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Hat Week Day 2: Cowboy Hat

Ah hat week. I've been putting it off for so very long. I've been waiting for a new hat purchase to mark the occasion, but alas, I haven't been able to get my hands on one. In fact the last hat I got was for Christmas. I say hat, it was 3 hats. Including today's hat!...

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Hat Week Day 1: Fedora

Hello there followers, and welcome to Hat Week with The Mad Carpenter. Now, just a note about hat week; it will be longer than a week because I have more than 7 hats. I think I have 11... either way this is act as a sort of inventory of hats and a vehicle to informing...

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Barbecue Tuesday

I've called today Barbecue Tuesday because I'm tired of people typing BBQ, and not actually knowing how to spell the word Barbecue. That and I made myself a barbecue steak for dinner. Just slather it in the sauce and fry it up. Fry on high at first to seal in the...

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New Project Monday

Hello there my dozens of fans, readers and well wishers. After getting back to Letterkenny with my workbench, the rest of my tools and clean laundry (Thanks for the lift Ma) I got started on a small project. Not going to tell you what that project is yet, but I'll...

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Sunday Sunday

Ah you've got to love a nice relaxing Sunday. Well it wasn't so relaxing because my cough is so bad that I've had to stay an extra day at home, and head I'll head back to my place in Letterkenny on Monday. Hope you've all had a great day, and now hold your breath and...

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Friday 20th

Friday morning, everything was fine. Cough was all but gone, took a nice picture in the sunlight coming through my window. Saddled up all my laundry because our dryer is busted, paid the electricity bill, which to my surprise was surprisingly low. 54 euros for 2...

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Thursday 19th

Just watched The Jerk starring Steve Martin. I now know the difference between shit and shinola. It's a shoe wax just so you know. But go watch the movie anyway. Improving on the health front. Going home tomorrow.

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St. Patrick’s Day – The 17th

St. Patrick's. Or St. Pat's. Or even Paddy's day is acceptable. But so help you if you call it St. Patty's. Because Patty is a girls name, an abbreviated version of Patricia, also a girl's name. That bugs the shit out of me every year. So the above three options are...

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The Eve of St. Patrick

T'was the night before St. Pat's and all through the house, everyone was stirring, all a bit soused. With pringles and pretzels, whiskey and wine, All made merry, all were ... a tad plastered and some fella spiked his own drink with LSD while we were all drinking this...

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Slothful Sunday

Ah there we are. Rounding out a week of pointlessly titled days, just to add some variance to this project. Hope you all had a good weekend, Because mine was alright despite being sick. St. Patrick's started last night you know. Hope you're all drinking.

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