Category Archives: Brogue Craic

This is the kind of thing we discuss at my local, The Brogue.

With a banjolele on my knee…

By Jesse, himself. | Published: February 11, 2009

In honour of my Uncle Bert’s birthday, I had to post this great article I tripped over at BoingBoing.com.
The first musical instrument I ever learned to play was the banjo-uke. My Dad’s a cabinet-maker, and one of his early projects was to make a couple of the miniature banjos for my Uncle Bert, who was [...]

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The Good Ol’ Hockey Game

By Jesse, himself. | Published: December 9, 2008

Some moments are priceless.

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My First Ride

By Jesse, himself. | Published: October 6, 2008

Murph dropped me a line about noticing a ‘62 Plymouth Valiant on the road today and being struck by how ugly it was. It got me thinking about a post I’d been meaning to put up for quite awhile. A short tribute to the best car I ever owned. Flat-head 6, the last year of [...]

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Back to Africa

By Jesse, himself. | Published: August 30, 2008

As much as I’d like to make this an evocative epic post, I’ve only just finished packing, it’s late and I feel like the past two days have been pretty much a blur. And the fyorenol I took this afternoon is beginning to wear off. But at this time tomorrow—we’ll be in a 747 bound [...]

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4-Ball in the corner. On Table #3.

By Jesse, himself. | Published: April 11, 2008

Since I’ve been too swamped to write a decent post, I thought I’d post a video of someone with too much time on their hands.
Enjoy.

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