My brother shared this in the family whatsapp so coming to a work place near you the best email ever

Some days you're the magpie. Some days you're the pigeon.

Landed to the street I grew up on and a magpie was pecking at the corpse of a pigeon. Life just writes itself.

It's a recession indicator as much as anything else the relative lack of colour and trend towards neutrals. But yeah even amongst the be-tracksuited lads of my youth there was variety. Not colour so much, but different shapes and brands. There is probably more than mere shop buyers behind it.

Et in Arcadia Emo

I recall a time in my youth when "Everybody's Talkin'" was the most important song.

hmmm i'm still dressin like a cowboy, is everyone else doin that now??

What's with almost all men, regardless of background, now dressing alike? It's really glum.

Made a hash with a mix of last night's remaining chips and fancy chorizo my friend gave me. It's lethal.

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Brings back sad memories, they played this at my Grandads funeral.

Cat melodeon. Clawing its way up the Irish charts this week in April 2001 towards an eventual top ten place, it's Richie Kavanagh with 'Pussy Pussy Cat', which today seems to have been retitled for clarity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g19l...

I remember as a kid seeing Rialto as a destination on a bus timetable and imagined a part of Dublin with gondolas etc. It was many years after that I first set foot in Rialto, it didn't disappoint.

Felt cute etc.

Happy Perfect Date Day, everyone

Some stuff from today. Me with my wonderful translator Irem, with the Turkish and English language editions of Panenka.

I'd say like showbands, Monday is the weekend

In the Vatican, Friday afternoons are known as "the Rome stretch".

I comfortably predict they will demolish it and then it will still be a big hole in the ground when I'm dead. I would make a bet but wouldn't be around to collect.

dundrum, liffey valley et al are just full frontal capitalist assaults on the senses, but old, semi-neglected shopping centres feel like you are orthogonal to reality. the ilac centre, on the other hand, is a third space. a mental third space.

Skiffle group called Washboards of Canada.

Found Dublin character Bang Bang (Thomas Dudley) aged 20. “Inmate of Private Home and school for mentally deficient children”

What the hell is "Greater Manchester"? Liverpool?

Mods are asleep, post snub-nosed Ireland

Rewatched Shutter Island, i forgot it was about Leo trying to understand who or what 6 7 was.

I'm going to need that shipment of corn by COB today.

Add a warm up by Aslan and they'd have to shut down air traffic control and take in the roads. Ireland would temporarily be more isolated than North Korea.

If Green Day, Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers announced a co-headliner in Ireland, it would sell approximately 15 million tickets.

I accidentally had a 1990s party and sure look it was grand.

At any one time approximately 20% of the Irish populace is on holiday in Portugal and pronouncing it weirdly.

My friend whose first language is not English explained to me that her friend quit alcohol "dry turkey".

I have not invented this

in addition to this I think it's worth bearing in mind that one of bluesky's tech leads once put his phone in a swimming pool because it was overheating then was surprised that this broke it

Found the people who used to live in my house. C Of I . Born in Dublin-4 women, the head listed as married living, aged 70, with her sisters and niece. occupations “home duties” apart from the niece. #1926census sparks the imagination thinking of them here.

Merrily kissed the Quaker but he was a frigid. What now?

When I was young and got into a cab with a Nigerian driver I'd go "ah yeah Fela Kuti man. " Nowadays I say "ah yeah Burna Boy pal" but dude is usually blasting Spirit FM.

Spoke en Francais to a lovely French waitress earlier.

An Irish-language science fiction book sounds quite modern, doesn’t it? Check out this one from 1939 #Spéirghorm

The only good thing about being single in your forties is you're constantly too tired to truly feel lonely.

Strait of Hormuz, no kissing.

There used to be a massive waterslide in Kansas called the Verrückt but it closed in 2016 after a ten year old was decapitated on it.

About to watch Akira for the first time, I believe it is about a motorcycle sliding contest

Never mind oil's inexorable rise, my personal cuteness stocks have absolutely plummeted in the last 42 years. Check out my cuteness portfolio dawg, I'm going to lonely gaol.

What were they thinking building an opera house in a country with no culture?

Some days, like today, it's good to just marinade in sorrow and regret.

I've been the Super Hans in other people's Peep Shows.

Ice Spice moves like a platform game character. I continue to find reasons to adore her and respect her career progression.