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Archive for April, 2009

Pebbles Boyle

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Everyone is claiming Susan Boyle as their own after her success on Britain’s Got Talent. You know the kind of thing …
Oh shur I knew Susan Boyle when she only a pimple.
In all the hype, we are forgetting Pebbles. Or are we?
From the Corrigan Brothers (formally known as Hardy Drew & the Nancy Boys), via [...]

Patience

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Saturday evening. Watching children’s TV with my little buddies.
Peppa Pig ends and the ads begin with a what’s-on-next-snippet of Bob the Builder.
Oisín (1½) gets very excited: Bob! Bob!
But the snippet ends abruptly and the real ads come on.
Now he’s annoyed: Bob! Bob! WANT BOB! BOB!
Seán (4) makes a stern face: Now stop that, Oisín. You [...]

Still here – sort of

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

I haven’t forgotten about the blog, I’ve been ignoring it. I’ve had to.
Work has been mad busy for the last while. A great complaint in a recession you’d think. Well not really. Not when extracting payment is consuming more energy that the work itself.
Maybe it’s just my luck. I’m the kind of guy who goes [...]

The Nurse

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Fergal met a lovely girl in a bar in Ballinasloe and they hit it off immediately. So much so, that he offered to drop her home at the end of the night.
Not far out the road she called out here. Stop here. This is me now.
He looked at her quizzically. But, but this is a [...]

Ard Fheis 2009 – Speech by Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny – Full Text

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

You looking for the full text too? Thought so. I can’t find it either. Fine Gael obviously don’t consider it worthy of a spot on their website.
While we are waiting for the Fine Gael web-heads to get their act together, here is the gist of it:
Mr. Kenny pledged last night to restore Ireland to economic [...]

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