Pro athlete to stand-up comedy

Occupied sign on airplane bathroom

Anyone for High Tea?

The arrivals hall in Vaclav airport is about half the size of Terminal One Arrivals Hall in Dublin. It’s generally much quieter and reserved, but

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Occupied sign on airplane bathroom

Anyone for High Tea?

The arrivals hall in Vaclav airport is about half the size of Terminal One Arrivals Hall in Dublin. It’s generally much quieter and reserved, but on this particular day, I noticed a giddy twenty-something year old who stood with a

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Happy and funny senior old woman on colorful background

Who fancies a little bit of Fear?

I hopped on an electric scooter the other day, in downtown Prague close to where I live. Granted, I nearly wet myself a few times going over the cobblestones, but my kegeling skills have improved dramatacially since hitting peri-menopause. I’d

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portrait of a drag queen artist disguised as catholic nun

I’ll be having NUN of that…

When I was 18 years old, I applied to be a nun. That’s right. Me, the now 52-year-old nutcase, ex professional squash player, former prescription-medication-consumer, and raging homosexual. “God has Bigger Plans for you”, came the written reply from the

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Closeup of a candle lit in a dark room

A Christmas Wish

Last August, in 2022, I wrote a blog post called Death Wish. It’ll help if you have read it, for context on this particular post. (https://orladoherty.com/death-wish/). If you don’t have time to read it, allow me to summarize. In Death

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Bar stool chair on concrete wall with rust spots.

What’s the Bottom Line?

TRIGGER WARNING! I’m going to talk about the importance of good gut health and keeping an eye on your poo. Did you know there’s an app you can download to your phone that will track your bowel habits? It’s called

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Which Season Are You?

When I lived in California for ten years, I became accustomed to the balmy 68-72-degree Fahrenheit climate all year round. Rarely did it get cold enough that I had to swap out my favourite blue and yellow flip flops, for

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Videos and Podcasts

Oscar Wilde

I had the pleasure of chatting with Keith Russell and Claire Craig about my life as a former squash professional. We didn’t just talk about squash though! Learn all about my adventures in San Francisco when I first came out in 1993 and my stint as a private investigator, who ended up with a bipolar diagnosis at age 30. I really did apply to be a nun, but got rejected at age 18,  I swear! 

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