Mo Rogha (Blog of the Week)
My favourite post of the week.
(Updated Sunday mornings at a quarter past first coffee GMT)
You may sort the table by clicking on the When, Who, What or Why headers. But only if you would really like to, mind.
| When? | Who? | What? | Why? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taking a break ... | |||
| 2009/04/19 | Arse End of Ireland | Chris | There is nothing for me to say. |
| 2009/04/12 | Outsidein | European Turks | Bryan asks is there really still such a thing as ‘European culture’, and gets quite a response. |
| 2009/04/05 | Desked | Desked | Not a post. A whole blog. A strange, yet interesting, blog. |
| 2009/03/29 | K8 the GR8 | Two great inventions | Agreed with K8 - really want the 2nd one. |
| 2009/03/22 | Annie Rhiannon | Happy St. Patrick's Day | Love Annie. But why does she want to make us cry? |
| 2009/03/15 | Your Tech Stuff | Why give grants to tech startups? | Adrian asks a question few would have the nerve to. Excellent discussion in comments too. |
| 2009/03/08 | Sugar Britches | Wicked Wednesday 2 | Now I realise what I've been missing |
| 2009/03/01 | Rosie - The Spanish Exposition | Lá Breithe Shona | Simple. Simply priceless. |
| 2009/02/22 | Folks on Twitter | #iba09 Hash tag | Not a post, but fekin funny. Plane load of bloggers stuck on the tarmac - PR fail. (Begin at the bottom; click Newer to come forwrad in time). |
| 2009/02/15 | Annie Rhiannon | THe other song I know | Forget John Denver, this is Annie's Other Song. |
| 2009/02/08 | The Postman | SS PX | Great piece on 'Bishop' Richard Williamson. Loved the Beverly Cooper Flynn reference too. |
| 2009/02/01 | Bock the Robber | New Laws of Women's Rugby | This had me in stitches. No, you don't need to be a rugger head to appreciate it. |
| 2009/01/25 | Paddy Anglican | A Journey into Hope | Stephen's blow by blow account of his trip to Obama's "big do". |
| 2009/01/18 | Bock the Robber | Gaza | Bock has been chronicling Gaza while rest of us have been, well just about ignoring it. I need Bock for kicking me awake now and again. |
| 2009/01/11 | Rosie - The Spanish Exposition | Unfettered By Complex Sweets | Just beautiful prose. Beautiful. |
| 2009/01/04 | Grannymar | Life on our Roads | It's not often the Grand Dam of the North tackles issues such as this, so when she does it's time to sit up and listen. |
| 2009/12/28 | Ann - For the Long Run | How much torque does this baby have? | I could see this coming but it still had me in knots laughing. |
| 2008/12/21 | Arse End of Ireland | Can I sell you a plot of land on which to fuck off and die? | The Swearing Lady's back. And with a vengence. This times it's the telesales folk feeling her wrath. |
| 2008/12/14 | Paddy Anglican | Obama Single Launched | It's not often (ever?) an Irish blogger appears in a video for a big music label. Either way, this vid gives me the giggles. |
| 2008/12/07 | K8 the GR8 | The Power of One | Do not try this at home. Try at someone else's house. |
| 2008/11/30 | Rosie - The Spanish Exposition | Big Hearts and Deep Pockets | What can I say? Nothing probably. Rosie's said it all in two sentences. |
| 2008/11/23 | The Postman | The state we're in | Conan explains what the |
| 2008/11/16 | Sabrina Dent | It's a blog post, not a freakin’ blog | It's a pet hate of mine too. And the very last line had me in knots. Class! |
| 2008/11/09 | Annie Rhiannon | Starting here, Annie chroinicles here journey: Meeting fellow bloggers, weirdos, characters, new friends and taking photographs. And best of all, being in Chicago on election night. And even more to come | |
| 2008/11/02 | Walter, the wannabe Fr. Jack | Fr. Jack temporarily forsakes Twitter for some live streaming on the web. | I wonder who the foley artist was, or if there was one. |
| 2008/10/26 | Michele Neylon :: Pensieri | Maybe We're Too Connected? | Every Netizen, heavy user or not, will identify with this. (Personally guilty on the 'check email before shower' part) |
| 2008/10/19 | Sugar Britches & Rosie - The Spanish Exposition | A Roast in Every Pot & When I disappoint myself | Two bloggers. Different continents. Different lives. Different situations. Both sharing the same emotions and thoughts. Guilt and remorse. Things we all experience at some point. |
