The Gift of the Magi

Today, the Ireland v Argentina match came on at 4 - the same time 84 Charing Cross was airing on RTE. Knowing this, I went and took a long soak in the tub thinking that Larry would be watching rugby. After a couple of minutes he knocks on the door and [...]

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Funny Forward

I’m not sure if these are well known “characters” or not, but a bunch were forwarded to me and they made me laugh so I thought I’d share. Happy Weekend!

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Writing MeMe

I’ve been tagged at In Search of Dessert (which was tagged at Bleeding Espresso) for a writing meme about 5 of my strengths as a writer and 5 pieces of writing advice.
Without further ado, 5 of my strengths as a writer:
1. I’m committed. I write every single day whether I’m happy, sad, healthy, ill, energetic, [...]

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Purely Pain Free

So that comment a few days ago about how I don’t really like prescription drugs? I’m not a giant fan of over-the-counters. Here are a few tips on how I prefer to get rid of headaches naturally if I can.
If I can’t, then there’s no shame in turning to Advil!

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I Vant to Suck Your Blood

So that weird dream I saw coming a mile away? It materialised with me being the human representative an an endangered vampire clan. I had to somehow help re-populate the clan with the help of T-Bag Bagwell, and then set up an underground railroad to get all of the vampires to upstate New York and [...]

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Sleepyhead

I’m fresh out of sass today friends.
I was up until 3:30 last night/this morning due to a variety of aches and pains but, not being one to take it lying down (sorry, had to) I marched myself back to Dr. M who agreed that I looked like “shite” and wrote out a little prescription [...]

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On the Road

What with Sed’s big trip coming up (Like that? I figure my parents can be on par with Brangelina) it’s lucky that my handy On the Road: Dublin guide went live today. Though I draw the line at primping with my father!

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Take A Guess Tuesday

Back due to popular demand (or small pockets of private demand here and there), is Take A Guess Tuesday! Given that Sue and Ed are descending in just seven days, I thought I’d make them the focus of today’s question. So here we go:
What did Sue - my mother - recently say that [...]

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Moody Blues

Another article’s gone live today - Moody? Try Yoga!
Unfortunately until this headache goes away I won’t be able to take any of my own advice!

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Cold Wind’s Blowin’

Good jaysus is there a cold wind blowing today. Not to mention a very grey sky overhead and some fat drops of rain falling. It’s the kind of day that makes you want to put on your jammies and snuggle under a blanket but alas, I can not. Tonight is my first [...]

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