Category: Kin and Consequenes
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Episode 58 – An Idiot’s Guide to Identifying Evil Relatives (Without a Priest)…
It’s a well-documented phenomenon in certain bloodlines and mine’s no exception – that one poor sod is born rotten to the core. Not a lovable rogue. Not a harmless gobshite. No, this one’s a proper, Grade-A certified b*****d. In our house, we affectionately call him Bully. Now, you might be thinking ‘Every family’s got one‘.…
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Episode 57 – The Long Con: Nurse Fanny and Bully’s Big Score…
The Long Con: Nurse Fanny and Bully’s Big Score ‘Or’ How Two Adult Siblings Outsmarted the Naïve and Overwhelmed(But Only For a While). You know what they say, hindsight is 20/20. But in our case, hindsight had prescription bifocals, a flashlight and still missed the plot entirely. It wasn’t until my brother Saul and I…
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Episode 56 – Bully’s Big Reveal…
Bully’s Big Reveal – Dementia Diagnosis & the Disappearing Act They say a crisis reveals character. Well, when Dad was diagnosed with dementia, Bully didn’t just show his true colours, he rolled out the whole flag. Red: for rage when things didn’t go his way. Yellow: for cowardice (not a confrontation in sight). Green: for…
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Episode 55 – The Day The Spuds Spoke the Truth..
The Day the Spuds Spoke the Truth – (aka: A Casual Encounter at the Vegetable Section) You know those moments when life delivers a truth bomb wrapped in clingfilm and small talk? Yeah. That was me, aisle four, picking up a bag of spuds when I bumped into Bully’s sister-in-law. I expected a bit of…
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Episode 53 – Another Year, Another Bird…
Another Year, Another Bird: The Shit Show Continues.. You know you’re living a charmed life when a sparrow drops a little ‘blessing’ on you… again. And not just once. Not twice. Not even three times. No, no this marks ten solid years of avian assault. At this stage, I’m convinced the local bird population holds…
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Episode 52 – Heff & Huff
Heff, Hutt & the Inheritance of Dog Biscuits After Dad passed, the will was read, the turf was turned and the drama rolled in faster than a storm over Faurel Hill. But you know what no one fought over?The dogs. That’s right. Heff and Hutt. Dad’s loyal sidekicks, his four-legged farmhands (and before that my…
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Episode 51 – NPC’s
NPCs at the Reading of the Will: When Real Life Runs on Bad Dialogue Trees Some people show up to life like they’re straight out of a poorly coded video game – not the kind you’d choose to play but the kind you accidentally click on and can’t escape. Their dialogue options are limited, their…
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Episode 50 -Earth School…
Earth School: The Characters Who Teach Whether You Like It or Not or did I Cast These People or Was I Set Up? They say we choose our soul family before we’re born – that before we land on Earth, we sit around in some cosmic café, planning our lives over herbal tea and smugness.…
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Episode 49 – Power Moves & Pickup Trucks…
Power Moves & Pickup Trucks: When the Drama Drives Itself… There I was, sipping tea and minding my own business, when the unmistakable rumble of ego on four wheels rolled into view. Bully had arrived – not with words, or grace or anything resembling decency – but with chrome, horsepower and the smug silence of…