My mind had tied up Reason and locked her in a room. My imagination tried to convince me, in her absence, that my training was merely “unorthodox” and akin to Rocky’s back to basics approach in Rocky 4. The message was tasered into my head with increasing regularity the closer we got to race day….
Half submerged, acclimatising to the frigid sea, you hear the starter’s pistol and take off in the maelstrom of thrashing limbs towards the island. You run up the slip, already discarding your wetsuit as you smile at well wishers shouting you on. You find your bike, add your helmet and shoes, and you’re away, cycling…
I managed to get my hands on this document from the offices of Ryanair. It’s pretty obvious that it’s a first draft, nevertheless it’s a great insight into their new pre flight safety demonstration policy. Dear Passenger, As you know we here at Ryanair wish to make air travel as affordable, comfortable and efficient as…
PART 1 – MY VERY OWN BOAT As part of the holiday package, the resort offered a romantic boat trip to a deserted island for the day. There was even talk of a complimentary bottle of champagne. We were on the picturesque Greek island of Skiathos. The idea of being ferryed over to one of…
We need a boogie man to keep the congregation in line. You Mean a bogeyman? What’d I say? Boogie Man. Shit. Yes. Of course. Bogeyman. A Boogie man would be wholly inappropriate. …
“Ever try apples…?” A snake. Of all the things you would think should get a lot of column inches in the Bible, Lucifer’s rebellion and his subsequent defeat is almost glossed over, relatively speaking, given the length of a story in the Bible about a talking donkey. After all, history is written by the victors,…
“At Vienna, one of the audience affirmed publicly that my performance was not surprising, for he had distinctly seen, while I was playing my variations, the devil at my elbow, directing my arm and guiding my bow. My resemblance to the devil was a proof of my origin” Niccol0 Paganini I recently watched a UFC…
A few nights ago I was watching the MTV Music Awards. It was not by choice. I have a cousin very much involved in that world, and I wanted to see how his segment looked. Despite my best efforts to have stayed hip and up with music “the kids” listen to these days, I found…
Long before the recent deluge of Hipster beers swarmed bars to confuse simple beer drinkers the World over, there were only about 4 beers you could buy in a pub. In Ireland we had old man/Irish man favorite Guinness, highly recognizable Heineken, and masochist’s fizz water Budweiser. The only time you bought a weird brand…
For 2 weeks, every 4 years, we become fascinated with sports we usually ignore. The Olympics affords us the opportunity to marvel at the greatest athletes on the planet, from the safety of our crumb-laden couches. We exclaim, we secretly hope people fall, we root for the underdogs, and deep down, we think they’re all…
