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Paul Scollon
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Reads really Old Books, listens to Stoner Rock, watches Movies and collects British Comic Books (2000AD, Eagle etc). Loves 1930s Pulp (Fantasy and Science Fiction). Works with GNU/Linux. Irish, Anxious, Asperger's - not necessarily in that order.
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Today is John Carpenter's birthday: the second hour of my latest featured 3 of his gems as selected by Gary Monaghan
www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer...

Hope you decide to listen
January 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The Rip (2026) | Action, Crime, Drama
1h 52m | R
www.imdb.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Master horror director John Carpenter is 78 today!
January 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Death Wish 3 (1985) ⭐ 5.8 | Action, Crime, Drama
1h 30m | R
www.imdb.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The Running Man (2025) ⭐ 6.4 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
2h 13m | R
www.imdb.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I'm afraid to read the synopsis on this one...
January 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM
"I have a job here. Students in here know me..."

1) You no longer have a job there
2) Students do NOT know you because this fiasco is going on so long. You are just some creepy guy hanging around the school gate
3) This shit is causing the taxpayer a small fortune

www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Enoch Burke maintains presence outside Westmeath school
Enoch Burke is still outside Wilson's School in Co Westmeath, where he has been prevented from entering the school by private security since his arrival at around 9.20am.
www.rte.ie
January 15, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Geoblock, huh? So X has never heard of a VPN, which every 14 year old boy on the planet uses daily.

www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Grok blocked from undressing images where it is illegal
Elon Musk's platform X has announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised images of women and chil...
www.rte.ie
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Going to see Grant-Lee Philips with @paulmckenna75.bsky.social in Dublin this day week, so better remind myself of some of his early solo work!
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Gotta get back into Astro City!
January 14, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Do NOT try and tell me that Velma from Scooby-Doo isn't based on Barbara Feldon in this movie!
January 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Fitzwilly (1967) ⭐ 6.6 | Comedy, Romance
1h 42m | Approved
www.imdb.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
January 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM
5% means 750 of this little guys actually got away!

www.rte.ie/news/2026/01...
15,000 crabs in escape bid after truck crashes in Donegal
Up to 15,000 crabs made a break for freedom after the truck they were being transported in crashed into a ditch in Co Donegal.
www.rte.ie
January 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Shakespeare in Love (1998) ⭐ 7.1 | Comedy, Drama, History
2h 3m | R
www.imdb.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Well, he got his wish…
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Ruth Wilson is 44 today!
January 13, 2026 at 9:27 AM
The File on Thelma Jordon (1949) ⭐ 6.9 | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
1h 40m | Approved
www.imdb.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Congratulations to our girl Jessie Buckley on winning the best actress award at the Golden Globes for "Hamnet". Very well deserved!
January 12, 2026 at 6:44 AM
January 11, 2026 at 9:55 PM
The Illusionist (2006) ⭐ 7.5 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
1h 50m | PG-13
www.imdb.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
World Health Organisation don't want me eating any more ham. Dudes, I practically live on the stuff.
January 11, 2026 at 6:34 PM