Musical recommendation
Whenever I visit Waterford city, I always try and pop into Sinnotts record shop. They have a bargain rack that sells cheap CD’s that nobody else will buy. You can usually pick up very cheap themed-CDs like ‘The best of Russian/French/German opera’. Recently I bought two compilation CDs called ‘Holding Up Half The Sky: Voices [...]
That’s a bit rich
Don’t ask me how I know (burp) but I bought a packet of Rich Tea biscuits yesterday and every single one of them was broken. Is that a record? P.S. This is pretty cool. I’m writing this from The Moorings Pub in Dungarvan, Co Waterford. Eircom has a scheme where you can get free [...]
No
I was in Dungarvan last week and made a wee day trip to Tramore. On the way back, I took the long way out of town and stopped by Guillamene Cove. It’s a funny place. The last time I was there, it was a very sunny day and I was doing the tourist thing and [...]
Devious putdown
A friend of mine said the most evil, devious, vicious, dismissive comment about a semi-public figure I’ve ever heard. It was a classic example of parish-pump politics. He said, ‘yer man will be attending 4 or 5 communions this year.’ For those who are non-religious/non-Catholics, it meant that he’d been shagging anything that moved and [...]