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Beware Media Inaccuracies

I’m no expert in Egyptian affairs. However, having watched 16 hours of live images from Cairo via Al Jazeera yesterday, I have come to understand some things. One is the distinction between Egyptian protestors, undercover police, police, and army. Today’s 150,000-circulation … Continue reading

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Suck On This IRMA #8

Here’s another tune IRMA can’t touch*. From their offices in Dublin, it’s unlikely they’ll be ringing-up certain US-hosted video sites, right? The Kingsbury Manx’s tune, “Pagaent Square”. Back in May 2006, when I first recommended this tune, I said this: … Continue reading

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Emigration? Bring It On!

Irish emigration in 2011 will be no worse than in the late 1980s, despite what appeared in today’s article in the Guardian, which was widely forwarded and retweeted across the net. “Irish Emigration Worse Than 1980s,” the article by Lisa … Continue reading

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Suck On This IRMA #7

Here’s another tune IRMA can’t touch*. I can’t imagine their limited influence extends to certain US-hosted video websites. Frou Frou’s tune, “Let Go”. Back in May 2006, when I first recommended this tune, I said this: “The result of another … Continue reading

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Ten One-Cent Coins

I have a box of coins. Every coin of a value greater than one cent has been removed. It’s a box of next-to-valueless coins. Each trip to the street, results in more of these discarded, forgotten fragments. Individually, so valueless are … Continue reading

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Never Considered This Before, Really?

Which is it: I never had really considered this before. I never really had considered this before. I had never really considered this before. I had really never considered this before. I really never had considered this before. I really … Continue reading

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Goddamn, I’m Human

Goddamn, I’m human, and I never really thought about it that way before. In my day-to-day I provide web services to a few clients, and if they have a problem, it’s me the human who responds to them. This hit … Continue reading

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Butcher Butchers Beef Burgers

Local butcher shows his skill. Adds parsley and salt. Queries if he’s going to benefit from artist’s rights. Nice guy.

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Barfellows, Barcelona-style

There is a bar, it’s in Barcelona, and it’s a mythical bar. If it’s not, it will be when this is written. I’ve heard two words in here tonight more often than any other two words – “revolución” and “okupa”. … Continue reading

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Cinema Cuts Choice, Creates Costs, Causes Customer Chagrin

My local cinema has changed the way it sells seats online. I am now unable to select my own seat when buying my ticket. For me, that removes one of the two good reasons I always bought my cinema tickets … Continue reading

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