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The Great Institution of Chatham Street
Grafton Street is the unofficial main street of The Fabulous Fair City. Along with its side streets, it has everything. Shops, pubs, clubs, cafes, theatres, restaurants, you name it and its there. Not forgetting the buskers of Grafton Street who perform there daily and add to the atmosphere. It wouldn’t be quite the same without…
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Christmas Day
And so it’s Christmas. And what have we done? Christmas is a strange time of the year. It’s a time when families are expected to come together. Even if they don’t get along. It’s a time when people feel pressured to buy gifts, some of which will not be fully appreciated. It’s a time of…
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Santa is coming
It’s Christmas Eve babe. But I’m not in the drunk tank. And an old man said to me that Santa is on the way. So how exactly does he do it? How does one man get around to every child that has written to him and deliver requested gifts all across the land? It comes…
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A day of rebuilding
For every period of ‘cloudiness’ there follows a period of rebuilding. A return to basics. Yesterday morning kicked off at the relatively respectable hour of 8.30. Tea, radio and guitar were the first ports of call. Tea is reassuring. Radio is company. Guitar is therapy. The Belgian Boy dropped in around 12. Time for coffee…
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A cloudy evening
From time to time My Good Self experiences the phenomenon known as ‘cloudiness’. Yesterday evening was something of a cloudy evening. I was watching the Boys from Anfield (Liverpool) on tv. For no obvious reason a certain mental tiredness came upon me. I had been due to pop out for a ‘catch up’ with The…
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Notorious RBG
Notorious RBG is the affectionate name given to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court Justice. This week she spoke about the impeachment process facing President Trump. She urged the US senate, who will decide Trumps fate, to observe its constitutional duty and be impartial. Her words will most likely fall on deaf ears. Given that…
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A Ton Up
Todays post marks the one hundredth in my humble blogging career. A milestone of sorts. My Good Self started writing this blog in August of this year, on the suggestion of my good friend,The Guinness Pensioner. I am very grateful to her. The human brain is quite a complex organ. It needs to be exercised…
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Another election
The dust has only just settled on the UK general election. It now seems it’s time for the Irish politicians to take centre stage. We can’t have our Big Brother Across The Water hogging the limelight for too long. Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin has written to Fine Gael Taoiseach Leo Varadkar seeking clarification on…
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Negotiating Nepal
My Good Self has been to Nepal on two occasions. It is not a rich country. However it is one of the most beautiful and its people seem to possess an inner happiness and spirituality that is not always apparent in the western world. My debut visit, several seasons back, was with The Dutchman and…
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Settling back in
The epic voyage to The Land of Brexit had been most pleasing in many ways. Meeting up with various friends, the lovely concert in Hammersmith, the long and winding road home. It would appear that all good things do actually come to an end and so it came to pass that regular life in My…
Blind light 