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Great little show.. could deffo have done a 3rd season but at the same time I'm kind of glad it got chopped before it got endlessly run into the ground like every other semi-successful U.S. TV product.

I wholeheartedly support what Kenny is trying to do, though there are only vague glimmers so far (bits of the Slovakia and Serbia games, really) to suggest that he might be able to actually pull it off. Ideally you would bring a manager with that sort of ambition in at the end of a 10-15 year...

Might be worth asking on this site (UK comedy forum): Comedy Chat

Jonny Ronan's go-to strategy historically was to make an obnoxiously over-scaled opening bid planning application that's twice the height he thinks he'll actually get permission for as a bargaining strategy with the planners, I assumed that's what this thing was about.. Though it may well be...

Reply All podcast kind of got cancelled *, which I am dismayed by as a regular listener (for fostering a toxic workplace environment and opposing unionization of their staff): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/business/media/reply-all-podcast-on-pause.html * Not actually, but a host and...

I go through phases of being interested in snooker, though I dunno if I have the patience to sit down and watch a full game these days.. Judd Trump's crazy cue ball control has got me back into it lately:

Cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts and kale are all selectively bred versions of the same plant: https://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/8/6/5974989/kale-cauliflower-cabbage-broccoli-same-plant

Ironically Ireland has a glut of architectural talent at the moment including some firms recognized to be among the best in the world (look up Grafton Architects, O'Donnell Tuomey and Heneghan Peng, to name a few).. they are woefully under utilized in Dublin city centre unfortunately and seem to...

From what I've read the more recent versions of D&D are a bit simpler and less headwrecking than it used to be in terms of rules, charts etc.. (played it a fair bit as a teenager but not for 20 years at this stage). For beginners, the Hero Quest recommendation above is a good one if that's back...

Chapo Trap House's take on Andrew Cuomo seems about right:

Someone on another forum recommended an Amazon Prime show from last year called 'Undone', which I watched the entirety of over the last couple of nights (there are only eight 22 minute episodes so you can comfortably do it in 2 sittings). It's a bit hard to describe without giving away too much...

I saw 'Mank' in the Lighthouse, I think my 3rd physical cinema trip of the year.. A bit underwhelmed by this one, it's old school in more ways than one (being in black and white with a lot of nods to 1930/40s stylistic tropes, and very dialogue heavy) but it's always hard to depict the creative...

Portugal should win the group at a canter.. if Ireland weren't deeply mired 'in transition' at the moment I'd be reasonably optimistic about our chances of competing with Serbia for a playoff spot but it looks fanciful given how the last few months went. The one huge positive about the group is...

Finally got around to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.. I enjoyed all the constituent parts but it felt like 2 separate movies somewhat awkwardly dovetailed together, The DiCaprio / Pitt bro relationship character study was nicely done and it's clear Tarantino loves wallowing in the...

Reply All had a good go at uncovering the identity of various people behind 'Q' : #166 Country of Liars | Reply All

Had a week off work, so I watched a few things- To Live and Die in LA - William Friedkin directed mid 1980s cops and robbers 'neo noir', with a young Willem Dafoe as the banknote forger villain. The 2 special forces cop leads descend into deeply murky moral territory as the film goes on and...

Made my first cinema trip in 6 months, to see Tenet. It's fine... The time reversal sci-fi hook could have made what is otherwise yet another slick superspy globe-trotting Mission Impossible / Bond / Bourne thing into something a bit fresher, but it mostly just makes it more difficult to follow...

Watched Palm Springs, it's decent fun, good number of laughs, well cast.. Presumably they didn't want to draw attention to how derivative the concept is or get too meta but the fact that neither of the leads mentions Groundhog Day seems weird (as in it's the first thing you'd say to somebody if...

Bit of a trend emerging of broadsheet political journalists being hired by FG/FF to work as specialist advisors to Ministers, with Fiach Kelly of the Irish Times and Susan Mitchell of the Sunday Business Post being the latest to jump ship...

Lucky for them the Irish version didn't last: