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Monthly Archives: January 2014
“Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get”
Weather in Firhouse, damp, dank, dull . . .
The Odd Couple – Adorable Budweiser ad
First John Lewis brought us Bear & Hare and now this…. <sniff>
Posted in Advertising, Animals, Dogs
Tagged Budweiser commercial, Clydesdale horses, cute, Labrador pup
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Wrongs and rights
The Irish media have been universally welcoming yesterday’s verdict from the European Court of Human Rights on the case taken by Louise O’Keeffe. Louise suffered abuse as a child in school and originally took a case against the Irish state … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Ireland, Justice, Religion
Tagged abuse, Catholic Church, compensation, European Court of Human Rights, Ireland, Louise O'Keeffe, national schools, state
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Welcome to the Soft Parade
i even washed to attend the “monster rally” in the RDS and as i waited to dry i thought of why the word monster was used? the papers that described the conference must have imagined that strange and horrible imaginary … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Civil society, Corruption, Crime, dail eireann, Economy, Education, Europe, Ireland, journalism, Media, nanny state, Religion, socialism, Uncategorized
Tagged Lucinda Creighton, Olivia O'Leary, Phillip Blond, RDS, Reform Conference, Tom McGurk
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“Without a Coca Cola life is unthinkable”
. . . so says Henry Miller and ain’t he right?
Feck the begrudgers
In an article in today’s Irish Times, John Waters was extremely fatalistic about the prospects of the Reform Alliance, the new, not yet political party lead by Lucinda Creighton. He laments the missed opportunity. The reform ship has sailed and … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Media, Politics
Tagged change, conference, Irish Times, John Waters, Lucinda Creighton, Politics, reform, Reform Alliance
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Burns! babie? Burns!
okay, in Cavan we’re cultured though it didint rub off on me, but with some hard work and a good grounding in Catholicism, i crawled my way out . . . i managed to get a job and a bus … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Heritage, Poetry, Rhyme
Tagged Burns Night, Cavan, Culture, Scotland
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Faces and Places
came across this dude and his map portraits earlier today while reading the torygraph, our beacon of hope in a muddled old world, thanks bogpaper! . . .and Ed, we salute you . . .
Reflections
not knowing what to write i type . . . thinking of Dinah Washington although not today, more like last week, i look around and see the two bitch faces munching and crunching their bones, Delaney at one end of … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, rock'n'roll, Uncategorized
Tagged Delaney & Bonnie, Dinah Washington, Harry Nilsson, The Guardian
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Lick of paint
We thought the blog was looking a bit shabby so we gave it a brand new image. Hope you like what we’ve done with the place!
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big mac and whys 