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…it’s deja vu, all over again, Mabel… when yeez need a friend…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…this ol’ Jurassic’s been around long enuff to believe in the truism that plenty of us can have hundreds of acquaintances, maybe even more for the ultra-gregarious among us… but few in our midst have more than a handful or two of enduring friendships … the kind of bonding unblemished…
…that Penelope Dreadfulle woman from Blackfriars Courant has pegged my character hero, Jack Calder in an interview… WURLD exclusive…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…Jack..Jack… how could yeez let yer guard down to talk to Ms Dreadfulle about herself… yes, yes… I know she’s got her ‘ways’….but, ye’ve got yer image to think of, man… here’s what the woman wrote on her web page, http://blackfriarscourant.wordpress.com : Exclusive Interview with Jack Calder of International Security…
…a wee sense of perspective for this ol’ Jurassic Author…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…I wonder how many of yeez Lads and Lassies of Blog Land can remember, as I can, those terror-laced school days when yer school teacher was mad at yeez… it could have been coz yeez were ‘talking too loudly at the back, there, Master Gallacher’… or a professorial outrage fuelled…
…watch what yeez bid for in a charity auction in Hong Kong… yeez might end up in sumb’dy’s novel…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…so yeez have to ask yerselves… what do one of Hong Kong’s best Independent Financial Advisers and an Andy McNab special operations agent have in common?… they both rejoice in the name of Dino Zavagno… with a name like that, how much of a coincidence can that be?… well, I…
…time to take a few minutes to yerselves… and just listen to this stuff…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…I make no bones about the fact that there are days when the best thing to do with the Cable News Channels is just to switch them all off at the one time… and maybe consider not ever switching them back on again… the nonsense, garbage-speak, political truth-benders, and horrendous goings-on…
…my mate, Author Craig Hurren, has a barffday, and a new book launch today… Hippo Barffday Two Ewe…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…so, here’s my pal, Author Craig Hurren, with his Royal Birthday portrait above, looking not a day over 90… a special day also in the life of his superb ‘Beach & Riley’ series, with the launch of The Killing Chase….gotta love that cover page (see below)… his first offering, The Killing…
… ‘the desire to be a politician should bar yeez from ever being one’… Billy Connolly…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…following my piece yesterday on ‘The Big Yin’, master comedian, Billy Connolly, his succinct pearl, ‘the desire to be a politician should bar yeez from ever being one’ meshes in neatly with the advent of the British Political Parties Conference season… the Labour Party drum started today, but let me assure yeez,…
…the most naturally funny man I’ve ever known… Billy Connolly…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…I make no secret of my admiration of the Scottish comic genius nicknamed ‘The Big Yin’… Billy Connolly has had me convulsed with laughter so often for over 40 years… from the first appearance on the Michael Parkinson Show on a Saturday evening chat show, way back when… he came…
…reading yer own wee masterpiece ‘from a distance’…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…just over two years ago, in July 2012 to be precise, I published on the Great God Amazon the second book in my Jack Calder crime thriller series, VENGEANCE WEARS BLACK… a year or so later, in September 2013, I punched SAVAGE PAYBACK on to the same virtual shop window……
…for Brits of a certain age… how many of these do yeez remember?
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…toward the end off the 1950’s, our home in Docklands Govan was invaded by a visitor who’s presence would rule our lives forever more—television… television in the form of a four-foot high polished-wood cabinet, framing a 10-inch bevelled screen… two manually operated knobs controlled the volume and the channels… none…
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