SNP cleaned up in Scotland
Weird election. Polls got it right/wrong. 3 leaders gone (no word on the greens or anyone else) and 2 celebrating. SNP cleaned up in Scotland. 1 labor, 1 conservative, and 1 libdem seat out of 59. So much for the grand coalition of the Better Together team. When Scots realized that it didn’t matter which…
Scotland votes
I hope you don’t imagine that I got up EARLY to watch it! I didn’t really. It was mid-morning here! And on the news continuously on Sky. I didn’t agree with the way Sky presented the results… tended to give a very election style coverage of the results… like it mattered which districts actually voted…
Stirling Castle ICE Panorama
Taken on our recent trip to Scotland. Enjoy!
[Princess (i.e. Princes) Street and Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland] (LOC)
[Princess (i.e. Princes) Street and Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland] (LOC), originally uploaded by The Library of Congress. My home city about 100 years ago!
Guinness in Scotland: Picture of the Day
Guiness in Scotland, originally uploaded by obblogatory. This photo made me thirsty today! It was hot and sunny, and nice cool guinness would have been really nice! So, cheers! Mine’s a pint. I’ll be there in 30 minutes!
Violence on the streets of Aberdeen, Scotland
As someone who was almost attacked in Aberdeen (and had only been walking on the street at the time), I can tell you that Aberdeen is not a safe city to walk around in at night for either man or woman. Simply saying that attacks are not uncommon is an understatement that beggars belief. The…