Nov 24th

Fly sex

It’s chilly here in sunny Spain and all the animals are dying off with the cold. I’m sad to see the little lizards struggle. My studio was plagued by flies last week, but they were all dopey and slower than normal. So I managed to smush a fair few in the air. They also sat more still [...] read more...

Tags: flies
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Nov 2nd

El Libro Gordo

I bought 25 issues of this, El Libro Gordo. A four page (including the cover) magazine that kids could buy in kiosks. That cute little fellow Petete appears on every cover. The inside pages, all three of them are corny. Mostly illustrations of historical costumes. If anybody has any scans of Sugradh etc, the Irish [...] read more...

Tags: scans/spanish
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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 27th

The Astrosniks

I found this book before the summer. Astrosniks: Snik contra Snik. I’m sure I saw them before back in Ireland. I was always a Smurf nut and we would always find similar figures like Astrosniks and those little clowns with the white faces. But obvious cash in aside, the book is actually good. The artwork [...] read more...

Tags: smurfs/sniks
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Oct 18th

Caught on the 56A in Tallaght and Jobstown wallpaper

I found this and other gems when transferring everything over to the mac. I was so whacked out when this appeared in the Tallaght Echo in 2003 ago that I actually contacted them trying to get a retraction or some free ad space. The whole thing is alien to me now, getting a bus everyday, [...] read more...

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Oct 17th

The Nazis came to Murcia

What a shock it was to see a battalion of fully armed German soldiers marching around town yesterday. I didn’t know about the Operation Market Garden re-enactment. It was brilliant, I got to stand about 15ft away from the action. There were great pyrotechnics going off here and there. read more...

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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...

Tags: agro/switching from pc to mac
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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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Oct 3rd

Padraig Pearse with the Gunner eye

Michael Collins, the great film about…Michael Collins was on the telly here in Spain last night and there was a scene that kept me awake long after the film ended. At the very start, after the rebels surrender in the GPO, the survivors are all lined up and a policeman goes through the ranks, dishing [...] read more...

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Aug 6th

Studio Tour and New Spazzmoid

Hey all, I’ve put up pics of where I work on The Eclectic Micks site. I’ll repost it all here next week with more photos and trivia about all the wonderful posters and prints I have New page on Spazzmoid too read more...

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