I thought it might be exciting to blog from an airport. Never done it before. It’s 5pm central time – I’m getting used to the lingo already – here in Chicago and I’m in the middle of a four hour stopover on my trip from Dublin to San Francisco. Got to be honest I can […]
Saddam Hussein is dead. Kind of weird isn’t it? Iran-Iraq war When I was about 7 or 8 years of age his name was on every newscast, accompanying rather violent pictures from the Iran-Iraq war. Despite Hussein’s use of chemical weapons and his human rights abuses, actor Ronald Reagan sent senile Donald Rumsfeld over to […]
Remember Homer’s famous “gime” scene? The one where he arrives at the gym, asks what a “gime” is, steps inside to see all the equipment and says “Oh…a gime…” Well I joined a new gime…*ahem* gym last week. This thing is flipping amazing. I paid about EUR600 a year for my last gym which was […]
Of course you don’t. It never was. “Walk here … do this … take that off … you haven’t folded your ticket right.” Being treated like a child is not something we aspire to as adults so why airline staff think we’d embrace it is beyond me. But things took a turn for the worst […]
I have never written anything personal and introspective on here before so make the most of it. I think life becomes more of a mystery to me the older I get. I turn 33 in three weeks and since I’m no closer to finding a purpose I’m starting to wonder if in fact there is […]
Huey Lewis said it best: “Good morning little schoolgirl/Can I come home with you?” No, sorry. That’s something else entirely. Coincidentally it’s a Huey Lewis lyric too. No, what i meant was this: “Hip to be a square” When I was about 13 I actually thought he meant that it was quite trendy to be […]
Apologies non-football fans – it’s a football blog! False dawns at Tottenham are as common as the half time pastie. After occupying fourth-place for half of last season and eventually finishing fifth due to a last-day defeat at West Ham, Spurs were expected to build on that and challenge the top four this year. But […]
My (sometime) annual indulgence Ok so I missed out doing this last year due to laziness issues. Maybe I was bored by the whole Chelsea circus which turned the Premiership in to a Hollywood remake of a superior Japanese movie where everyone knew the ending. But perhaps this season is going to be a little […]
My obsessive nature has caused me much pain over the years whether it be ensuring that I walk on pavement cracks with both feet or that my beard is shaved evenly on both sides. One thing I obsess about frequently are drivers who have absolutely no regard for other people and no regard for the […]
A terrible story appeared in our local paper today TEARS AFTER SCHOOL FIRE Heartless vandals have destroyed a playground designed for special needs school children. Children, teachers and parents at Ballyowen Meadows School for autistic children in Beechpark, Stilllorgan, were left heartbroken last Tuesday morning when they discovered the aftermath of the mindless attack. It […]
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