Sometimes what I read tells me what to write about. Other times the hints come from what I watch. This time it’s both. First I read a line in Richard Pryor’s autobiography Pryor Convictions with this mighty stack of intensifying negatives: You can’t tell nobody not to snort no cocaine. That led me to rewatch […]
Don’t never tell nobody not to use no double negatives
Manannán Mac Lir is one of the most popular deities in Celtic mythology. He is Lord of the sea and of the three great waves of Ireland. This sculpture created by John Darren Sutton, is situated at Gortmore Viewing Point on Binevenagh Mountain, County Derry. Although he only plays a prominent role in some of […]
Manannán mac Lir | The Celtic God of the Sea
Well Said.
I’ve been thinking about the evolution of the word “content” as it relates to creative endeavors. “Content” used to be a quality of a creative work, especially a piece of writing: “this article has no content” means that it’s fluff, a puff piece, filler. Now we talk about an article as content—eliding the difference between a substantive, thoughtful piece of writing (or other creative act), and filler meant to keep the writer visible in their social media feeds. It’s disrespectful of both creators and the works that they produce.
So I now try to consciously avoid the word “content” as a synonym for a body of creative work. I try to use a specific word: “posts,” “articles,” “writing,” or even “creative work.”
I don’t want to get preachy about it, but I put this idea out there because I’d like to encourage other people who think like I do to…
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I am the captain of my soul
A winner is a dreamer who never gives up
May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart
It always seems impossible until it’s done
Where you stand depends on where you sit
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
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“Scary monsters are like Hula Hoops. They come in and out of fashion” – John Malkovich If I was looking to do battle with sinister revenants sucking out the souls of the living (and just for the record, I’m not), apart from joining one of our many modern political think tanks, the southern borderlands of […]
The Count de Cabreras: A Valencian Vampire Hunter in Hungary
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Ammon Shea loves dictionaries – especially the OED. He loves the OED so much, he read it – the whole thing, in its second edition: 21,730 pages with around 59 million words. It took him a year, full-time, and he wrote a book about it, titled Reading the OED (2008). This is not a review, […]
In Ireland, tithes were not introduced until the Synod of Cashel in 1171, and then were confined mainly to areas under Anglo-Norman control. In theory, the revenue from tithe divided into four parts: one for the upkeep of the clergyman, another for Poor Relief, a third for Church Maintenance and Education and the fourth for the Bishop. Practice did not follow theory, and by the 18th century, the tithe had become the exclusive property of the clergy. From Tudor times on, the Church of Ireland became the established church and consequently, the Tithe revenue went to the upkeep of the clergy of that church.
The roots of the Battle of Carrickshock can be traced to the implementation of the iniquitous tithe tax that came into being in the difficult harvest which followed in the immediate aftermath of the Napoleonic wars.
The opposition was a compound of religious and economic objections…
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