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Things You Could Buy with Supermarket Loyalty Stickers During the Celtic Tiger
Remember during the mid '90s when instead of having a simple loyalty card, Irish supermarkets like Dunnes and Super Valu would give you thousands and thousands of stickers to put in a little book which you could then send off for special…
The 10 Times St Brigid Was a Badass
In National School, 1st February is a day often associated with boring talk of Saint Brigid and the frustration of making a cross from rushes that crumples in your bag before you can even show off your shoddy attempt to your nan, in a vain…
Unanswered Questions from The Good Wife Finale
The final episode of The Good Wife aired on RTÉ One on Thursday and its downbeat ending has divided fans. Regardless of the merits of the finale, The Good Wife left us with a lot of unanswered questions. Questions like:
What's the deal…
Brilliant Inventions Which Will Surely Form The Basis Of My Legacy
I have invented many brilliant inventions. I'm not an engineer or a scientist. I'm just a regular Joe who knows what the people want but doesn't have the technical know-how or funds to make these ideas a reality. What I do have is a…
Top 5 Moments Of Men Crying In A Film
Once again we're looking at masculinity through a pop-culture lens, attached to our eye as a steampunk monocle. This week: men crying in films!
So, you're a dude in a movie and something emotional happens. Maybe your best friend has been…
Classic Movies Reimagined With Me In The Lead Role
12 Angry Men
I say that I think the fella might not be guilty; a lot of the evidence just doesn't make sense to me. I start to explain why but I get the feeling that everybody is just politely waiting for me to finish. One of the angry…
How to Become a New York Writer
Just being able to retrace the same city blocks that so many famous writers traversed is enough to inspire the next great American novel. Of course, the city was more affordable back then and most writers had an uncanny way of financially…
Party Tips For Introverts
Being an introvert is hard. The hardest thing in the world. Harder than a guide to string theory made of diamonds. Parties are the hardest. You have to talk to people (hard) and listen to them (quite enjoyable actually) but you can't just…
A Non-Exhaustive List of Thinkpieces I Am Willing To Write For Money
As more and more content goes online, we face an unprecedented need for opinions, perspectives and hashtag hot takes. As such, for the purpose of any editors needing a quick article, I have prepared the following list of topics that I am…
17 Facts About St. Patrick I Just Made Up
St. Patrick originally came to Ireland to attend SnakeCon, which at that time was the world's leading convention for snakes and fans of snakes. He was ejected from the event for allegedly harassing female attendees. Later, he claimed…