Do you ever talk to yourself out loud? You know, like when you're completely pissed off for no particular reason that you can put your finger on, and you wander [...]

David Ervine died today. This was a guy who came from the heartland of bigotry and reached out across the divide. Whatever you think of his personal flaws, at least [...]

Tonight, I thought I'd start by bringing you a few quotes from the great man, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh. No introduction needed. Here we go:- "… and Brian Dooher is down [...]

Hyperzenchef called from Japan, but this didn't surprise me, as he lives there. He ran away to Japan a few years back to join the Yakuza, intending eventually to come [...]

Joe sent an email about the Kilkenny trip. I thought I might share it with you: Friday night was bad, first time playing with the drummer, his electronic kit and [...]

I've been in fairly frequent correspondence with my old friend Joe-who-works-for-Halliburton-the-unprincipled-bastard. Let's call him Joe d'Arab, for simplicity. Actually, he's a baldy fucker from Tipperary (hock-thooey!) but we'll overlook that. [...]

I hate the word "workaholic". I think it represents all that is stupid and illiterate in modern society. "Alcoholic" I can understand, but where did "workaholic" come from – "workahol"? [...]

I'm getting worried about Wrinkly Paddy. He seems to be hitting the sauce very hard at the moment, and he's becoming abusive to anyone straying inside his field of vision [...]

Received a bill today from my lawyer, Gonad the Ballbearian. I hadn't seen him since the last bill he sent, and so I was a little surprised to receive this [...]

Years and years and years ago (cos I'm incredibly old, and can remember such things) there was an American series on TV, called The Invaders. A Quinn-Martin production, like Rockford, [...]