| 2008/10/12 | MacKozer | Poland - a whipping ally | Mac discusses Poland's long history of being deceived by allies, and her people deceiving themselves that these allies will be faithful. |
| 2008/10/05 | Sam, Problemchildbride | She Wore A Blueberry Bloget | Sams tells of how the "finest-lookin’ blog written by a Hebridean housewife anywhere in the Ojai area" got new blog-togs. |
| 2008/09/28 | Rob Crilly | The Uncertainty Principle: Somalia and the Art of Quantum Mechanics | An informative insight into the mess that is Somalia, it piqued my interest in that much the same could be said of northern Ireland during 'the Troubles'. If those on the inside can't understand it, how can those on the outside? |
| 2008/09/21 | Eolaí gan Fhéile | The cottage series | Eolaí chronicles life in his new home - a cottage in rural (very) Ireland. Read, and you will transported there too. |
| 2008/09/14 | Annie Rhiannon & Rosie - The Spanish Exposition | Rosie in milk and Eyes wide shut | This took nerves of steel, hours of time, a doe of eyed model, a bubbling of red haired artist, and more milk than you could shake a super levy at. It was worth it. |
| 2008/09/07 | Why don't you write? | Wordle Essay: How I spent my summer in Twitter | I like this idea. Don't think I have the nerve to put my Tweets through Wordle though. |
| 2008/08/31 | Sam, Problemchildbride | The cat is too useless to eat it | The phrase, flutter bombed, has entered common usage thanks to Sam. |
| 2008/08/23 | Paddy Anglican | A father's love | I'm not explaining. Just go watch the second video. |
| 2008/08/17 | Conan Drumm | Dates grown on trees | On Internet dating. 3rd in a series so make sure to check the others too. |
| 2008/08/10 | Irish KC | Deerfield, a Dublin Daytrip | Diary of the artist as a dog-walker |
| 2008/08/03 | K8 the GR8 | Bitch.ie | The post title says it all. And it is a beaut. |
| 2008/07/27 | Annie Rhiannon | My Famous Dad | A wonderful story. And the Famous Dad's reaction to the fame? I had gardening to be getting on with. |
| 2008/07/20 | Bock the Robber | AJ Hanlon | A collection of posts by Bock where he talks of AJ Hanlon's death, sometimes breaking news before the media; sometimes copied by the media; sometimes providing an outlet for Mr. Hanlon' freinds' words; always chasing with terrier-like tenacity. |
| 2008/07/13 | Sugar Britches | Just a thought | A magically crafted essay on hot humid nights. |
| 2008/07/06 | Ellybabes | If Hollywood Sex Scenes were realistic… | I don't usually plug a 3rd party vid for Mo Rogha, but this had me in knots. |
| 2008/06/29 | Paddy in Buenos Aires | I'm going postal! | Quickroute collects a parcel. Or tries to. Again and again. |
| 2008/06/22 | Paddy Anglican | So you think you're a good driver! | When sons don't trust their dad's driving skills. |
| 2008/06/15 | Rosie - The Spanish Exposition | A Sprawling, Bawling Critique | A straight-talking critique of Irish blogging. A brave post. Rosie has balls - woman-balls. |
| 2008/06/08 | Fatmammycat | Jelly Baby Lies | Even without the polictical (criminal?) inferences, this is a scream. |
| 2008/06/01 | Sam, Problemchildbride | Little Neddy and the Trail of Tears | This is just one of many classics from Sam. Start with this, then read the ones before and after. |
| 2008/05/25 | Eolaí gan Fhéile | Ireland & USA Little Differences #25: LEGO | Eolaí toys with language differences. |
| 2008/05/18 | OBB News | Choosing Generic Name For Viagra Proves Hard | Something I'd never wondered about to be honest. |
| 2008/05/11 | Lost White Kenyan Chick | What it's really like in "The Ladies" loo ... | This explains a lot. |
| 2008/05/04 | Around my Kitchen Table | Extreme Sports and Adrenaline Rush Deprivation | Mrs. Kitchen is right, as usual - many children today aren't allowed be children. |
| 2008/04/27 | Paddy in Buenos Aires | Q&A on Argentina | More a page than a post, but I love the idea of putting a blog to practical use like this. |
