Paris – Pleasuring Yourself

Moans of ectasy, sighs of pleasure, possibly even giggles of delight could be heard emanating from my hotel room this weekend, no doubt any passers-by drew their own conclusions about what was occurring within…..
And was happening in that sanctum of pleasure?
I’m not sure if I should say, you might think of me as depraved or [...]

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Being Irish – Am I Irish?

What are the images people have of the Irish?
One very strong one is that of the Stupid Paddy, butt of a million Irish jokes, always ready for slapstick, scapegoating and generally hilarity. This probably all came from the fact that at one time the majority of Irish people were poor and thus poorly educated, and [...]

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Being Irish – Travelling

When I was in Australia, I was sitting down with my housemate watching music videos and being Irish I had to point out Irish artists so as to promote them and help them along the way, we’re very proud of our little successes, so we are. A Samatha Mumba video came up and I said [...]

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Being Irish – "I’m not ……., I’m Irish!"

Being white and a native English speaker, it’s quite common to be mistaken for American or English, not always a good thing as not everyone in the world loves Americans or English, so when I was beginning my trip last year I needed some distinguishing feature.
While the Canadians roam around with a Canadian flag on [...]

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Being Irish

With St Patrick’s Day just gone, the whole of the media has been discussing what it means to be Irish these days, we are no longer the solid mono-culture we once were. In 15 years we have transformed from the Ireland we all knew to a new land, a land of multi-culturalism with different languages, [...]

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Angelus

Listening to the chimes of the Angelus strangely transported me all the way to Malaysia, a land that while I have no real affinity for, it keeps poking its head into my life.
It’s funny how alien the Muslim call to prayer seems when staying in Malaysia, so unlike all I know and grew up with, [...]

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Books

Over 200 books, gone.
Not just gone but gone forever and all by my own hand…..
Yes I gave them away. When it comes to books I have a serious space problem, there’s only so many ways to arrange 1800 books without taking up great deals of space. They line the shelves, hide in wardrobes, they’re even [...]

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