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I do love a bit of word play. And where better to play with words than with a well-known philosophical quote. Sometimes I have days where I feel fruity, almost, and I must stress, almost, yam like. And days when I feel like a vegetable and just want to lay like an airbed and Lilo i.e. Lie low.

I realize that I may be going overboard with the similes today but I have decided to call today ‘National Simile Day’, for me anyway.

Descartes, ‘I think therefore I am’ is one of my favorite philosophical quotes.    Although recently I heard the phrase ‘I am not what I think I am, I am not what you think I am, I am what I think you think I am’ by Charles Horton Cooley.

Jay Shetty describes it beautifully here. And I love his phrase ‘we live in echo chambers’.

https://youtu.be/2nzBWfjdHcI

 

I have been on a bit of a Monty Python ‘Holy Grail’ roll over the last few days. And I will finish with this clip. It did make me giggle. Particularly Karl Marx doing his warm up exercises fervently. ‘Monty Python Philosophy Football’.

 

https://youtu.be/LfduUFF_i1A

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Adele

 

I must preface this blog by stating that my heart and prayers are with those that are suffering and those that have lost loved ones. Over the last week I have mentioned my relief at waking up to a new day with the earth intact.  As opposed to it being vaporized by a meteor shower.   I have also mentioned my relief upon wakening when I realize that the human race has not been ravaged by Godzilla overnight.

I used the term ‘It could be worse’ as something that I remember fondly from a Monty Python sketch. Upon further research I realized that it was in fact ‘I’ve had worse’ which was used in The Holy Grail.

https://youtu.be/ZmInkxbvlCs

I must admit that I cry laughing every time I watch it.  But not at the obvious dismemberment. But at the first few seconds where the knight’s trusty servant is banging the ends of two coconuts together to mimic the clip clopping of a horse’s feet. This is one of the first few lines in the opening scene of the movie.

https://youtu.be/6NbCNA0mAtM

The debate concerning birds, velocity and weight ratio is also rather giggle worthy. I have been muttering the expression ‘I’ve had worse’ or ‘It could be worse’ to maintain a modicum of positivity during these times. Merely trying to put everything into perspective for myself when I consider some of the trials and tribulations that I have been faced with over the years.

 

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Adele

 

The snow was wicked and deep today.  Just how I like my men…. That may get me into trouble but considering the current banality of my existence (all lovely snow aside) I am willing to take my chances and take a walk on the wild side.

My blogs can often have a hint of crazy in them.  Which is good for me as I find that writing is the ultimate cathartic tool. Even if it does on some occasions cause my reader to raise their eyes in disbelief whilst simultaneously grinning.

Case in point my recent blogs (over the last week) highlighting the band ‘The Doors’, ‘Meteors’ and ‘Godzilla’. This was, as usual, all pure whimsy.  Nothing too serious, just silly notions. Well, and this is where it gets crazy.

Be warned. I am a fan of ‘The Law of Attraction’ and synchronicity which is a fancy word, as you know, for coincidences. I was watching the movie ‘Castaway’ yesterday with Tom Hanks. And no, he was not sitting beside me on the couch. Although I wish he was.

A friend had mentioned that he had presented the concert after the US Inauguration and I felt that I needed a bit more of Tom Hanks. Let’s call it a THM- Tom Hanks Moment.  He is after all one of the greatest actors of all time and whenever he features in a movie, I know that I will be guaranteed to feel better for having watched him.  Anyhoo, in the scene where he manages to eventually light a fire. Guess what…….

 

https://youtu.be/LUDEjulbqzk

 

He sings The Doors song’ Light my Fire’ and then mentions Meteors. This was enough of a synchronicity for me.  But then I get into my car and guess what is playing …..

 

https://youtu.be/r_0JjYUe5jo

‘Godzilla’ by Eminem.

So, I have decided to attract an agent and three book deal by mentioning them in this blog and over the next few days. If I can manifest Tom Hanks singing The Doors song, referencing Meteors and Eminem singing ‘Godzilla ‘.

