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Homemade banana bread muffins
I had too much 🍌 🍞 dough so I poured the leftover into some bun trays. And voilà, made-up muffins. Iteration 1. Time to do usability testing, evaluate and iterate.
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Ray of light
After a tumultuous week of political shenanigans, the sky provided some rays of light.
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To Dad
My Dad passed away 1 month ago today, 24th February 2019 at 16:15. In Ireland for Catholics a “Month’s mind” requiem mass is celebrated, about one month after a person’s death, in memory of the deceased. I want this post to be my Internet Month’s mind for Dad. He’d have probably thrown his eyes up…
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The Eagle, Farringdon Road
If I won the lottery, and had £3 Million quid, I’d buy the Eagle, not change a thing, reserve a table for myself every night and eat a bife Ana sandwich every day. God bless them.
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Vote Democrobot
The first political party run by artificial intelligence. I suppose it can’t be any worse than what’s there now.
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Spring is here, A-suh-puh-ring is here
… “Life is skittles and life is beer I think the loveliest time Of the year is the spring I do, don’t you? ‘Course you do” … (Dave Lehrer, ‘Poisoning pigeons in the park’)
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Danger! Risk of being attacked by pixel 🐍
Danger! Risk of being attacked by pixel 🐍
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Irish person’s reaction to Brexit – in video
(Wait ’til the very end…..) IPSOS-Mori carried out a survey of all Irish people, asking the question “What is you’re reaction to the word “Brexit”? After analysing the results, they commissioned stop-motion artist, Bernard Tyers to represent the results in a stop-motion short movie. Here is the result. Tyers is quoted as saying, “I feel…
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Spilt Lentil Soup – Shawraba Adas
Shawraba adas (Split lentil soup with onion, cinnamon, cumin lemon juice), a lovely Lebanese soup, with a little sumac and mint garnish.
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Is that a Hockney?
Sitting in St. Pancras Station, waiting for the Eurostar. Drinking a hot chocolate (lumps of cocoa dropped into hot milk). Woman walks passed as I dreedle the last chocolate into the milk. “Very nice, is that a Hockney”, she says.
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1 de Enero! Ya falta menos!
Ya falta menos! Artist: Cesar Oroz, of the wonderfully sarcastic and hilarious La Tira De Oroz.
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Me as a unicorn
Before Christmas, while we were having lunch in a lovely Greek restaurant, my nephews and niece imagined me as a 🦄. I particularly appreciate the beard and sparkles.
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Shed with green door, Fews, County Waterford
When we visited family on Sunday, I remember standing outside this building after coming out of church.
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Graveyard Dog
My Dad & I went to visit my Grandparents’ graves before Christmas. We found this lovely little 🐕 taking care of the graveyard grounds.
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This fella is in the newspapers. He should he returned.
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Cooking lesson in Maolin National Park
We stopped in to a roadside shop for a drink. The very friendly woman and her daughter there made us a pumpkin and pineapple juice, and an ash gourd and lemon iced tea. When I asked what ash gourd was, she very kindly gave us a lesson on how to make the iced tea.
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Dinner with 🐖 trotters
Rice, cabbage, omelette with taro (?), greens, beer. All good. Pigs trotters. Not so good. I tried them, but won’t be trying them again.
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