I’m watching this game and trying to figure out what the fuck it’s all about.  One gang of fannydancers are trying to get the ball past the other crowd of fucking fannydancers, and every so often one of them falls down pretending to be injured.
They each have a goal, so it’s one-all.  1-1.  A goal [...]

Fucking hell.  Brian Fucking Cowen said “fuckers” in the fucking Dáil and the fucking opposition have their fucking knickers in a fucking twist, for fucksake.  What a fucking bunch of fucking hypocrites.  As you fucking know if you’re a regular fucking reader of this fucking site, I’m no fucking admirer of Fianna fucking Fáil, the [...]

You remember our old pal Des Richardson, don’t you? Of course you do. I wrote about him here and here and here.
Well, Des has been giving evidence to the Tribunal, and today he was asked about those 24 public-spirited businessmen who clubbed together to buy Bertie’s HQ house for him.
Who were these people? [...]

The Equal Status Act, 2000.
What the fuck is that?
It’s an act that was passed in 2000, which gives people equal status.
Hmmmm.
Do you really want to read the Equal Status Act, 2000? If you do, I can copy the whole fuckin lot here and you can wade through the entire bullshit, but I’d prefer not [...]

We’re ready.  Talk in Limerick is of little else.

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Are you going to Cardiff?
Yeah.  You?
Yeah.
Who’ll win?
Hard to call.
How you travelling?
Ferry.
I’m flying.
We got a camper van.
Mike is sailing.
What?
From Kinsale.  38 hours.  He’s looking for crew.
Jesus, maybe Jimbo would be interested.  I’ll call him.
ringringring
Yellow?
Mike’s sailing.  Do you want to go?  Up the Bristol Channel.  Sleep on the [...]

Engineering genius needs the chaperone of a moral compass. When design is placed in the hands of turbo-charged, but socially-limited, intellects, we get brutal, anonymous cities and a savage tearing apart of our planet for oil and iron and teak. We end up clinging like beetles to the edge of a cold, soulless [...]

Some songs are so powerful, they stay with us all our lives, and this is one that did it for me.
Spooky as it gets.

Ted Kennedy might die soon.
What happened, Ted?
If you’re asking who the hell Ted Kennedy is, then you probably belong to Generation Meh, as one contributor here describes it, and you deserve no further waste of our attention.  If, on the other hand, you remember Ted Kennedy, or know all about him, then you’ll be aware [...]

I know that look.
What, I demand.  What, Bullet?  What?  Spit it out.  I won’t bite you.
Bullet shuffles his feet and looks down at the floor.  I got a job.
You got a job?  Great!
Bullet adds nothing so we both stand there for many silent minutes as I grimace questions at him.  He frowns back at me [...]

Everywhere you look, the world is full of generous businessmen, but in North Dublin, you can’t fling a crooked stick over your shoulder without hitting one of them.  Take for instance the 24 anonymous businessmen who got together and contributed a pile of money to buy a house that was never placed in trust for [...]