Shaving

Parkenstein, I said, you're looking a lot tidier than the last time I saw you.  Did you shave? Yeah, he said.  My trusty old electric shaver did the trick. Electric!  [...]

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Albert Reynolds, Cognitive Impairment and the Planning Tribunal

Albert Reynolds was supposed to give evidence to the planning tribunal, involving money and flying. He was supposed to answer questions about a midnight military helicopter flight to a businessman's [...]

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Zombie Jamboree

Zombie Jamboree

You know, there are some songs from childhood that sink into your consciousness by accident.  Some of them are songs that you hear from your mother or your father, while [...]

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Renovating Your Home.  Part 99

Renovating Your Home. Part 99

You remember yesterday I told you about this: And I was worried about having to burst out a load of concrete to find the source of the water. Shit! But [...]

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Tom Waits Concert - Dublin 2008

Tom Waits Concert – Dublin 2008

We're all off to see Tom Waits on Friday night but I won't be able to bring you pics because they don't allow cameras.  Anyway, I'll try to do a [...]

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Renovating Your Home. Part 98

I was wondering why the floor tiles were starting to crack. That little en-suite bathroom was going to be one of the final jobs in the mega-reconstruction of the Bockschloss, [...]

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Christian the lion

Holy shit!

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Jo Stafford RIP

The great Jo Stafford died last week Here's Whispering Hope with Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae.

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Stamp Out Golf!

I hate golf. I fucking hate it, and no, I don't mean I hate playing it.  I mean I fucking hate it. Golf is ridiculous.  Golf is not a game.  [...]

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Andrew Hanlon and the Magic Witnesses

Andrew Hanlon and the Magic Witnesses

The male subject is at my front door, please hurry, screams Shannon Kelley in the recording released by Silverton police. Male subject?  Is that what you'd say if you thought [...]

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