| 2008/04/20 | Grannymar | Ladies of the Town | An eye-opener for residents of Belfast - literally. Perhaps an eye-opener for the rest of us too - sadly. |
| 2008/04/13 | Rosie - The Spanish Exposition | Aon Focal, Daw Focal | Rosie has a testing time with the girls of, what seems to be, an Irish language Butterfly Lounge. |
| 2008/04/06 | Sam, Problemchildbride | Celebrities Take To Ojai Streets In Protest | Yeah, I know, I know - Two weeks in a row. Well that's just the way it is. Go read it and you'll know why. |
| 2008/03/30 | Sam, Problemchildbride | The cities of Ojai and Stornoway are twinned | For lines like: Mayor Janice De KirkFitzMacCohenburgerski (America’s Miss Teen Melting Pot 1964) and having her interview taken and The Stornoway delegation are in town ’til after happy-hour on Thursday and many, many more. Just read it. |
| 2008/03/23 | Bock the Robber | Battlestar Catholactica | The Trifelge Gutinard would appove of Bock's tale about the Messiahlon on Planet P3×5T-Wm66bB. |
| 2008/03/16 | Conortje | I want to be Bob Dylan | 80s Kerry performer, Bobtje Seppelín Ó hÁitnabuachaillí, has rereleased his greatest hit. T-shirts to follow. |
| 2008/03/09 | Eolaí gan Fhéile | A Bad Pint: Here be Dragons | On the art of Arthur. |
| 2008/03/02 | Reluctant Memsahib | The Need for Reinvention | It all sounds very Wild West of America - an Outpost, a Saloon, the town's only woman, standing by her man etc-ish. Of course, it's not - it's all very Wild East of Africa. |
| 2008/02/24 | MacDara | The price of guns on the rise | The Lord of the Leb ventures into discourse on economics. |
| 2008/02/17 | Annie Rhiannon | How to sneak into America | Annie bypasses custom, to get through customs in an uncustomary fashion. |
| 2008/02/10 | Sam, Problemchildbride | When Scottish Eyes Are Reading About Dublin | The comments made are just as interesting as the post itself. The passion of pro and con camps too often drags discussion into the gutter. No so here - this is an example of eloquent and courteous debate the ancient Greeks would have been proud of. |
| 2008/02/03 | Reluctant Memsahib | Picture This | Mem' looks at the Kenyan situation from an angle that will make you either scream or cry. |
| 2008/01/27 | Fatmammycat | Glorifying death | Suicide is nor golorious - it's just death. FMC says it like it is. |
| 2008/01/20 | Grannymar | Morning Sex | This is a scream. Albeit a quick one. |
| 2008/01/13 | Eolaí gan Fhéile | So I painted it | Eolaí responds to a question, to which there is only one answer. And millions. And none. |
| 2008/01/06 | Bock the Robber | Britney Spears | Bock asks the first sensible question of 2008. |
| 2007/12/30 | The Spanish Exposition | The Heimlich Manoeuvre | Heimlich the hamster's demise. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry - so I laughed until I cried. |
| 2007/12/23 | Old Knudsen | OBB News | Old Bitter Ball's 24 hour news blog has had me laughing since its October launch. Here's a recent favourite. |
| 2007/12/16 | Sugar Britches | Remotely Interesting | Taking up my thread on TV, Sugar tells of her early memories of the box and it brought back many for me too. |
| 2007/12/09 | Eolaí gan Fhéile | Goat Burning Season is upon Us | More fun than being in a barrel with a goat. |
| 2007/12/02 | Grandad | Miracles do happen | An update on Bernie. Strangely, I'm getting to like this lady. |
| 2007/11/25 | Sugar Britches | Drug Test | Appropriately enough, I wet myself laughing at this. |
| 2007/11/18 | Sam, Problemchildbride | Fact Number 349 About The Glen Of Insanity | This explains a lot. In fact, it explains everything. |
| 2007/11/04 | ... | ... | Sorry. No time to read blogs this week. If you think YOUR post should be in this spot then mail me. |
| 2007/10/28 | Eolaí gan Fhéile | The Seagull has landed | Eolaí's settling in back home. Both an eye-opener and a rib-tickler. |
| 2007/10/21 | The Pleasures of Underachievement | Bye for now | Seanachie |
| 2007/10/14 | Grandad | God to sue America | If you don't wet yourself laughing at this, you need to see a urologist. |
| 2007/10/07 | An Cainteoir Dóchais | Tír gan ainm | Michal ponders what his country should be called. |
