Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

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Had a lovely romantic evening last night in the City and enjoyed this menu. Dublin are in town this evening, and with my other half loving football as much as me, of course we talked tactics the whole time . For the context of the game, us as reigning All Ireland Champions against the previous winners- 18k sellout and great atmosphere ahead.

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Confit duck, fillet steak and hot stcky pudding with ice cream please.

 

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How early is early though? Angry young nihilists at the start but even they will grow older and their music evolve as they do as people. Their lyrics on Critical Thinking do hark back to their past; ‘I wanna be in love with the man I used to be, in a decade where I felt free’ for example. OneManMilitia was written on the day of the funeral of the Queen and you can feel the fire in it.

Contrast then with the loving lyric of ‘Society used to be my enemy now I want to build a small one for you and me’.

Life catches up on all of us and I’m loving how they evolve as a band as I see myself similarly. Still strong opinions but older, life experience influencing how you express it all.

The early 90s were a bit of a weird time for me AT. I was so focused on my career, marriage and home building that the music scene just seemed to pass me by. It was therefore the mid 90s when I got into the Manics, and in those days the only way to get into their earlier stuff was to buy the albums. There was no such thing as streaming. So when I say earlier stuff I'm referring to that era.

 

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That “ row with Zelensky” was truly appalling behaviour even by Trump and Vance standards, coordinated bullying in front of world television.
The problem with Judges is that ultimately Trump has loaded the Supreme Court with his picks . Enough though, he just makes me angry

TBH BL I didn't know whether to post a sad or an angry emoji for that post, which pretty much sums up my mixed up feelings on the subject. One would hope that the Supreme Court judges have enough integrity to defend the US constitution, otherwise I fear for the everyday American citizens