Archive for the ‘Idle Stuff’ Category

Tool Box

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

It's quiet here, in my little potting shed. Right down the end of our garden. Swept by the fire reds of the fusia bush and the overburdened limbs of overhanging apple trees. It is, my secret garden. My own, silent little resting place. I like to sit here and listen to ...

Head wash to Heaven

Monday, October 20th, 2008

This week I am mostly recovering from a healthy overdose of nieces and nephews, church and big dinners. My little niece, Lauren, was baptised last Sunday, much to her consternation and to everyone Else's amusement. We dutifully arrived at Laytown church, all Sunday clad and weighed down with cameras and handbags, video phones and wallets ...

Basic Flight etiquette

Monday, September 15th, 2008

A few weeks ago, I was on one of my many flights to the UK on business, when i had the lucky break to sit beside the Nintendo man tosser. I had had a fairly hectic week, and was feeling, shall we say, a little down on myself, simply through ...

Fackin Droggeda!

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

I've been in Slough these past two weeks, and last night and went, down with a work colleague to the nearest pub to watch the, European Cup final. I really should have known better. We were standing in the beer garden having a chat, when a guy came in in traditional thug uniform: 3/4 length ...

Alka-Seltzer

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

During a recent stay at a hotel down south, I awoke suddenly with a searing pain in my belly that would rivaled John Hurts in 'Alien'. My Stomach felt so distended I thought that if I farted my shirt would deflate like a crumpling tent. Something I ate at the salad bar that day ...