Author Archives: Steve McDonagh

A Spot of Christmas Spam Baiting

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Steve McDonagh

Background My Mother, Isobel, lives 10 houses down the road from us at #14 and is one of the “Silver Surfers” using her computer and now iPad Mini daily for internety stuff. She is pretty saavy when it comes to … Continue reading →

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Guest Blogpost – A DUP Pamphlet admirably dissected and rebutted

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Steve McDonagh

Steve Writes Many of you will know that I am not naturally one who has a lot of time for the Northern Ireland Political Arena or the folk that ply their trade in the corridors of power in Stormount, Westminster … Continue reading →

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The Global recession and its affects on the Intergluteal Cleft

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Steve McDonagh

It is a sad indictment of the state we find ourselves living in that the cut backs and fiscal penny pinching has reached such a proportion that it has reached into the very private inner sanctum of silent contemplation that … Continue reading →

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Of Public Meetings and engaging with the powers that be.

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Steve McDonagh

Tonight I totally forgot that Flowerfield Arts Center pottery class was deferred by a week because of the launch of the NW200 2013 events program. However I noticed while hovering around reception that there was a public meeting being held … Continue reading →

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.o0( Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. )

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Steve McDonagh

Today was a day of an ending – The last “t” was crossed the last “i” dotted and a big tear stained full stop was placed at the end of the last sentence of the last paragraph of the life … Continue reading →

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Ponderings on the value we put on “things”

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Steve McDonagh

Tis Sunday a day of rest and reverie and as such that is what I am doing with the help of Faure’s Requiem – a great piece for a Sunday morning at the end of a bad week. The week … Continue reading →

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Norn Iron, Flegs, Fleg Poles, Rioting and their importance

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Steve McDonagh

I realise that with all the twitter and FB guff that has been around since the #fleg debacle and the ripples of spleen, golf balls, paint bombs and broken glass, some people not from “Norn Iron” will be confused as … Continue reading →

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Farewell Uncle Henry!

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Steve McDonagh

Just found out my Uncle Henry, from the Canadian branch of the family, one of life’s true quiet gentlemen and a A+ first grade go to the top of the class Uncle has died 🙁 Although this was not unexpected … Continue reading →

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My evening with Sanal Edamaruku, Irish Atheism, the whore of Ballymena and a career change

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Steve McDonagh

Gentle reader, here I sit in the kitchen of Casa McDonagh typing this post and sipping a cup of coffee in quiet contemplation prior to retiring for the night after a most interesting evening. I was at a special meeting … Continue reading →

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The dangers of Demons and paying the Visa Bill

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Steve McDonagh

…an odd thing happened yesterday. I had to go into town at dinner time to pay the Visa bill and other deeply boring chores. As I turned the corner into the Diamond (or town square if you are not from … Continue reading →

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