by admin | Sep 18, 2013 | Being Irish, Recovering Catholic, Writing
Damn it. I recently got my manuscript back from the editing team. Their take overall was positive, but they more or less unanimously objected to a framing device I’d used. As usual, it was because they just didn’t understand what I was doing, that this was integral to...
by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Being Irish, History, politics, Society, war
Do not speak ill of the dead, we’re told. Why not? The dead are beyond the reach of my slings and arrows. More dangerous, to my mind is the whitewashing of misdeeds done by the recently deceased. I will agree that Westboro Baptist style celebration at the death of...
by admin | Mar 24, 2012 | bad dad, Being Irish, politics
My four year old son was asking me about primary and secondary colors.Him: Daddy, what do you get when you mix red and blue?Me: Purple.Him: How about blue and yellow?Me: green.Him: What do you get when you mix green and orange?Me: Centuries of sectarian...
