I didn’t have a problem with the size of the ballot for the Euro parliament election, once I laid it out on the floor and got everyone into teams to help me fill it out
Soon to be former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak seems to be doing the UK election from start to finish in the style of classic British slapstick comedy, and for his dedication to the bit I must applaud him.
John Cullen over on Bluesky spent the day installing Linux on an old laptop. It seems to have been absolute hell and he’s moderately technical but he succeeded eventually. He’s happy now, if scarred by the experience.
Reminds me of getting Linux going on my Mac in 1997, but now there’s USB and flash drives.
I’m in the hospital waiting for my six week ear check-up. Bandages out, find out what’s happening in there. Resigned to bad news, but nervous all the same.
Going to lift some heavy things as a treat. Can fly too, but still no swimming for another two months. Audio isn’t great, but the surgeon did fire in some gunk to help with healing and I guess the ear has to adjust to not being plugged too.
Fine Gael Councillor candidate Steve O’Reilly has today both posted and had hand-delivered the same grovelling appeal letter to give him my no. 1 vote, highlighted in yellow on the page and a patronising graphic on the other side to show how to do this. He should get a free seat just for effort.
Stealing a reply from elsewhere: The number one local issue in Dublin 15 has become immigration, for people who are barely allowed to get a look in on how the parks are looked after. The dividing line between MEP and local candidate has blurred heavily.
A few years ago, I wrote code to solve problems. Now, I operate JIRA and move tickets around, which is something I enjoy a lot less but somehow get paid more to do.
My ear, which will have all the bandaging and whatnot extracted on Thursday morning, is itchy as hell. I want to scrub it with a toothbrush or something.
There's something in the molecular structure of grill toasties which makes them an essential dietary requirement. I know this because I like them a lot.
I'm squinting and trying to make out... Has landlord Marc Godart perjured himself in High Court? Is he arrogantly walking himself into several contempts of court simultaneously? And routing rent via the bank account of another person?
Susanne Delaney is running for a subdivision of Fingal County Council. She intends to control the borders of Blanchardstown and Mulhuddart. We must be ever vigilant of Castleknock!