Behind the scenes
Quite a lot goes on in this site that you will never see. Hopefully. I suppose you all think it's just a question of rolling out of bed, bashing a few keys and then fucking off to do my day's … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: World
Ireland to introduce death penalty
There was an article in the paper yesterday. Well, actually there were quite a few articles but one in particular stood out for me. Over a third of drivers killed weren’t wearing seat belts This morning the article had somehow … Continue reading →
Advising teenagers
Today is Leaving Certificate Results Day. Having spent two grueling years studying for a tortuous exam, three or so weeks sitting through that exam and a summer waiting for the results, this is the day where The Future Hopes of … Continue reading →
Sniff that
There is little in life so evocative as a smell. They manufacture perfumes that frankly leave me cold. I have a reaction to most and one whiff stings my nose and can even make my eyes run. Not that I … Continue reading →
A pint of stout, an old-time waltz and a good ride
Supershadow has been chastising me again. Once again in passing I have strayed on to your blog like a virtual ship in the night. What's this? No "Dear Grandad"? This is not going to be good. As usual I see … Continue reading →
Cold calling the cold caller
I have been having some wee problems with my mobile phone lately. For once, it's not the phone itself, but the whole mobile system. I used to be with O2. I always thought that was a really fucking stupid name … Continue reading →
Getting one over
For some unknown reason I recently remembered a wee episode from my working days. I used to have a supervisor who to put it very mildly was a world class wanker. For the sake of anonymity I'll call him PJ. … Continue reading →
Stepping stones and gateways
Last night, Twitter pointed me in the direction of an interesting article. A sharp decline in the number of smokers using an NHS support programme to help them quit has been linked to the rise in popularity of e-cigarettes. Well, … Continue reading →
The poor subsidising the rich
Free GP care for over-70s. Isn't that a wonderful idea? Isn't Ireland such a wonderful place that anyone under 6 and over 70 now has full access to a GP for free? No it fucking isn't! It is a fucking … Continue reading →
Tugging the forelock
I half watched a bit of the news last night. It was the usual crap mainly about the "banking inquiry" or tribunal or whateverthefuck they call it – Dame Enda blaming everything on the other lot as if he hadn't … Continue reading →
