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- I Bought the World’s Smallest Smartphone and It’s So Good I Barely Use It, But When Nature Called, I AnsweredWhen smart phones became a thing, I was one of the last of my circle of friends to get one. I was doing an evening degree at the time and I really began to feel that I was becoming an inconvenience to everyone else, especially when it came to collaborating on group projects and stuff… Read more: I Bought the World’s Smallest Smartphone and It’s So Good I Barely Use It, But When Nature Called, I Answered
- The Gay Bar Song and Toxic Masculinity: The Psychological Split That’s Destroying Both Men and the EarthIn June 2003 the band Electric Six released their debut album Fire. I still have that album lying around somewhere. One of the songs on that album was called Gay Bar in which the music video depicted Abraham Linclon in the White House hanging out with other men that also look a lot like Abraham… Read more: The Gay Bar Song and Toxic Masculinity: The Psychological Split That’s Destroying Both Men and the Earth
- An Argument with AI, Planting Potatoes and Trees while Empathising with an Ancient GoddessEveryone seems to be talking about it, the rain. I heard some expert on the weather stating that it’s being raining somewhere in Ireland for the last 61 days. There is some signs that spring has arrived. We are starting to see some full dry days here and there to allow some drying, but the… Read more: An Argument with AI, Planting Potatoes and Trees while Empathising with an Ancient Goddess
- Date night with Blindboy and Professor Daisy Fancourt, How Art helped me Deal with a Stutter as a Child, and How Nature is Now my Safe Place as an Adult.Last week we headed to Belfast to a live podcast. I listen to the Blindboy podcast weekly and for Christmas my partner got us tickets to see him live. Again, like my trip to Co. Offaly the other week, I didn’t bother with the google maps. I know how to get to Belfast, but I… Read more: Date night with Blindboy and Professor Daisy Fancourt, How Art helped me Deal with a Stutter as a Child, and How Nature is Now my Safe Place as an Adult.
- The Organic Inspection and Dealing with the Weeds of the MindIt was that time of year again, time for the yearly organic farm inspection. I had an on-the-spot inspection from the Department of Agriculture back in the early autumn, which was grand, but this inspection was from the Irish Organic Association, one of two organic regulators that oversee everything organic here in Ireland. First was… Read more: The Organic Inspection and Dealing with the Weeds of the Mind