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

Was feeling down on myself this morning but then I remembered there’s wrestling on tonight #aside

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Watching this tomorrow (Netflix didn’t hide it from me, like it’s apparently done for others) https://t.co/qw2TkWwVeo #aside

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I wonder how Howard Finkel is doing #aside

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I am following the thing vicariously through the rest of you and I can’t even #aside

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Lidl changed the recipe of their lebkuchen hearts for this year and now there’s a lot more apricot jam inside. I think I like it #aside

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Years ago I bought a bunch of Osaka Pro bootlegs just to see these two perform https://t.co/Y2p5ySKti9 #aside

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First hot chocolate of the long dark winter #aside

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The Go-Betweens’ ‘Spring Rain’, except instead of ‘Spring Rain’ you sing ‘Ving Rhames’ #aside

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McGregor and Khabib can both get in the bin. Is there anyone good fighting at UFC 229? #aside

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I didn’t know Stephen, but I did make him laugh once when @GlennHogarty asked what I thought of No Escape and I replied “It’s a bit racist?” Rest in power https://t.co/UyfQEly6dK #aside

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Have to say, I’m pretty grateful for no power outage after that storm yesterday. Couldn’t do my job without it #aside

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Guarantee you I’ll change my mind on at least two of these by tomorrow https://t.co/iTcEKyadMI #aside

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It’s chilly this morning. “Feels like 7C”? Time to switch the heating on #aside

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Gah I can’t make this! Anyone know if this Go-Betweens documentary is streaming anywhere? https://t.co/kSThupoNE2 #aside

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Just remembered it’s Talk Like a Pirate Day but I can’t be yarrr-sed #aside

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That’s a lot of leaves and other debris getting blown around our house #aside

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Finished the late shift early; now it’s Bake Off time #aside

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Oh look at that, Devil Master signed to Relapse! S/T/Inhabit the Corpse reissue due November, debut album in the new year #aside

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Come on, Cincy is basically in the South. And they had Starrcades in Chicago, St Louis and WDC back in the day https://t.co/MFFqa8t5aK #aside

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I’m reminded of that one time, while on the till at a music store no longer with us, someone tried to pay for a single CD with a €500 note. Only time I’ve ever seen one in the wild https://t.co/ykvHaInaTt #aside

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I support the notion of our elected representatives not being such lickspittles to the security apparatus of this country https://t.co/IeKRLPcPsJ #aside

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WWE just opened the Lament Configuration! Calling it now: Pinhead interferes in the main event #HIAC #aside

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So many empty seats at a show that starts in 15 minutes #HIAC #aside

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Last show I was at, guy beside me asked what a lumberjack match is; was happy to share, and happy to see he wasn’t afraid to ask https://t.co/LNYNVLW2Cy #aside

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Or the second one; imagine a Low cover of ‘Evolved as One’ https://t.co/cEjcN8GCX7 #aside

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‘Red fence’ is the new ‘blue bars’ https://t.co/7OZgtVSX2P #aside

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What fresh hell is this?! https://t.co/g7jFEpHrSr #aside

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Saturday night work tweet: sports section subeditors’ pun game is strong #aside

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205 Live moving to a block with NXT is a great idea. That’s two hours I can make time for every Thursday evening #aside

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What a day for new releases. Bosse-de-Nage, Low’s Double Negative, and the latest Guerilla Toss and all #aside

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I’ve got a cousin who just moved to rural North Carolina so I hope he’s safe this weekend; that hurricane is nothing to sniff at #aside

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Apple just killed the cheapest/best phone in their line and replaced it with one that’s $100 more expensive. That’s your story #aside

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Spent the day writing. Tomorrow I have to spruce myself up for a headshot, and write a bio. Both excruciating if you know me at all #aside

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Excited for the nine o’clock news and tomorrow’s papers to downplay the astounding protest happening in Dublin city centre right now #aside

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I just figured out how to do something alarming simple from a YouTube tutorial. Yes why I do have a Master’s degree, why do you ask? #aside

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Irish media completely dropping the ball on the North Frederick St eviction story, I see #aside

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Bake Off live stream keeps hanging so that’s me off social media till it’s on catch-up later #aside

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Working the late shift and thinking next time it’ll be a good idea to have an afternoon nap, or maybe get up closer to noon #aside

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Postman just knocked with the Shinsuke Nakamura autobiography. That’s my free time later in the week sorted #aside

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Not gonna lie, my interest in the new Predator movie has plummeted since reading what Olivia Munn had to say #aside

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Def Leppard ‘Animal’ 7” with my pocket money in 1987 https://t.co/5H0NmOIkwl #aside

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Hold up, there’s a death metal band called Drogheda? Have they ever been there?! #aside

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Boogie Nights? You picked Boogie Nights when everyone else has warm memories of Smokey and the Bandit? GTFO https://t.co/P2AQCqd0QF #aside

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