82

A very happy 82 birthday to my father

Clue ( 1985)

 

As a tribute to the late Tim Curry. I viewed this, I should actually sit down and watch the Rocky Horry Picture Show. Which stars one of my favourite actors Barry Boswick but nevertheless

I had forgotten the stepped in dog dirt joke at the beginning

It rains. It rains all the time, in DC so this is nice

It is quite a good period piece.If it was made now it would be set in 1985

Lots of comedy stalwarts- Christopher Lloyd, Curry, get the praise but Madeline Khan, Eileen Brennan, Martin Mull are no slouches either

Michael McKean made a career playing Federal Agents with something to hide. Lots of physical comedy from him and Curry- Curry throwing McKean about

Everyone smokes

I did wonder if Curry was bored timelord in this... Maybe the Dr or the Master, depending on what you watch

QPR v Middlesboro

 

Off to Dublin in the Sky blue

After decades I went to see what I have only read off..The GPO in Dublin, 

I was pleased to see the Cuchulain statue. I was disspointed that the statue is not more prominent. Oh and quite surprised to see word of Meagher 

The GPO building is quite impressive and still in use.

JW et al should not be allowed to use the outside site. Just move them up the road 

That said, I dislike the Garda uniforms - there were Garda huddling outside the building escaping the downpours of Dublin 

There was but one card reader at the GPO ticket office

The museum should be free

Dublin notes

Took this photo for my daughter.

The Portal showing an empty NYC

Mural off O'Connell street

 

Croke Park, which was closed. Due to Jon Bon Jovi's visit. I was disappointed I could not do the tour

 

TCU v UNC at the Aviva

I have not been to see UNC for years. 1999 and 2029  I never thought I would see them play live again. I followed a lot of the games last year online. My interst piqued by the Jordon + Bellicheck pairing

This is my first solo trip to Dublin. I got the time of game wrong I should have remembered 3pm pm out time is 10 am on the East Coast

I was drinking Guinnesss

UNC Cheerleaders

The UNC team being driven into the Aviva stadium. There were folk on stilts, and a band keeping people spirits up

Ramsees! He is off to the Tar Heel Tailgate which was 525 pounds a ticket

A photo taken  from4 floors high in the Avia!

It was something of a Trek

US and Irish flags- I was dismayed Ireland did not have a colour party 

I met some nice people, local lads Who loved American Football. A father and son from Texas.

 

Dolly Parton

 

Dolly Parton 

(1946-2026)

Tennessean, Wife, Musician, Actor, Biblophile

``I will always love you''

• Legendary country music singer Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80

• "Dolly Parton's legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience," her team says - read their statement in full

• The country icon sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and wrote over 3,000 songs in a career that spanned six decades

• From growing up on a "dirt poor" farm to stardom, no-one did it like Dolly, writes our music correspondent Mark Savage

• Raised in poverty in a one-room cabin in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, Parton was the fourth youngest of 12 children - her early life in pictures

• Elton John says Parton was "unique and irreplaceable", while US country star Reba McEntire pays tribute to "my buddy Dolly": "There will never ever be another you"

• Parton's style was unapologetically bold, she wowed Glastonbury, starred in well-known films and appealed to all ages