Neil Pferd
@dasneilpferd.bsky.social
Berlin Irish. Bad speller. Worse proof reader. Here to enthuse about my niche interests and watch you enthusing about yours.
Been a ropey five weeks or so since the Biergärten closed, so thank feck it’s almost Christmas and I can get to poisoning my liver with Glühwein.
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Been a ropey five weeks or so since the Biergärten closed, so thank feck it’s almost Christmas and I can get to poisoning my liver with Glühwein.
7th anniversary of the time I made #MrsPferd a ridiculously good white chocolate and thyme cheesecake. Said to her after the first slice, “I smashed that, huh?” Then I immediately turned around and bumped a wine glass that fell over smashed, scattering shards of glass all over the cake. Smashed it.
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
7th anniversary of the time I made #MrsPferd a ridiculously good white chocolate and thyme cheesecake. Said to her after the first slice, “I smashed that, huh?” Then I immediately turned around and bumped a wine glass that fell over smashed, scattering shards of glass all over the cake. Smashed it.
Play a semi-final in an actually neutral stadium?
Redeveloped RDS will allow Leinster 'do things we have never done before' (✍️@rugby_ie) #Leinster #RDS #LayaArena
Redeveloped RDS will allow Leinster 'do things we have never done before'
The ground will be known as the Laya Arena after a €52m redevelopment project.
www.the42.ie
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Play a semi-final in an actually neutral stadium?
There's a sushi place around the corner from where I worked 10+ years ago. Was a regular lunch spot. Seldom in that part of town, these days. Go to that sushi place once every ~3 years. Woman who runs it recognises me every damn time. Remembers my order. And is always delighted to see me.
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
There's a sushi place around the corner from where I worked 10+ years ago. Was a regular lunch spot. Seldom in that part of town, these days. Go to that sushi place once every ~3 years. Woman who runs it recognises me every damn time. Remembers my order. And is always delighted to see me.
For all my occasional cynicism around snow, it does bring an additional light that’s welcome at this time of (and makes the commute to work on my bicycle more interesting).
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
For all my occasional cynicism around snow, it does bring an additional light that’s welcome at this time of (and makes the commute to work on my bicycle more interesting).
Me (as a kid): “Yay, snow! *flying out of bed to see it*”
Me (as an adult with kids): “Yay, snow. The kids will fly out of bed to see it and I might manage another snooze cycle on the alarm before I have to get up.”
Me (as an adult with kids): “Yay, snow. The kids will fly out of bed to see it and I might manage another snooze cycle on the alarm before I have to get up.”
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Me (as a kid): “Yay, snow! *flying out of bed to see it*”
Me (as an adult with kids): “Yay, snow. The kids will fly out of bed to see it and I might manage another snooze cycle on the alarm before I have to get up.”
Me (as an adult with kids): “Yay, snow. The kids will fly out of bed to see it and I might manage another snooze cycle on the alarm before I have to get up.”
…and so, the day ends as tradition dictates, with is watching the National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.
November 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
…and so, the day ends as tradition dictates, with is watching the National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.
That’s the Christmas pudding, the stollen, the meat for the mince pies and a tonne of syrup made for mulled wine, too. House smells like a Christmas market. Some wee cupcakes for #BabyPferd to take to her class tomorrow, too. Think I deserve to get my feet up with a big glass of good port.
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
That’s the Christmas pudding, the stollen, the meat for the mince pies and a tonne of syrup made for mulled wine, too. House smells like a Christmas market. Some wee cupcakes for #BabyPferd to take to her class tomorrow, too. Think I deserve to get my feet up with a big glass of good port.
Don’t do all that much duck at home but I can’t imagine anything much better than this to put away with a nice glass of port after a whole day doing the Christmas baking. A simple enough plum sauce and mash, to put away with
November 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Don’t do all that much duck at home but I can’t imagine anything much better than this to put away with a nice glass of port after a whole day doing the Christmas baking. A simple enough plum sauce and mash, to put away with
Worked in finance. One day, a fella called up complaining that some shares he'd sold had appreciated since the sale and asking when he'd get the rest of his money. Made me realise I just couldn't survive in that kind of career. Went back to uni with an aim of never leaving and kind of managed it.
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Worked in finance. One day, a fella called up complaining that some shares he'd sold had appreciated since the sale and asking when he'd get the rest of his money. Made me realise I just couldn't survive in that kind of career. Went back to uni with an aim of never leaving and kind of managed it.
Very well aware that this whole bloody think is basically an affectation, the most affected thing is definitely making my own marzipan to go into the stollen.
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Very well aware that this whole bloody think is basically an affectation, the most affected thing is definitely making my own marzipan to go into the stollen.
That’s the mince pie filling done. This will just be peaking in perfection in about 12 months time.
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
That’s the mince pie filling done. This will just be peaking in perfection in about 12 months time.
Got the brandy down for the Christmas pudding. Would be rude not to…
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Got the brandy down for the Christmas pudding. Would be rude not to…
Ahhh. Stir-up Sunday. That day I go absolutely wild baking all kinds of traditional Christmas stuff that no one in the family likes apart from me. On with the Christmas songs. The season starts here!
Good King Wenceslas, The Irish Rovers (w/ lyrics)
YouTube video by The Irish Rovers
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November 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Ahhh. Stir-up Sunday. That day I go absolutely wild baking all kinds of traditional Christmas stuff that no one in the family likes apart from me. On with the Christmas songs. The season starts here!
