Category Archives: Blogging

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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00:30 heavy metal, beer and an the unbearable lightness of tolerating scum bucketery

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Steve McDonagh

Here I sit, cold beer in a glass, Disturbed’s “Indestructible” loosening the wax in my ears whilst I review the week just past. A week in which my normal bonhomie was stretched to breaking point and beyond by the levels … Continue reading →

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Midwinter Thoughts.

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Steve McDonagh

Rightly ho gentle reader … I am still dandering back and forth to work most days and this 5 mile wander there and back allows me the time and space to do something that kinda gets lost in the hurley … Continue reading →

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Dealing with a SKY salesman at your door

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Steve McDonagh

Valerie has just stopped laughing and I have at least given a poor, wet SKY salesman something to mark this day as different, Never let it be said I am not a benificent old codger. The conversation went something like … Continue reading →

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Wot we done on our holidays

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Steve McDonagh

Alas, those arch demons of fiscally impecunious arseholery (or bankers for short) put paid to a long holiday in the sun for Val and me this year. So as it happened a spot of unexpected cash allowed us to take … Continue reading →

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Do Faith Schools Fuel Sectarianism?

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Steve McDonagh

I got up early this morning intending to go for my usual longish Sunday dander and on looking out of the window it was in mid deluge, so I got back into bed and caught some extra ZZZZZZzzzz’s to be … Continue reading →

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It is not that often that something raises a tear in my eye…

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Steve McDonagh

But this does … Lucidending has terminal cancer, he is pain and recognizing that his lot will only get worse he has chosen to legally end his own on Tuesday.He was bought an iPad and discovered Reddit and is sharing … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Dander

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Steve McDonagh

Another Sunday has rolled around and as per the last few weekends I pencilled in Sunday morning as the time when I would set out on a nice long plod around this little part of the universe that I call … Continue reading →

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The Etch-A-Sketch Help Desk

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Steve McDonagh

Not quite wikileaks but I was recently passed this from a Friend in a call centre. I think we can all learn quite a lot from this, wise words .. wise words indeed. Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has all of these … Continue reading →

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The dark days of Winter take their toll on the “Voice of the McDonaghs”

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Steve McDonagh

Indeedy it is February already! Valentines day is past and Valerie’s birthday is just around the corner. Where does the time go? I have a feeling that thes short, grey, damp and cold days just suck the joy of life … Continue reading →

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