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

Last day to have your say on this (if you don't opt for summer time all year round you're a monster) https://t.co/GyBAZGA157 #aside

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Here’s a question: can I use my Leap card on Bus Éireann’s Dundalk town service? #aside

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Getting my first press invites for 2019 film releases. And I won’t get to any of them. Well, maybe one next week #aside

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Subbing an article on Xmas bonuses. I don’t think I’ve ever received one of those… #aside

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Couple of days left to have your say in the seasonal clock change consultation https://t.co/FrjlfDZj6G #aside

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‘Easier’ online passport renewal is a nice distraction from the fact that the INIS online appointments system is completely broken #aside

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Fewer tweets than I’d have imagined with the term ‘GO’D complex’. She’d really hate if that were a thing, wouldn’t she? #aside

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Guns, Books & Tools’ second LP has completely disappeared from the internet. It isn’t even listed on Discogs http://bit.ly/2TKW6w8 #aside

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Nicolas Roeg and Ricky Jay in the same weekend #aside

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I appreciate that Kozelek called his new LP This Is My Dinner: it’s both literally about what he’s had for dinner, and figuratively putting food on his table https://t.co/qH3RfaBdZW #aside

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How many times can I listen to Cygnus X-1 Book II this week? I’d almost forgotten what it was like to click with a record like this #aside

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Uaneen was the best, and I didn't even know her https://t.co/Vbk10I8Ccy #aside

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Now that Black Friday is a thing here, can we give the Yanks our St Stephen’s/Boxing Day sales? And I mean queueing at 5am for a cheap sofa #aside

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So it turns out The Times doesn’t think my email address (for my own domain) is an email address. Hmm… #aside

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Treated myself to three months of premium Spotify so of course I’ve gone down a Rush rabbit hole. Wow, they made a quantum leap between A Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres, didn’t they? #aside

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I know where the Minutemen (meaning D Boon, Watt and Georgie) got their name, but every time I see those US border goons referred to as such it disturbs me deeply #aside

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The Revival just busted out the Power Plex #SurvivorSeries http://bit.ly/2A4wnFR #aside

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Today’s genres listened to: prog rock, post-punk, noise rock, Afrobeats, gqom, juke #aside

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I realise I’m 38 years late on this, but Rush’s Permanent Waves is a banger #aside

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Things I’ve learned from this Dean Ambrose Chronicle: Dean is an introvert who just doesn’t do talking to strangers; and Joe Anoa’i is a million times better than Roman Reigns https://t.co/o5O1NhsjNn #aside

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I’m here for #NXTTakeOver War Games and I’m still marking out over two rings side by side at a WWE show http://bit.ly/2A0j7lD #aside

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This video was shot about a mile from where I grew up: https://t.co/J3WrMeIppX #aside

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William Goldman’s screenplay for The Princess Bride is a magnitude better than his novel. There, I said it #aside

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Matt Riddle gimmick idea: he mispronounces a single word in every promo he delivers #aside

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So that's why we just came home to brown water from the cold tap https://t.co/YLwNdFOKuF #aside

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I can tell this random episode of Shortland Street is old ‘cause your one from The Expanse is still in it #aside

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Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce > The Godwinns #aside

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I forgot what day it is again #aside

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Ah I was hoping for a gig report from this one https://t.co/RrvsQbD5R2 #aside

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Ugh I’m trying to get writing done but I’m so bloody wound up about other stuff I can’t get my head straight argh #aside

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Such a delight to see a blue sky after that awful morning. People who love autumn/winter: I will never not side-eye you #aside

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I’ve given up trying to find a winter coat. Seems like fashion buyers have decided it’s puffy anoraks or nothing #aside

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‘Soft’ days are feckin’ miserable. What is wrong with everyone on this island? #aside

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Think I’m done for the night? The weekend starts here! I’ve got a Szechuan tofu rice bowl with my name on it #aside

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Making too many minor but stupid mistakes this week. Slow down and concentrate! Your weekend starts on Monday, almost there #aside

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Looks like that Crown Jewel folly is going exactly how I expected #aside

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Is Mirai only being screened here in a handful of cinemas on a single weekend? Come on, like. This is why people pirate stuff #aside

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I don’t watch the Late Late and I won’t be hate-watching it tonight, either. Also, can I conscientiously object to its tranche of the TV Licence? #aside

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They’re missing a big part of the problem: the driver in the video herein clearly attempted to injure the cyclist (voluntary manslaughter if he’d been killed) and should’ve faced a charge befitting that https://t.co/UdsvFbHx9W #aside

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I work in the news media; I get that bad news sells (and that doesn’t have to be a bad thing). But as this thread shows, when it comes to the right, things have got way out of hand https://t.co/x7AJCgHAmi #aside

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What’s the word for when you get a second wind you could really do without as you’d rather just sleep? #aside

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The fireworks and bangers finally stopped up here over an hour ago when the mist rolled in #aside

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