There are many ways to make a table look nice at the start of an evening but I’ll judge the quality of the celebration by how bad it looks at the end of the night.
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
There are many ways to make a table look nice at the start of an evening but I’ll judge the quality of the celebration by how bad it looks at the end of the night.
Well, this was an unparalleled success but I’m not sure the neighbourhood will ever recover from an hour of a hoard of screaming children shining flashlights everywhere.
Envious of people whose kids have summer birthdays. Picnic in the park. Easy. Winter kids? Outside the dreaded soft play, not many options but I’ve harnessed the darkness. Reflective arrows that make a treasure hunt. Bunch of wee torches to find the arrows and off we go. Excelled myself.
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Well, this was an unparalleled success but I’m not sure the neighbourhood will ever recover from an hour of a hoard of screaming children shining flashlights everywhere.
Envious of people whose kids have summer birthdays. Picnic in the park. Easy. Winter kids? Outside the dreaded soft play, not many options but I’ve harnessed the darkness. Reflective arrows that make a treasure hunt. Bunch of wee torches to find the arrows and off we go. Excelled myself.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Envious of people whose kids have summer birthdays. Picnic in the park. Easy. Winter kids? Outside the dreaded soft play, not many options but I’ve harnessed the darkness. Reflective arrows that make a treasure hunt. Bunch of wee torches to find the arrows and off we go. Excelled myself.
Slowly beginning to worry that Jim’s search for his lost IRFU 150th anniversary replica jersey is gonna end up being Ireland’s version of that lad who wants to dig up the whole of Wales to get back his lost Bitcoins.
Is this what the rugby community has become? An opportunity to get a cheap dig in and a laugh at someone else’s misfortune.
Even the box itself was a thing of beauty.
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Slowly beginning to worry that Jim’s search for his lost IRFU 150th anniversary replica jersey is gonna end up being Ireland’s version of that lad who wants to dig up the whole of Wales to get back his lost Bitcoins.
Long auld day at work. Last one down the office by a good two hours. So, it was very nice to emerge from a barrage of calls to a wee note from one of the young folk on my team: “Put a beer in the fridge for you, just in case you need to decompress.” Guess I can’t be that much of an ogre, after all.
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Long auld day at work. Last one down the office by a good two hours. So, it was very nice to emerge from a barrage of calls to a wee note from one of the young folk on my team: “Put a beer in the fridge for you, just in case you need to decompress.” Guess I can’t be that much of an ogre, after all.
Reposted by Neil Pferd
This is peak rugby.
World Rugby have created a contract that blocks themselves from sharing footage from their own games.
Gold.
World Rugby have created a contract that blocks themselves from sharing footage from their own games.
Gold.
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is peak rugby.
World Rugby have created a contract that blocks themselves from sharing footage from their own games.
Gold.
World Rugby have created a contract that blocks themselves from sharing footage from their own games.
Gold.
#BabyPferd been roaming around like this, inside and in the garden, for a good 45 minutes scaring the absolute bejeebus out of anyone and everyone who gets too close. Mostly her Ma, who she’s nearly put in the hospital four or five times by now. Probably should put a stop to it but, you know…
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#BabyPferd been roaming around like this, inside and in the garden, for a good 45 minutes scaring the absolute bejeebus out of anyone and everyone who gets too close. Mostly her Ma, who she’s nearly put in the hospital four or five times by now. Probably should put a stop to it but, you know…
Down the supermarket buying 7 cartons of eggs and nothing else, like I'm totally deranged.
~ "That's a lot of eggs," goes the cashier.
~ "Yes, we have 5 birthday parties this week," I reply.
~ "Yes, a lot of eggs," she replies.
Nothing like smalltalk at the supermarket checkout over here.
~ "That's a lot of eggs," goes the cashier.
~ "Yes, we have 5 birthday parties this week," I reply.
~ "Yes, a lot of eggs," she replies.
Nothing like smalltalk at the supermarket checkout over here.
So begins that mad week where #MrsPferd and both #MiniPferds have their birthdays within six days of each other. A week, solid, of family, screaming kids and dealing with other random well-wishers popping in. Every waking moment spent baking cake after cake. Wish me luck.
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Down the supermarket buying 7 cartons of eggs and nothing else, like I'm totally deranged.
~ "That's a lot of eggs," goes the cashier.
~ "Yes, we have 5 birthday parties this week," I reply.
~ "Yes, a lot of eggs," she replies.
Nothing like smalltalk at the supermarket checkout over here.
~ "That's a lot of eggs," goes the cashier.
~ "Yes, we have 5 birthday parties this week," I reply.
~ "Yes, a lot of eggs," she replies.
Nothing like smalltalk at the supermarket checkout over here.
So begins that mad week where #MrsPferd and both #MiniPferds have their birthdays within six days of each other. A week, solid, of family, screaming kids and dealing with other random well-wishers popping in. Every waking moment spent baking cake after cake. Wish me luck.
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
So begins that mad week where #MrsPferd and both #MiniPferds have their birthdays within six days of each other. A week, solid, of family, screaming kids and dealing with other random well-wishers popping in. Every waking moment spent baking cake after cake. Wish me luck.
On the plus side, the brussels sprout and brie risotto I was making during this time was all sorts of excellent, which I’m sure is a great comfort to all my Scottish pals right now.
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
On the plus side, the brussels sprout and brie risotto I was making during this time was all sorts of excellent, which I’m sure is a great comfort to all my Scottish pals right now.