Month: October 2021

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This little fella is so cute.  He has no intention of relinquishing his chicken for anyone. The fact that he has not wolfed it down without any regret whatsoever is what surprises me.  It’s his guilty eyes looking off to the left that kill me.

Apparently, this sideways glance is a real give away for humans too.  They say that when we are asked a question and we look to the left while answering that we are lying.  Whereas if we answer while looking to the right, we are telling the truth.  This little guy is just desperate to eat his stolen chicken. He must have been saying to himself -Scooby doo styley – Dang, and I almost got away with it.

My two Morkie’s would have demolished this tasty prize. Buzz is as gentle as can be 99% of the time when he is taking food but for certain treats like sausages, he becomes feral. Which is fair enough. If someone was considering removing me from my kebab after a night out, I would not take to it lightly.

Whenever I leave a sweet wrapper by my side, he loves to grasp it in a stealth like fashion. Running away with it as though I am going to go running after him. Hardly likely.  I’ve just had my sweets and am happy as a sweet filled Adele can be.

On the other hand, Finn is as gentle as a mouse. Taking the food from me whilst gazing at me with his adorable brown eyes.

All the best

Stay Fab

Adele

This has to be one of my favorite Graham Norton interviews. For many reasons. The fact that Ireland inspired Dave Grohl to start The Foo Fighters. But also, the fact that as he named the ring of Kerry as one of the most remote places on the planet, we can be pretty sure that this will no longer be the case. Dingle no longer has the famous dolphin Fungie so now they will be overrun with Nirvana and Foo Fighter fans.

Graham Dave Grohl Ring of Kerry

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In 2017 I went to Glastonbury to celebrate my birthday. The Foo Fighters were headlining on Saturday night. Our group made a collective decision to not see them and head to the Shangri-La area.   It is an awesome space of art installations and weird and wacky phenomena.

It can be very difficult to get into most times due to it’s popularity.  Our logic was that as everyone would be at The Pyramid stage watching The Foo Fighters that we would have the place to ourselves. And we were not wrong.   I had seen my favorite band Radiohead the night before and was as happy as I could ever be.

My fondest memory of Shangri-La that night was entering a tube carriage complete with disco and strobe lights to mosh to punk for 2 minutes. It was such a surreal experience.

Part of me wishes that we saw the Foo Fighters as I believe they were amazing.

I was thinking that the name ‘Kerry’ must be rather an unfortunate name to have if you live in Ireland. The childhood taunts of the ‘Ring of Kerry’ must be a real burn.

All the best

Stay Fab

Adele

When I started my blog last year, I got into some trouble for posting an RIP for Sean Connery.   I was aware that he had committed domestic violence but still felt the need to wish that he rest in peace.

Condoning domestic violence was never my intention and it brought up the debate regarding actors, artists and popstars that have died and had committed criminal activity.

Some were guilty, some were not.   Picasso received stolen goods; Caravaggio murdered somebody. Tim Allen was found guilty of drunk driving and cocaine possession.

Will Smith committed an aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy. Jay Z-stabbed somebody.  Mark Wahlberg was charged with murder and racist hatred and 50 Cent was caught for drug dealing assault and battery.

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In my blog I mentioned the following

‘As Pussy Galore is such a great name what about a Greek villain by the name of Phallus Generous?  Holly Goodhead from Moonraker could have a Chinese villain by the name of Muff Munch.  Or finally Chew Mee in The Man with the Golden Gun could have had an Irish villain by the name of Nosh O’ Tool’.

Since then, a few more have come to me. A villain named Dick Largesse? Or Handcock/Hancock. Whoops that is already somebody’s real second name. Excuse me.

Pussy Galore played by Honor Blackman in Goldfinger has to be my all-time favorite Bond girl.

 

All the best

Stay Fab

Adele

These days it is all about Mr. Bond for me.  Sean Connery in Goldfinger. What a movie. Possibly the best ever.  Looking back over the 24 Bond Movies, Die and Day appear to be very popular words for the movie titles. Let’s take a look.

Live and let die

Die another day

No Time to die

Another way to die

The living Daylights.

Here are my top ten James Bond Theme songs. Shirley Bassey, Adele, Chris Cornell and Sam Smith are my favorites as I adore their voices.

As a child I used to sing Goldfinger at the top of my voice whenever I got a chance. I loved performing the hand actions that Shirley added to her performance for greater drama.

1. Shirley Bassey – “Goldfinger”
2. Adele – “Skyfall”
3. Sam Smith – “Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre.
4. Jack White & Alicia Keyes – “Another Way to Die”
5. Billie Eilish — “No Time to Die”
6. Paul McCartney & Wings – “Live and Let Die”.
7. Chris Cornell – “You Know My Name”-Casino Royale
8. Madonna – “Die Another Day” .
9. A-ha – “The Living Daylights”.
10. Matt Monro – “From Russia With Love”

I have thought up a few alternative Irish style James Bond movie titles just to mix it up a bit. Let me know what you think?

‘Feck the villains’.

‘It’s grand. We got this’.

‘A ride and a rasher’.

‘Cold Minger’ as opposed to Goldfinger.

And finally

‘Deadly Dublin’.

Let me know what you think?

All the best

Stay Fab

Adele

In honor of the last Bond Movie to feature the amazing Daniel Craig I felt the need to blog about its release. As well as offering some comedy clips featuring the one and only Mr. Craig being gorgeous and silly amongst a few others.

SNL James Bond Crabs

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WPA-Woeful pun alert. When I first heard of the name of the movie, I thought that it was about an overworked launderette assistant- No time to dye or a hairdresser.  The reviews have been amazing and I cannot wait to see it.

The thought of having a parody Bond movie crossed my mind and then I remembered Rowan Atkinson as Johnny English which was a massive success worldwide. And also, Our Man Flint and Get Smart. Many may say that Mike Meyers  as Austin Powers in International Man of Mystery was possibly the greatest parody of all time.

Bond Dog -This is too cute.

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My favorite clip has to be the comic relief that he did with Catherine Tate.

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I must apologize for my obsession with Catherine Tate. Ah, feck it. No, I don’t apologize at all. She is a pure comedic genius.

James Corden and David Beckham also hopped on the Bond bandwagon in this clip.

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Everyone is trying to predict who the next Bond will be. My money is on Idris Elba, Tom Hardy or Clive Owen.

All the best

Stay Fab

Adele

In the end I mustered up the courage and asked him if he smoked- on the off chance that it could have passed over to my room.  He said no.  I mentioned the strong smell and he kindly replied ’That’s a first’.  I began to think that my nightmare was linked to the ghost ship.

The ghost ship was 400 meters from where I stayed.  I had vaguely heard of its news the year before but I had no real knowledge of its passage. My imagination was fired up and the writer in me began to imagine that the visions within my nightmare were linked to the ship.

It was named the ‘Ghost ship’ because it had been at sea for two years and had travelled two thousand kilometers from America to land on the rocks of Ballyandreen by Ballycotton.

The story goes that it was carrying emergency supplies from Greece to Haiti to help following the devastating earthquake of 2010 which claimed the lives of 200,000 people. The ship had been renamed many times which indicates that it may have been used for nefarious purposes.

The engines had failed off the coast of America and the eleven crew were rescued by the coastguard.  Nobody claimed or rescued the ship.   When it landed in Ballycotton thousands of adventure seekers and bounty hunters from around the world arrived to witness the phenomenon. The residents and farmers were apoplectic with the invasion. Their serene and peaceful lives were thrown into turmoil.

I still believe my room may have been Haunted. Buzz and Finn would not eat in the room for the duration of our stay.

All the best

Stay Fab

Adele