Surely, I can manifest a superb agent who can offer me my three-book deal. I am also a huge fan of the power of threes. Everything for me seems to happen in three’s, therefore I would be remiss if I did not mention my agent signing me a three-book deal.

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Adele

 

Today whilst putting on Finn’s jumper (as it was freezing, 2 degrees to be exact.) I was singing’ Where’s me jumper’ by The Sultans of Ping.   A seriously underrated punk band from County Cork.   Who obviously have an affinity for mislaying vital items of clothing in hazardous places.

https://youtu.be/jxmZZBJQAKM

Later whilst walking on the beach a passer-by wittily remarked that Buzz was better dressed than him. He was wearing his lovely new coat (which incidentally he abhors). I was torn between feeling proud and feeling like a gobshite for subjecting my dog to wearing an anorak. In the end the latter won.  I completed my blissful beach walk in full gobshite mode.

I would love to ask The Sultans of Ping where they got their name from?        Actually, I just googled it as my curiosity got the better of me. The band’s name was inspired by Dire Straits and their song ‘Sultans of Swing’. A magnificent song from one of my all-time favorite albums (besides OK Computer by Radiohead).

Prior to googling I initially thought that maybe their song name was derived from the Monty Python ‘The Meaning of Life’ and ‘Machines that go ping’?

 

https://youtu.be/NcHdF1eHhgc

It may have been a tad more humorous had it been. By the way ‘Happy Godzilla free Saturday’. It could be worse; we could be ravaged by a monstrous monster type thingy….

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Adele

 

I was out on Malahide beach today with Buzz and Finn and had a swim at Low rock. The coast was as breathtakingly beautiful as ever, even if it was Baltic. The view from Low rock out to Lambay never ceases to inspire awe within me.

I was talking to a dear friend last night and Covid chat prevailed. To the point where we were both beginning to feel less than our usual positive selves. I decided to put a spin on things and establish a different perspective.

I said,’ Well, who knows we could all be vaporized tomorrow if a giant meteor collides with earth, or we could be invaded by aliens? ‘. As a result, today upon rising I decided that I would call it ‘Meteor free Friday’. Whilst I understand that so many have lost loved ones and that so many more are suffering, I felt I had to see things, for today, in a different way.

I think that by now it is difficult for people to constantly remain positive when it feels like the very thing that we have always taken for granted, our liberty, has been taken away.

But we still have so much.  Today I tried to think of all that I have and not what I do not have. I can still get myself in a bit of a knot (see what I did there-not-, ahem…) sometimes but that’s because I am human and inherently flawed.

Maybe tomorrow I will decide that it will be ‘Godzilla free Saturday’…

That’s all for now

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Adele

 

 

Apparently, this is a thing now. A toilet seat that will talk back to you and comment on whether you need more fiber or not. WPA (Woeful pun alert)  No shit Sherlock.

Really? Is this what we have come to? Surely if you are sitting on the loo for more than 20 minutes you may well have worked out that you may be a tad constipated?

When I was on contract in Kazakhstan, I stayed in a beautiful apartment for 3 months. The toilet was asstounding.  Sorry, astounding. It had all the bells and whistles, and then some.  I don’t actually literally mean bells and whistles.

Imagine, you drop one and the next minute you hear the clanging of a bell and a loud whistle congratulating you for successfully completing a bowel evacuation. It had an in built drier, air freshener, and a heated seat.  It wasn’t exactly like the one in the video, but it was not far off it.

 

https://youtu.be/7wd4yeiOlbQ

 

If there are talking toilet seats, what is next?   A toilet with a built in colonoscope with an app on your phone to access it?   A toilet that doubles up as a weighing scales?   Asking you if you really needed those curries chips and burger last night?  The possibilities and applications are endless.

 

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Adele

 

I am a bit obsessed with dogs.  My many posts detailing my adventures with Buzz and Finn may have given it away.  I still watch dog videos, read dog books and accost fellow dog walkers to ask about their gorgeous pooches.   I even write godawful pun poems about them.   See end of blog.

