Cobblers

Dosplayed in the window of the local shoe-repair shop:

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Mission Intermission

A couple of years ago I brought a chinese friend of mine to film at Savoy Cinema in Dublin. The reason why we went there was because I hate queueing at the nearby 17-screen multiplex, there’s always huge queues there but at the Savoy with its mere six screens, there were are hardly ever any [...]

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Wedding Tales

“Rachel Getting Married”
Sometimes it’s interesting to watch a film knowing nothing about it beforehand. You have no expectations and usually even with those lack of expectations, you still end up disappointed.
But then there’s those ones (and not too many of them unfortunately) that make you go “Wow”.
When I put on “Rachel Getting Married”, I expected [...]

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Wish you were here?

A recruitment consultant wrote to me today:
“When are you planning on coming back to Ireland.”
(He obviously misses me, so much so that he forgot to use a question mark)
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I replied:
“I’ve no plans to come back at present.”
(That’s me, sailing on the winds of chance)
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To which I get the reply:
“I don’t blame.”
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Yes, not only is the [...]

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