Oct 28th

Switching to Mac from Pc pt 3

When I was 17 I used to work installing aquariums in people’s houses. It was only for a few months while the pet shop was being built so I was tasked to help the fish dude. On hearing this my Dad gave me some sage advice. “Son, when you’re working in people’s houses. DON’T steal [...] read more...

Tags: switching from pc to mac
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Oct 6th

Switching from Pc to Mac part 2

I’m such a shut-in that I always take the stairs instead of the lift lest I’m trapped with some neighbour. Lift talk is hard in English but even harder in Spanish. So when the delivery man asked could he use my toilet I immediately thought; “Oh no, I have to get in the lift with [...] read more...

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Oct 5th

Switching from Pc to Mac part 1

As described in my comic entitled Breakdown, I have had serious problems over the summer with both by laptop and pc. Everything seemed to bomb at the same time, and besides Blue Screens of Death and drivers going nutty, even the physical things are annoying me; my speakers are crap and my mouse is getting [...] read more...

Tags: switching from pc to mac
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Sep 21st

How to get a haemorrhoid

First it was the inability to get a decent boner, then my gammy knee, then carpal tunnel syndrome but now the most recent ailment is a haemorrhoid. It’s gone now though, in as much as they can disappear, but for more than a week I was crippled by it. Had to sit down on a [...] read more...

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Aug 26th

I had headlice

I have ants in my studio. Only a few but some days I notice them. I also have a gecko that lives under a poster who I presume likes eating ants so it all balances out I suppose. I was gazing absently at the floor when I saw a tiny spec crawling along. I then [...] read more...

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Aug 10th

A fly without wings is called a walk

For a few months I was besieged. Sitting here like an African baby with bluebottles dotted around my face, shlucking up the goo from my pores and eating the sugar on my lips. One day I couldn’t work up in the studio because of them between chasing them around and hosing the air with spray [...] read more...

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Aug 2nd

Things I hate about The Wire

We all know HBO’s The Wire is probably the best television series in history, redefining the narrative of blah blah… showing socio political stratums yadda yadda yadda…but there are a few things that I didn’t like about the series. I was a late comer, all my friends raged about it and I gave it a [...] read more...

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Jul 20th

My Spanish Knackers

One thing you don’t see as much of in Spain is little knackers/scangers or yoofs hanging around corners. Same with young single mothers. A sixteen year old with a kid in Dublin is commonplace but over here it would make the papers. I’ve analysed it a lot. The ‘no-go’ areas in Murcia are sort of [...] read more...

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Jul 19th

The question that plagues me

Theres a kind of humour that I’ve sort of grown out of. The broad, quirky self deprecating type that most people find amusing like admitting to wanking to Smurfette. Its funny in the way Joey and Chandler were funny but this story isn’t about that. This is a story that has hounded me and when [...] read more...

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Sep 5th

Punched in the head by old man

My Grandad has been ill the past few months and I visit him in the hospital as much as I can. He’s sort of the inspiration for Mr Amperduke, a remarkable man full of all kinds of crazy knowledge and stories. I was up with him a few weeks ago and one of the other [...] read more...

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