| 2007/09/30 | The Spanish Exposition | Glendalough's Saint Kevin, a Fine Example to Men Everywhere | A little bit of history, religion and legend. And a barrel full of belly laughs. (I resisted commenting with double entendres - see if you can). |
| 2007/09/23 | John McDermott | New Song - Say Say | Great music - me likes! In years to come, you'll say you heard it second on Sneezy's blog. |
| 2007/09/16 | Reluctant Memsahib | A meeting with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon | What an African thinks of the 'Make Poverty History' drive. She is not a fan. |
| 2007/09/09 | Fatmammycat | A pot-filled Sunday of motherly confusion | The rotund feline takes an accidental overdose. |
| 2007/09/02 | Eolaí gan Fhéile | Readying for Ireland on the streets of Kansas City | Packing tape, a woman's bike, credit cards, and more. Fek MasterCard - this is priceless. |
| 2007/08/26 | Ann - For the Long Run | Walking and talking with Toby | A vivid narrative of a stroll with a dog that'll make you smile. |
| 2007/08/19 | Reluctant Memsahib | Look what I got! | Best laugh I had all week. |
| 2007/08/12 | Kav | Yeah she's done well ... | Kav's account of being Best Man. Comment #1 is the full text of his speech. Priceless. |
| 2007/08/05 | Bock the Robber | Festival Reports One and Two | Bock's account of the Midlands Music Festival |
| 2007/07/29 | The Swearing Lady | You Spin Me Right Round. Also Right Through. | On SUVs. A taste: (On why SUV's are fine for farmers) Besides, imagine driving a saloon in wellies! It can't be done! |
| 2007/07/22 | Lina Žigelyt? | How to get a job | A somewhat caustic essay offering advice to anyone thinking of emigrating to Ireland. |
| 2007/07/15 | Around my Kitchen Table | The Village Idiots | An hilarious look at what rural folk think of blow-ins from the cities. |
| 2007/07/08 | Eolaí gan Fhéile | 101 Things About the Irish KC Author | The Mother of all Memes, from the Lord of the Lists |
| 2007/07/01 | Bock the Robber | Monica Leech | Bock explains an Irish scandal that didn't happen. |
| 2007/06/24 | Sam, Problemchildbride | Challenging New Performance | A wonderfully zany family tale. |
| 2007/06/17 | MacKozer | A Day in Belfast | Even if you have no interest in Northern politics, you will be in awe of Mac's photos of some Belfast murals. |
| 2007/06/10 | Reluctant Memsahib | The G8 on Africa … what would I know | An African's take on the recent G8 summit |
| 2007/06/03 | The Swearing Lady | Fianna Fail and Other Par-tees | A side splitting look at Ireland's political landscape. |
| 2007/05/27 | Fatmammycat | An Argument | This kept me laughing for hours. |
| 2007/05/20 | Ann - For the Long Run | The Mother of all Melt-Downs | Because it's so heart-felt, I can't even make a comment. |
| 2007/05/13 | Irish Flirty Something | Emraces One, Two & Three | Because she kept our interest aroused(?) for three days. |
| 2007/05/06 | Reluctant Memsahib | The coolest mum in town | Because it will give you a taste for the best-written new blog around. |
| 2007/04/29 | Old Knudsen | Hey Bitches I'm Back | Because no-one's safe from the wrath of old Bitter Balls |
| 2007/04/22 | Kav | Top Scary Moments - #1 | A father's experiences of childbirth, relayed in a way that is personal, emotional, colourful and yet with Kav's wry humour. |
| 2007/04/15 | Grannymar | Little Time Left | Undeniable proof that global warming is for real. See the pic. |
| 2007/04/08 | The Swearing Lady | Savings on Good Friday | Because it's a masterfully written rant on energy efficiency with well aimed digs at government inefficiency. Here's a taste: Long-life lightbulbs don’t last pissing time. PISSING TIME! And I’m including cider/postlongcarjourney/racehorse pissing times in that one. |
| 2007/04/10 | Sam, Problemchildbride | Lola | Because I love a good yarn. |
| 2007/03/25 | Eolaí gan Fhéile | Irish Conversation in the American Midwest #26 | Simply for these two lines: -Well, XYZ Transmissions are in the neighborhood, and I just wanted to let you know that we do much more than transmissions -Have you thought of changing your name? |
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