Liam Ireland

Joined November 2020

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A Titanic Media Frenzy
If there was anything epic, dare I say Titanic, about the story of the loss and search for the Titan submersible in the Atlantic Ocean, it was the media frenzy and the stories that they were feeding to the world.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in FYI
What Happened When I Started Walking.
Having suffered a variety of age-related illnesses over the last three years, plus a serious accident when I broke my left hip and leg, I have piled the pounds on somewhat. The main problem has been not only the inordinate amount of time in a hospital bed, but also what is called a sedentary lifestyle. In other words, too much time sitting on my arse doing next to no physical activity. It wasn't always like this.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Lifehack
A Tragedy of Titanic Proportions. Top Story - June 2023.
Like everybody else around the world, since Sunday I have been glued to the news media following the disappearance of the OceanGate submersible, Titan. I am sure that we all hoped beyond hope that what happened was simply a technical glitch in the communications system.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in FYI
How To Fall In Love With An Apple
I'm quite proud how I spent almost my entire life without ever touching any sort of narcotic substance. I say almost because there was that one time when I found myself unwittingly tripping on a joint. Just the once mind, that was enough to make me realise how well advised I was to avoid the stuff.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Humor
It Never Rains In Tokyo, Apparently.
Oh what joy! Last night a delivery man came to our humble abode with a brand new Mac mini M2 and new screen. This morning is my first serious use of it. It has immediately transformed my writer's life.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Journal
Ever'body Needs A Liddle Lurv Sum Time
Ok, so here's the thing, you know, that thing that bugs ya soon as ya drop ya puny little ass in that oversized office chair ya woman got ya down at the dump. Hey, it was for nuthin, waddaya want for nuthin?
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Humor
Van Gogh Speaks To Me!
The above painting by Vincent Van Gogh, entitled 'Self-portrait in a felt grey hat', was painted in Paris, sometime in the winter of 1887-88.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Art
A Shameful Family Affair
In my wonderful mother's later, almost totally blind years, due to macular degeneration, it was sad to see my own eldest brother and sisters, nephews and nieces, treat my mother like a blithering idiot. All they wanted was for her to die soon and leave them all her money.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Families
Heisting My Life
I imagine a midnight moment in a cottage. In the loneliness of the moonlit night, I seek out my unwitting prey as I cast my eyes across unfamiliar terrain.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Fiction
On Dealing With Age
Many years ago, when my beloved mother was seventy-eight years old, and still working, I asked her what she did. Her reply astounded me.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Families
A Moment Of Beauty
The soft, warming rays of the setting sun filled the sky with bedazzling allure. The seductive fragrance of Jasmine hung in the air. The sound of the surf caressed my sensitive ears, like angels cavorting across wonderous waves. It was an astounding vision, a moment of beauty, that only nature could create. One second too soon, one second too late, and all would be gone, forever.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Fiction
Walking Your Way To A Longer Life
Way back in the eighties, I took it upon myself to do a long walk of twenty-two miles around the boundaries of the town in which I lived. It was an annual event called 'The Beating of the Bounds'. The walk was in aid of some charity I cannot recall the name of, but I was always in favour of any good cause that would also do me a great deal of good.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Lifehack