Gary Strachan – "Write" Said Fred
Whimsical observations from deep within an erratic mind
Yesterday, while scouring Facebook timeline announcements like a ferret seeking an errant contact lens, a mischievous notion manifested from deep within my capricious mind. Concluding this epiphany, although admittedly silly, was a harmless enough conception to include these observations within this prose. As is my want when scribing these journals, or posting online, I constantly... Continue Reading →
As is usual, today at the denouement of my MacBook Air's boot up process, contents of yours truly's email inbox enveloped the devices once black screen. The presentation of hundreds of unopened notes. like a sad eyed dog emotionally relieving it's owner of their last bacon rasher, pitifully pleading for GJ Strachan's immediate attention Upon... Continue Reading →
I'm unsure how the Facebook marketing algorithm targets which advertisements render onto my timeline, however, on the very off chance a member of the company is reading this, I'd respectfully suggest a wee parameter re-tweak to your selection mechanism. After all, among this weeks material hurdled carelessly in GJ Strachan's direction have been adverts selling... Continue Reading →
In today's earlier blog Order of Service I concluded the piece with a tongue in cheek reference to thoughts surrounding the future evolution possibilities of hybrid fuel cars. In particular, the unlikely fitting of a chimney to vehicles, giving the automobile's owner further options to power their motors via petrol (or diesel), electric and coal. Writing this... Continue Reading →
Around four summers ago I started a Twitter account called @MovieLazy as an alternative writing conduit to my then existing personal Twitter account @gjstrac63. It was inspired by a member of my family who when asked about the plot line of six times Oscar winning 1942 movie Mrs Miniver, answered "It's about a woman called... Continue Reading →
Early this week, on departing the M1 at junction 46*** I was close enough to the cargo lorry in front to read it's warning of 'If you can't see my mirrors I can't see you'. A message I felt moved to idiosyncratically add as a mission statement on my Facebook profile. Doing so in the... Continue Reading →
As a middle-age gent somewhat detached from street parler, a consequence of not being down with the kids, I'm occasionally baffled by the social media acronyms that confront me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The more widely used terms, such as lol (laugh out loud), pmsl (pee myself laughing) and gtg (go to go), aren't part of my... Continue Reading →
Erudite, engaging, enlightening and interesting. Four words that begin with the letter ‘e’ (apart from interesting) that can be used to describe writer/comedian, clever s***e and man with at least 4 ‘O’ levels, Stephen Fry. Mr Fry, who is no relation to late ex-Carry On film star Bernard Bresslaw, is the man who royally entertains... Continue Reading →
After penning a narrative yesterday about my dad, who is a poorly chap at the minute, I was heartened to be the recipient of kind feedback, along with good wishes from family and friends. Amongst this was a request for me to write more about him (Mally) as “...he seems a really nice guy.” This request surprised me a... Continue Reading →