Race For Life for Cancer Research

Hi folks A quick post just now. Both my Mum and my Sister are going to be taking part in the Race For Life in aid of Cancer Research UK. This charity is very close to me and Mhairi’s hearts as both our parents have survived cancer – Dad twice! – so, if you can, […]

The Blog’s New Look

Hi folks Well, you might just have noticed that the blog is looking a little different. Well, for the last few weeks I have been attending an introductory course about Flash (ah-ahhhh!) at Glasgow Metropolitan College. I’ve been learning how to do some pretty cool wee animations, as well as creating websites within the package. […]

Bill Hicks on Letterman

Regular readers (hi folks!) will probably know that, thanks to my best mate Peter, I am a big fan of Bill Hicks. My sister and I used to stay over at Peter’s after a Friday night out at a ’70s night in Paisley and Peter would always play some of Hicks’s albums as we were […]

Germany? Eastbourne? Where am I??? (Long post!)

Before I get into this post, let me warn you that it is a big ‘un! Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy it. As regular readers (greetings!) may know, I love going away to Magic Conventions and I love going to Germany to visit Sonja. On my latest trip, I managed to do both – go […]

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008

Hi folks Regular readers (Greee-tings!) may know that I enjoy going to Edinburgh at least once each August to see what’s on at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This year, I managed to go through for a few days in a row, and great fun it was too. This was thanks to my good friend Julie, […]

Dad

Hi folks Two years ago today, right about the time that I am writing this, my Dad, Alexander Campbell McLanachan, died. He’d taken seriously ill a few days previously and never regained consciousness. I was trying to think of a funny story about Dad to put on this post but couldn’t think of any. Blogger’s […]

eBay

Hi folks Just a quick post to let you know that I’m selling a few things on eBay – both magic and non-magic related. You can find what I’m selling by clicking here. I’ll be adding a few more things over the next couple of days, so keep checking back every now and then. I […]

Comedy, Pool and a bit of a surprise visit.

Where to start? It’s been one of those crazy-busy weeks that you get every once in a while where you wonder where all the time went. Let’s start at the beginning, a very good place to start! As the regular reader of my Blog (hello!) may already know, I was going to see Dwight Slade […]

Dwight Slade – Oran Mor, Glasgow, Tomorrow Night

Hi folks Just a quick one of these to let you all know that one of my favourite Stand Up Comedians, Dwight Slade, is performing in Glasgow TOMORROW NIGHT at Oran Mor. Doors are at 7pm and I believe his show starts at 8pm. Tickets, priced £10, are still available and I would highly, completely […]

Bill Hicks

Hi folks Today sees the 14th anniversary of the passing of, in my opinion, one of the greatest Stand Up Comedians who ever lived – Bill Hicks. He died in 1994 aged 32 from Pancreatic Cancer and performed comedy that REALLY made you think. It is just as relevant today as it was back in […]