In the early 90s, my brother opened a sandwich shop in St. Stephen’s Green, Bendini and Shaw. We were looking for a manager, and an Aussie guy, BB, presented himself for interview. A skinny little bugger

Chuka, Chuka, Chuka went the sewing machine as the needle punched through the shiny polyester fabric, stitch by stitch sealing Trudy’s fate. Her mother was no seamstress but a six-month stint in an overall

my father Had I not inherited from my father enormous ears that stuck out at right angles from my head, I would have been convinced that I was switched at birth. An introspective, bookish child, I existed

Jen sat on the top deck of the bus only half taking in the scene outside as the gentle hum of the engine lulled her into a light doze. Suddenly she was jolted into wakefulness, her eyes wide as they lighted

or the succinct guide to frog eating.

As a bit of a health freak, my unhealthy habits are few, though I do have something of an addiction to coffee, as well as an unhealthy relationship with the word 'YES'. Now according to the science, coffee

or: The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple

"Waiter! I'll have the Lunch Special, Field Chicken" "Certainly sir" Bill ate heartily savouring every bite. "Waiter, This field chicken, why is it so called?" "Sir,

Just as machinery had obviated the need for our physical work, so AI, sold to humanity as an agent of progress, gradually rendered our limited mental capabilities redundant, until finally, humankind was

“In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer.” Mark Twain It is a truth universally acknowledged that if cursing was

It all started with an advert in the ‘personal column’ of Hotpress, Ireland’s only music paper. ‘Gentleman Punk seeks intelligent Punkette’ read the ad. It was 1978, I was almost 17 in my last year of

or the revolt of the machines.

begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. Oscar Wilde

or the nature of humans

She despised his timidity, his compliance with confinement within the 15-minute city. What happened to the rebel she married she wondered, as she donned her battle garb, took her axe, and set off to demolish

Despite infinite signs and ever-mounting evidence of the many and various agendas aimed at depopulation, the world continued its inexorable march towards the abyss, heads bowed, faces bathed in the beneficent

A man would certainly have to have a fit body before I'd even give him a second glance. A handsome face, not so much. I mean you don't want your man to be too attractive to other females, now do you? 'There’s

Why the government should not have their hands in your pocket.

Why governments should not be pernitted to execute citizens

A homeschooler's lament