggis has been lifted here in the US after twenty one years. Banned since 1989 as part of the mad cow disease outbreak. As in prohibition era times when we had 'Rum Runners' plying their trade off the New England coast, the haggis smugglers are now out of business. The days of high speed Dag Hammer speed boats transporting bootleg and counterfeit haggis from Canada and the Caribbean will soon be a thing of the past. Haggis Smugglers, just like the Rum Runners of the 1930s, will have to go legit. The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Haggis (ATFH) of course will have to be closed. Sad to see the end of an era, but I don't think I will miss bathtub haggis.

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