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Delightfully Mad

January 16, 2015 No Comments

‘Wise mad man gives you the best life advice you will ever get’. […] perhaps he’s full of truth because he is not really crazy (or maybe it’s because he’s the right kind of crazy.) His name is Matthew Silver, a clown and street performer who thinks that playing the role of a raving lunatic […]

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“May your days be merry and bright, And may all your christmases be white”

December 26, 2014December 26, 2014 No Comments

This is terribly poignant. The ghost of Christmas Future will hang around our table this year. As we decorate the tree, open our presents and sit down for lunch, I will not be the only one imagining what these same rituals will be like next December when I am no longer there. This is my […]

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Jonathan Corrie was one of my best friends when I was a boy – A letter by Luke Murphy

December 8, 2014 No Comments

Nobody is just one dimension, just one thing. A man who was homeless died on the streets of Dublin, just a few hundred metres from the Dail. Luke Murphy knew him well when they were younger, “Jonathan Corrie was one of my best friends when I was a boy“: Don’t scorn him for having chosen […]

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Oddities People Science!

An odd exchange, in which Mr. Grimes is accused

November 24, 2014 No Comments

I saw a most odd exchange on twitter the other night. I was surprised at some of the statements, and to be frank, I’d thought that perhaps some drink had been taken, as they say. Dr. Grimes, one of the participants, took the time to Storify the exchange. Read on – ” Remember that time […]

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Bill Murray.

November 9, 2014 No Comments

Bill Murray strikes me as someone who is very comfortable with himself. In as much as anyone can, he seems to do things his way. The world is richer for it. Theodore Melfi, the writer and director of St. Vincent, says while the movie was shooting in New York, Murray gave the production back the […]

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Hero

October 16, 2014 No Comments

You know who is my goddamn hero these days? Anita Sarkeesian. She's right, brave and not backing down. All my respect and admiration. — John Scalzi (@scalzi) October 15, 2014 Anita Sarkeesian, Video Game Critic, Cancels Speech After Threats of Massacre (NYT) On Monday evening, members of the administration at Utah State University received an […]

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Life People Politics

Jason ‘Political Blogger’ O’Mahony on the Inspireland Podcast

September 2, 2014 No Comments

This is a very listen-able interview with Jason O’Mahoney. Sample: The thing that attracted me to the PDs [Progressive Democrats] was that they were the first non-socialist party to talk about a secular Ireland, the idea that you didn’t have to be Catholic to be Irish. I’m old enough to remember the Guards raiding the […]

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Arts People

Richard Attenborough, 1923 – 2014

August 24, 2014August 24, 2014 No Comments

Richard Attenborough, 1923 – 2014.

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People

“That seat can never be filled … “

June 9, 2014June 9, 2014 No Comments

Rik Mayall, 7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014 “The People’s Poet & Utter Bastard” via @JasonElsom.

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People Politics

Some Neck – Miriam Lord on Shatter, The Irish Times – Fri, May 23, 2014

May 24, 2014May 24, 2014 No Comments

Shatter does it his way, indeed: Alan declared it would be appropriate “to mark the fact that ministerial surveillance, eh, ministerial . . . em, eh, er, whatever it is.” “Severance! Severance!” cried the hacks, in gleeful assistance ‘‘. . . eh, severance, ministerial severance is no longer payable.” Then, scarcely able to contain his […]

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Delightfully Mad

“May your days be merry and bright, And may all your christmases be white”

Jonathan Corrie was one of my best friends when I was a boy – A letter by Luke Murphy

An odd exchange, in which Mr. Grimes is accused

Bill Murray.

Hero

Jason ‘Political Blogger’ O’Mahony on the Inspireland Podcast

Richard Attenborough, 1923 – 2014

“That seat can never be filled … “

Some Neck – Miriam Lord on Shatter, The Irish Times – Fri, May 23, 2014

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