There are times when I think I’ve made some sort of important decision in my life and then almost instantly had a moment of clarity that tells me that really, in the grand scheme of things, it’s all a tad petty. One of these, for example, is a half decision to stop tweeting as much. […]
TAGGED WITH: horse, protests, social media, tiernan douieb, tweeting, twitter, voting CATEGORISED BY:archeologists Blog bureaucrats Comedy News Disclaimer January 19th, 2014 by Tiernan DouiebI don’t know if you know, or you’ve missed the bazillion tweets, Facebook posts or general shouts I’ve done about it in the street, but I’m doing a very small tour in just a few weeks. I have, no doubt, already bored a lot of very patient followers and, er likers (is that the term […]
TAGGED WITH: Politics, PR, Scotland, tiernan douieb, tour, twitter, Wales CATEGORISED BY:Blog carrier pigeons Comedy Facebook News Ying & Yang, Ant & Dec January 18th, 2014 by Tiernan DouiebIt’s only as an adult that I realise again and again how naive films and television have made me throughout my life. Stories always showed someone who was good and fought the good cause against someone who is definitely, undeniably evil. Even in cases like Star Wars where Darth Vader (SPOILER ALERT, though seriously, how […]
TAGGED WITH: journalism, journalists, left wing, morals, myths, newspapers, Politics, right wing, spoilers, Star Wars, tiernan douieb, twitter, Ying and Yang CATEGORISED BY:Ant and Dec Audience Blog Comedy Darth Vader News 25 Essential Blog Rants You Couldn’t Care Less About January 16th, 2014 by Tiernan DouiebMy sort of New Year’s resolution to myself was to write a blog everyday this year. My last blog was Saturday, it’s now Thursday. So I’ve already cocked that one up. The problem is time. There is never enough and consistently I find, with the internet, there is even less. There has never been quite […]
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TAGGED WITH: growth, karaoke opinions, Labour, left wing, man on the street, Necronomicon, recession, right wing, tiernan douieb, twitter, unemployment CATEGORISED BY:BBC News Blog Comedy Conservatives debt Deficit energy drinks GDP George Osborne Gordon Brown Government News Time For More Time January 4th, 2014 by Tiernan DouiebIf you got to this blog via Twitter, you’ll know quite how often I use it. Like some sort of horrible addict I genuinely fret when I have nothing to contribute on there, even if I haven’t got anything to say or my life has been exceptionally dull. There’s a lot I could write about […]
TAGGED WITH: iPlayer, Netflix, Sherlock, The Bridge, tiernan douieb, time, twitter CATEGORISED BY:Blog Breaking Bad Comedy consuming News Life Affirming Theft July 4th, 2013 by Tiernan DouiebOn Tuesday I had my phone snatched. Some oik – and that is the correct term due to age, size and general facial expression – on a push bike appeared out of nowhere, and all I saw was his hand grab my tPhone out of my hand and cycle off with it. His friend followed […]
TAGGED WITH: hashtags, iPhone5, oik, theft, tiernan douieb, twitter CATEGORISED BY:Beer Blog Comedy Emails Googlemaps News Opinions In The 21st Century April 16th, 2013 by Tiernan DouiebOpinions eh? Who’d have ’em? Only fucking idiots I reckon. Well only idiots would have opinions that are different to the opinions I have. I mean, why on Earth would anyone ever think anything different to me and the way I think things with my brain? Seems implausible. I mean there are only a finite […]
TAGGED WITH: opinions, thoughts, tiernan douieb, twitter, views CATEGORISED BY:blocking Blog Comedy debate discussion Facebook Government News I-Cons January 6th, 2012 by Tiernan DouiebThere is a tad too much to write about today. It seems that 2012 is rife for human error already and today has witnessed Ed Milliband’s amazing twuckup (yes, I’m going to call it that. I know it sounds horrible. Tough), following on Diane Abbott’s Twuckup yesterday. More and more it seems that if you […]
TAGGED WITH: Henson, Jim Henson, Kevin Clash, Labour, Margaret Thatcher, Robin Hood, Sesame Street, Thatcherism, The Green Party, The Iron Lady, The Muppets, tiernan douieb, twitter, William Tell CATEGORISED BY:Anti-Nazi League Being Elmo Billy Elliot Blog Comedy David Cameron Diane Abbott Downfall Ed Milliband Elmo Fred Goodwin News Black Mirror December 12th, 2011 by Tiernan DouiebI’ve been to see my tiny nan today. I usually come away with some sort of brilliant tale or insight after seeing my nan, who is still oh so very sharp in her old age. Today’s was a brilliant story of a neighbour of hers who rather sadly suffers from severe dementia. This lady suddenly […]
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