The paradox is neatly encapsulated by the thought experiment 'what if Ronnie Drew had ever covered I Touch Myself, by Divinyls'

I am so sorry to hear that.

I hope things will be easier soon.

also the fact that the whole thing plays out like a gangster saga with fancier outfits.

there is also a movement in Dublin to restore the old hellfire club building in the mountains (burned by the devil, back in the day, naturally).

So maybe your Fiends could meet there.

shite!

i hope the recovery is not too horrible :(

Stuart's accent every so often slips into D4.

Because nothing says ancient and sexy like wandering around Donnybrook.

Marius, prettily being Vincent Perez, walking along the beach:

"now what is that little bollocks doing?"

basically.

I am not even sure what one is meant to do about it, either.

not really. The numbers weren't high enough for most publishers and also being opinionated online ("fascism is bad") can be a turn off for employers, and the bad habits remained bad.

oh well.

Live and learn?

it's a curse, isn't it?

Back when I was more actively trying to shop for publishers, they wanted to see a serious social media presence. But that meant so much more exposure to social media - and all the bad habits that brings.