by Thomas Bartlett | Dec 3, 2015 | #ABP, #writing, ABP, book, food, Ireland, life, restaurant, writing |
The last day I ever worked in a restaurant I was nearly burnt alive, and even more nearly took someone with me. It was definitely time to get out. And I have. But I still think about restaurants, like an ex I never fell in love with but I stayed with for a good part...
by Thomas Bartlett | Nov 25, 2015 | #ABP, #humour, #writing, Ireland, life, meloncholy, reading, war
Modern Life 3 – Everything is Amazing! No it isn’t. Neither is everything terrible. Warning: Hectoring and contradictory (like modern life). The human propensity to believe they are all something unique, living in an age of unprecedented x, y, z remains as strong as...
by Thomas Bartlett | Nov 3, 2015 | #ABP, #driving, #humour, #traffic, #writing, blog
Dublin Traffic. 3 Wrongs Don’t Make a Right. No facts have been consulted in the writing of this rant. Cyclists I’m a cyclist. And I say to my fellow cyclists, get off the footpaths. Seriously get off them. Don’t cycle on them. And sexist as this...
by Thomas Bartlett | Sep 1, 2015 | blog, guilt, meloncholy, modernlife |
Modern Life 1: What the Hell do we Want? Happiness? Ha! The familiar knot in the spine, knitted by the shoulder blades, pulled taught everyday by our missed calls and rampant thoughts. Nothing notifications and the relentless liking of everything wearying us and...
by Thomas Bartlett | Aug 6, 2015 | #ABP, #writing, life |
From Everywhere But Here A girl from Kerry once asked me, “How can you stand it?” I hadn’t a notion what she was talking about, as I thought we had only just met. “What?” She looked at me as one does a fool and said, “Not being from...