Hello, world. I’m MacDara Conroy, and this is my blog.

Date: July 2018

Damn it, my flight home is delayed. I won’t get home till after 1.30am now. And I’m supposed to be up at half 7 #aside

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Delighted to find my Oyster card still had £2.50 on it #aside

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Whoops, someone at the NUJ Dublin Branch forgot the BCC field #aside

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Got up early to write and I’m already exhausted #aside

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RIP Nikolai Volkoff (Josip Peruzović), who had a crazy long career with the WWF/WWE. How many else survived well into the expansion era? #aside

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Haven’t seen a Mission: Impossible movie since the second one, before my final shift at the Coolock UCI. Looks like I’ve got a new project #aside

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Twenty minutes in and this #WOSWrestling show is already a marked improvement on that New Year’s special #aside

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No rain up here, but no blood moon either; it’s far too cloudy #aside

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Hopelessly behind with the G1. How many shows are we into it now? Nine? Who has time for all that?! #aside

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#NowPlaying Jesus Piece - Only Self #aside

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Here's a fun, enlightening story on mispronunciations (though many here would quibble with Caoimhe; in much of Ireland it’s pronounced ‘Kweeva’) https://t.co/BQk9xE9HFc #aside

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Have to say I’m disappointed with @DublinComicCon putting all the ‘good’ guest panels on the Sunday only, which didn't used to be the case till this year https://t.co/x49m2htCxu #aside

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Don’t get hung up on that “one amazing paragraph” if it’s not working with the piece as a whole; you’ve got to come to terms with killing your darlings https://t.co/ML0IToBcHE #aside

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There’s Irish Rail’s track engineers at it again with their noise machine in the middle of the night with no advance notice, sigh #aside

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Vader folding Sting up like an accordion after a power bomb will never stop being impressive to me #aside

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Today was my first time on the Belfast train in 23 years. I went over a viaduct - twice! #aside

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It’s bloody warm up here in Belfast today, I tell you #aside

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Tragedy always hits harder when you’ve been to a place or know others who might be there. Thinking of the Danforth this morning #aside

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Ireland: we knocked down council flats to replace them with… prefab council flats #aside

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This headline is wrong; going by the standfirst, it should be 'Universal free GP care is never going to happen' https://t.co/RpVhmqi3Uq #aside

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I’ve got a meeting in Belfast tomorrow and an hour or so to spare beforehand. Where’s good to sit and work a bit opposite Titanic Quarter? #aside

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Today has not gone according to plan, sigh #aside

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Finally watching the iron man match from Extreme Rules and the ‘fans’ are ruining it if I’m honest #aside

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That blurry vision means it’s time to step away from the computer for the day #aside

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'Determined to protect' is not a guarantee of protection. Pay close attention to all the language used here; it will be examined in history texts decades hence https://t.co/ATKyt1emwz #aside

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Look at the sheer bull she's spreading here, like. The EU has made its position clear since the UK chose to leave the union. It's all on you, May https://t.co/NQ4HOCh30E #aside

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Theresa May’s got a lot of talk about what should/shouldn’t be done, has no concrete steps, and still expects the EU to do the UK’s homework #aside

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What is the point of NXT as a ‘developmental’ brand when nearly all of the main roster call-ups are sent back to square one? https://t.co/brWXk9YH3B #aside

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Downloading a promo of the new one from The Necks. Another year of great new music continues #aside

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Listening to @TheLapsedFan’s Vader tribute and they just referenced the Dublin title switch in March ‘93. I WAS THERE #aside

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London people: I’ve got an Oyster card I haven’t used in about 5 years; can I still top it up? #aside

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Just so you know, I don’t recommend pulling a 14-hour day doing brain-intensive work #aside

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Great into to ROIR on Bandcamp by @burn_amb; we’ve all got that Bad Brains one but the Bush Tetras comp is phenomenal, too https://t.co/N6czTGfVLE #aside

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Carefully chosen words: May isn’t denying plans for a hard border, she’s only saying that she doesn’t want it to be Brexit’s legacy https://t.co/fzOL80hr0G #aside

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NXT’s Dan Matha used ‘soy boy’ in a tweet. I hope he gets squashed by a vegan #aside

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Facebook’s officially stated position on this, then. But oh yeah, I forgot, they’re not a ‘media’ company https://t.co/x4BzVJMBls #aside

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If your album doesn’t fit the traditional two sides of vinyl, you’ve really gotta earn that extra platter; most don’t #aside

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So ROH and New Japan are running the Garden over WrestleMania weekend? WWE missed a trick not exercising their first refusal for a TakeOver #aside

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One Of Those interactions today where s’one asked who I fancied in the World Cup match tonight. Waiting for anyone to ask my pick for the G1 #aside

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Just updated iTunes but Apple Music is still broken for me: I can play things, but can’t go to pages, see track lists, etc. Anyone else? #aside

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Just read about Hiromu possibly breaking his neck during last night’s match with Dragon Lee. Wishing @TIMEBOMB1105 a speedy recovery #aside

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