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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.
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Diary of a Dublin Sex Man
Monday Did shopping, McCain Oven Fries are up sixty seven cents. Probably because of the name. I don’t like to complain, but that is blatantly outrageous, especially considering the recession. Stood at customer service desk for seven minutes, but no one came. Tuesday Brought brochure home with lots of lovely photographs of Malaga. Niamh said… Read more
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The Death of a Salesman
America and the world weep tonight and into the future for the loss of its great Anarcho-Cynicalist hope. Following the assassination of President Elect Barak Hussain Obama, at some point in late November of this year, the world will have been rocked to its very foundation. The dark heart of America’s terrible love affair with… Read more
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The Biased Judge Sketch
Nowadays people talk about alternative comedians, political comedians, stand up comedians, sketch comedians and sitcom writers. Back in the late nineteen seventies, when the Pythons were inventing surreal sketch comedy and Peter Cook reigned over British entertainment like a lush laughter genius, there were only humorists. Actually this paragraph is built from lies, or at… Read more
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In the name of Christ* Shut the Fuck Up!
*plus other assorted superheroes, talking clouds, invisible beings and Oprah Dearest Dermot, (dermot@dermotahern.ie, dermot.ahern@oireachtas.ie) I would like to congratulate you for your excellent use of the tax payers resources and your own energy with your proposed new blasphemy law. By Christ’s Hairless Taint, this is the best thing I’ve heard of in a long time.… Read more
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Short Story: Lake Superior
Image: lake superior by pierrestephanie, available under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic. Download: Lake Superior (16 Meg, MP3) License: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States Lake Superior I was fifteen the year Tom died. But this story isn’t about him. I was fifteen and greyhound lean. I drove an Oldsmobile Rocket 88 Convertible. But… Read more
Gareth Stack 