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A super computer with a built-in bench. Ahead if it's time.

And he wrote Realms of Gold. An anthology of poetry for the Inter Cert back them.

He also taught French and Spanish, if I recall correctly.

Well done, John. Mr Deane was my English teacher in St Aidans Secondary school a long time ago.

Good luck to all involved. Enjoy the course.

John. I totally enjoyed this course last year. If you ever do an advanced course, I would be interested.

Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy with John Kenny - Irish Writers Centre Looking for a greater understanding of the tropes of the science fiction & fantasy genres, and the tools to enable you to write exciting stories. Starts Tues 9 Sept 2025

For those of you who might have an interest, I'm back at the Irish Writers Centre this September facilitating my Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy course. Please feel free to like and share. Details here: irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ... #writing #sciencefiction #fantasy #irishwriterscentre

I am good,thanks. Still writing. Onwards and upwards.

A few more years and it will be my turn. Good luck with your recovery..

Always wanted a ZX Spectrum. Maybe it's time.🤔

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Picture of the Killarney Duck Store in Kerry, Ireland

Sample of the rubber ducks in a white castle.

When customer services answer your joke

XLSpreadsheet.😁

The Dreaded Lurgy. An awful malady that can only be avoided by the playing of brass band instruments. Its discovery was credited to Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.

I'm looking forward to Eastercon in Belfast. Must sort out my accommodation.

Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.

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Spot on

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Banana, carrot, and orange sandwiches! My childhood favourite.

Horn inkwell with a cord that holds on the lid, flanked by two small feather tips fashioned into quills.

We hear it's #HandwritingDay, obviously no examples of handwriting survive from the Mary Rose (well, not from the wreck site anyway - see the next post), but we did find an inkpot with a couple of feather quill tips, suggesting that one of the crew was writing letters home.

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Submissions Call: Ragaire Literary Magazine

Submissions deadline: 3rd February 2025

Ragaire Literary Magazine is now open and accepting submissions of short stories, nonfiction, poetry and cover art for consideration for Issue 3.

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A small doughnut shop in Indiana is still using Commodore 64s as register systems, 42 years after their initial release If it ain't broke, make doughnuts. Wait.

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Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘crapulence’ (18th century): sickness or indisposition resulting from excessive drinking or eating.

Nerd and Jock 277

You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇

Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.

One of the coolest things about publishing a book in Norway is that the gov will automatically buy 1k copies, 1.5K if its a children's book, these will then be distributed to all the libraries.

Is that Liam Neeson doing the narration?

Very nice, John. Congratulations.