Getting To 10

Dublin Trans Peer Support (2026)

The Dublin Trans Peer Support group has an updated schedule for 2026. The meetings take place on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. The meetings take place in Outhouse, On Capel Street The meetings start at 7pm, and should happen in the Red Room (first floor, front room)

January 7, 2026
Trans Peer Support (2025)

For a variety of reasons, the Dublin Trans Peer Support group has needed to change the day of the week and the weeks of the month, but it’s still ongoing The meetings take place on the third and last Thursdays of the month. They take place in Outhouse, on Capel Street They start from 7pm…

September 3, 2025
Disenchantment

So I just finished watching the last part of the Matt Groening show Disenchantment, and the ending was really satisfying. I stopped watching The Simpsons quite a while ago, as it’s almost pathological serial nature of the show made me feel like I was watching a soap opera, where you can enter and leave whenever…

September 30, 2023
On perfection

One of the biggest attractions I have to programming is striving for perfection. It tickles a bit of my mind that craves structure, order and stability. As far as my mind is concerned, if I can be perfect, then it’s not my fault; while if I’m imperfect then it’s all my fault. This is literal…

September 17, 2023
Crescendo

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. Live life outside yourself, and look for deeds that allow you to meet and serve others. That is where you will find true meaning and purpose in your life, and it will go on, causing a domino…

March 28, 2023
Trans Peer Support

There is a very long-running Trans Peer Support Group in Dublin, Ireland that provides peer support for transgender, non-binary, gender-questioning adults and their partners. It takes place on the first and third Wednesdays of the month, alternating between an in-person meeting in the Community Space of the TENI offices on the Quays, and Zoom. The…

March 16, 2023
A Vision For You

I didn’t know how I would ever live without the crutch of alcohol in my life. For over 20 years it was my companion — helping me get through everything in my life – good times and bad. The fundamental problem was that I didn’t enjoy drink any more. I simply just had to drink,…

February 11, 2023
Reading from St Paul to Timothy, Chapter 4

My life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to be gone. I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith; all there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for…

February 3, 2023
Avatar

So my avatar is a Wonder Woman image from the late Darwyn Cooke. I was remembering when I was younger watching the Linda Carter Wonder Woman TV show, and wishing I could transform into Wonder Woman if I spun around enough. Enough wishing; I think it’s time to move on to doing.

April 18, 2017
My special place

A lot of times, people recommend that you have a special place that you can go to in your head, to allow you breathing space when dealing with something that’s being particularly stressful. I have two variations on this, one takes place during the day, and the other at night. Both take place on a…

January 22, 2017