Day 301 - Friday, October 28th, 2011

Firstly, Happy Birthday (sister) Olivia!

The day snailed by but along came the evening and time to visit The Ally Pally for the second night in a row, this time for TNDC 104, where no less than 11 athletes turned up to vie for the title and for precious TNDC World Championship and World Trophy points. In mid-December the Top 12 seeds will make it through to the final stages of the World Championships, with Seeds 13-16 entering the first round of the World Trophy. Trophies and prizes to the value of €300 will be competed for, thanks to generous sponsorship and the players paying a whopping supplement of €1 per week attended.

On the night, John "The Equaliser" Delaney garnered another title, whilst "English" Niall English (who isn't English) catapulted himself into the World Championship ranking positions. Action continued until after 1am, at which point a mouth-watering curried chips and quarter-pounder with cheese was summonsed from the Roma II chippy, before swiftly hailing a taxi.



Contentment : 16 / 25
Excitement :    3.5 / 10
Memorability : 4 / 15

Overall Score : 47% (71st out of 301)

  

Day 236 - Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

In an outlandish improvement from yesterday's 0% Memorability fare, luncheon was taken at Camden Street's Green Nineteen restaurant, which for reasons lost to me has captured the hearts of Dublin's outgoing public, for it was packed yet again, despite offering food of fairly modest quality at fairly high prices. Still, the decor is chic and the place is buzzy, which means most to many still. Making the occasion whizz-by was the very splendid company of Sir Desmond O'Donoghue, who is coping magnificently with double-parenthood and professional life at SEI.

 
Inside Green Nineteen

Contentment : 12 / 25
Excitement :    1 / 10
Memorability : 1 / 15

Overall Score : 28% (195th out of 236)