Buzz has always loved hiding underneath the quilt on my bed. I recently introduced Finn to the ‘Quilt Club’.  He has now become somewhat of a quilt fiend as he frantically noses around looking for where he can climb beneath the quilt.  He resembles a very cute hog snuffling for truffles.

He disappears for the next 10 minutes or so and then does a SAS like escape to get some air. I have tried keeping some of the quilt open around his little nose.  But he has none of it.  I suppose what he really needs is a dog quilt snorkel.  I will see what I can do and get back to you with an update.

 

 

Paws for thought

Paws fur exercising

Paws fur love

Paws fur kisses

Paws fur cuddling

Paws befur eating

Paws befur sleeping

Life is woof

But anything is pawsible with pet love.

 

From

 

Your pet

 

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Adele

 

 

 

 

 

Today I was considering my co-dependency with Buzz and Finn. Sometimes I leave them in the car (with the windows open) for 20 minutes whilst I am in the shops. They bark relentlessly in defiance for me having the temerity to leave them. Even if it is just for 20 minutes. I realize that it is my fault and that they are spoilt. And do I feel guilty? Not a jot.

I can imagine that this is the case for many dog owners. Particularly as our pets have become accustomed to us being at home for more time than is normal. They are my therapy as they somehow instinctively know when I am down and need a little pick me up. This can be in the form of licking or just bounding up to sit on my lap.

On occasion I have heard people refer to them as natural anti-depressants. And as Rick Gervais has famously said’ We don’t deserve them’. I need to remind myself that when they bark at strangers walking past my apartment that they are in fact dogs. And that this is what they are supposed to do.

I recall telling Buzz off when somebody walked past my bedroom window yesterday and he began barking. After the telling off he sat on the bed gazing at me. I couldn’t help but think that if he could talk, he may well have said what I mentioned earlier ‘I am a dog. What the feck else am I supposed to do?’

 

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Adele

Today was Martin Luther King Junior’s birthday.  He was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement. As well as being a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

I reminded myself of his magnificence by watching his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech. On August 28^th in 1963 during the March on Washington he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

Last year’s George Floyd ‘Black Lives Matter’ campaign in America reminds us that the struggle still exists.

My favorite line from his speech is ‘to be judged on the content of your character and not on the color of your skin’.

YouTube Video I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King. Jr HD (subtitled)

 

https://youtu.be/vP4iY1TtS3s

 

King was assassinated in 1968 and in 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into Law where it was observed three years later.

We have come a long way in our attitude to racism in Ireland.  It is humbling to consider how our diaspora are welcomed all around the world and how it is important that we give this back to newcomers who choose Ireland as their home.

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Adele

 

 

 

 

 

As I was performing a google search today, I was reminded of the comedy of Alan Partridge. The character was created in 1991 for BBC Radio 4 by Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci.

The show was a broadcasting spoof of English current affairs. Later, in 1992 Coogan and Iannucci hosted a spoof chat show spin off for Radio 4 ‘Knowing me, knowing you with Alan Partridge’. This beauty contest is particularly chuckle worthy.

 

Here is a selection of my favorite possible Alan Partridge TV programme ideas

https://youtu.be/X06g7_LHiGo

1. Hosteling with Chris Eubank
2. Arm wrestling with Chas and Dave
3. Changing lady shapes
4. Cooking in prison
5. A partridge amongst the pigeons
6. Monkey tennis

I would like to posit the following Television series ideas for your reviews and comments

1.   Inspector dog poop – A park warden doubles up as a dog poop sleuth tracking down the dogs and their owners that failed to pick up their dog’s poop.

 

2.  Chewing the cud and milking with cows – Watching cows eat grass and then enjoy a documentary examining the complexities of the milking industry.

3.  Not being serious with Siri – Chatting with SIRI whilst saying inappropriate things including espionage type parlance. Just to mess with its algorithms.

4.  Celebrities go shopping – Following celebrities whilst they go shopping to see what they buy.  Then asking them to shop in ALDI for a month to see their reaction.

 

Let me know what you think?

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Adele