2022-03-22 08:35
I’m reminded of Gareth Morgan’s concept of a “psychic prison” when I think of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The idea is that in organisations, the neuroses, idi… Read More
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Random photos and observations on life from a blogger based in Cork, Ireland.
2022-03-11 00:19
I keep thinking
Of the five lone exiles
Thrown from their mother planet
On a journey through the stars.
–
They are free now
Free of us
What happens here:
The pa… Read More
2021-08-07 10:33
Everywhere I look these days, companies are trying to get me to sign up to paid subscriptions for their content. While I understand why subscriptions are needed, and I accept fully that comp… Read More
2021-07-10 20:04
One of my big interests is the story of late medieval Ireland. This is a period largely bracketed by the entry of the Anglo-Normans into Ireland around 1170, to the rise of the Tudor dynasty… Read More
2021-06-21 23:56
Does any other adult feel
Like they are a wall?
Stopping waves of pain crossing
From one side to the other?
Sometimes that wall
breaks
Or is insufficiency high,
Then the… Read More
2021-06-21 19:01
A stone hit me
Square in the head.
It hurt me quite badly.
Dazed and in great pain
I sought it out.
I said “Hey stone,
Why did you hurt me so badly?”
The sto… Read More
2021-06-06 09:46
Years ago, I listened to a great story in a public speaking club I attended. The storyteller, who I will call Steve, was very talented.
The story went like this: He had a best friend Tom… Read More
2021-06-05 10:26
In the early months of 1914, nobody thought war was on the horizon. Sure, there were dark clouds, but war? No.
All it took was the death of an arch-duke, of a declining power, in an obscu… Read More
2021-01-27 18:03
When I was a young man, I was a very bad driver.
In my mind of course, I was a better driver than everyone else.
I used to overtake 10 cars in a row regularly, because I was far… Read More
2021-01-26 09:03
After the last book has been read
The last Netflix series watched
The last puzzle solved
The last tweet, the last Like,
The last Zoom meeting endured:
The virus persists
An… Read More
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