Some pics taken on a recent visit.
No. 1 is on Venice Beach LA,
No. 2 is Santa Monica Pier
NO. 3 is Hollywood Hills
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NEW HASTINGS BOOKSHOP
New bookshop official opening in Hastings on Sat 30th Nov. 12pm onwards. Cake demo,readings,signings, music etc
COME ALONG FOR THE CRAIC!
ON RAGLAN ROAD
ON RAGLAN ROAD
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my smashwords ebooks
We finally make it to Hollywood
My first published book
This was my first published book – 1997. It was a best-seller in Waterford for a while!
I just gotta post this…
Recently, a female police officer arrested Patrick Lawrence, 22 year old white male, fornicating with a pumpkin in the middle of the night. The next day, at the Gwinnett County (GA) courthouse, Lawrence was charged with lewd and lascivious behaviour, public indecency and public intoxication. The suspect explained that as he was passing a pumpkin patch on his way home from a drinking session when he decided to stop, ‘You know how a pumpkin is soft and squishy inside, and there was no one around for miles or at least I thought there wasn’t anyone around’ he stated. Lawrence went on to say that he pulled over to the side of the road, picked out a pumpkin that he felt was appropriate to his purpose, cut a hole in it, and proceeded to satisfy his pressing need. ‘Guess I was really into it, you know?’ he commented with evident embarrassment. In the process of doing the deed, Lawrence failed to notice an approaching police car and was unaware of his aud…ience until Officer Brenda Taylor approached the side of his car. ‘It was an unusual situation, that’s for sure,’ said Officer Taylor. ‘I walked up to Lawrence and he’s just banging away at this pumpkin.’ Officer Taylor went on to describe what happened when she approached Lawrence .. ‘I said: ‘Excuse me sir, but do you realize that you’re having sex with a pumpkin??’ He froze and was clearly very surprised that I was there, and then he looked me straight in the face and said “A pumpkin ? ” ……….What ? … Is it midnight already?’ The court (and the judge) could not contain their mirth. The Washington Post wrote an article describing this as ‘Best come-back line ever.
me on a recent visit to Los Angeles
outstanding in my own field in Hollywood!
AUTHOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Tom O’Brien is a native of Kilmacthomas Co Waterford and is a full time writer and playwright.
Performed plays include Money from America, Cricklewood Cowboys, On Raglan Road. Johnjo, Gorgeous Gaels, Behan’s Women Down Bottle Alley etc
Books include Confessions of an Altar Boy and Confessions of a Corner Boy, Cassidy’s Cross. Tom has lived in Hastings UK since 2000.
plays include:
MONEY FROM AMERICA – The Tabard, Pentameters, Old Red Lion
JOHNJO – Kings Head, The Old Red Lion, Buxton, Touring.
CRICKLEWOOD COWBOYS (as BOTTOM DOG) – The Tabard.
JACK DOYLE- GORGEOUS GAEL – Kings Head
BEHAN’S WOMEN – Canal Café Theatre, London
ON RAGLAN ROAD – Old Red Lion – New York – Irish Tour.
QUEENIE
PUT YOUR SWEET LIPS…
THE MISSING POSTMAN
OF MICE AND MEN (adaption)
FRIGHTENING THE CROWS
DOWN BOTTLE ALLEY-White Rock, Hastings, Irish Centre, Camden (published by Circaidy Gregory Press 2010)
KAVANAGH – Irish Tour, Winnipeg
I’LL TELL ME MA… Irish Club, London
OLIVER CROMWELL’S TOUR OF IRELAND Courtyard, N1 LONDON
FALLING FROM GRACE ( the life/times of Shane MacGowan of The Pogues)
KATHY KIRBY – ICON (Etcetera Theatre, Camden 16-20th AUG 2012)
PECKER DUNNE – LAST OF THE TRAVELLERS
MISS WHIPLASH REGRETS…
RACE RELATIONS (latest)
Any script can be emailed on request………. tomobrien2004@yahoo.co.uk
Books
CHASING THE RAINBOW
CONFESSIONS OF AN ALTAR BOY
CONFESSIONS OF A CORNER BOY
CASSIDYS CROSS + ebook
DOWN BOTTLE ALLEY + ebook
THE MISSING POSTMAN AND OTHER STORIES ebook only
THE SHINY RED HONDA ebook only
CRICKLEWOOD COWBOYS ebook only
My Writing Life 
