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For You Will Still Be Here To-Morro-ow, But Your Dreams May Not.
November 6, 2009 – 12:05 am | 10 Comments
For You Will Still Be Here To-Morro-ow, But Your Dreams May Not.

It seems that the latest craze is writing letters to your 16-year-old self, full to the chunkies with insight, compassion, and the kind of sarcasm that’s ever-so-subtly poignant and has the ould tears globbing like …

Celebrity Tiling and Grouting 2009
November 5, 2009 – 4:10 am | 9 Comments
Celebrity Tiling and Grouting 2009

Earlier this year I conceived of a brilliant scheme to exploit a bunch of washed-up celebrities as dog’s body labourers. I contacted some agents and pitched a (fake) TV pilot that tasked “celebrities” with renovating …

“Tear Down That Wall, Mister President!”
November 4, 2009 – 12:01 am | 15 Comments
“Tear Down That Wall, Mister President!”

I am have notice this week that it is being the 200th anniversary of the collapse of the Walls of Berlin, the famous dividing line which separate the Christian West from the atheist Communist East.  …

The Man, His Wife, The Cook and The Waiter
November 3, 2009 – 12:00 am | 8 Comments
The Man, His Wife, The Cook and The Waiter

It’s a commonly held view that waiters, like women, prefer a bastard. It’s a view most commonly held by assholes who justify their asshole behaviour by saying things like, “Ah they expect it, enjoy it …

Come On In, The Pumpkin’s Only Peachy.
November 2, 2009 – 12:01 am | 12 Comments
Come On In, The Pumpkin’s Only Peachy.

Halloween, and there were no egg missiles.
No fireworks. No trick-or-treating teenagers with personalities so dire, their Scream masks made them considerably more attractive. No bonfires. No dogs trying to swallow their own tails as bangers …