Some wounds don’t heal
I came across this site called Morphizm.com which has an article on LOTR and the impact that WWI had on Tolkien and the books. It makes for an interesting read, and...
31 January 2004
Sligo blocade
“A blockade by farmers of one of Sligo’s most scenic beauty spots has been threatened by North Sligo farmer, Andy McSharry in what would be a dramatic escalation of the dispute...
26 January 2004
Million Dollar Baby [based on book] by F.X. Toole dir. by Clint Eastwood
The critics have been raving over this film. Don’t know why, I found it overlong, boring and more than a little predictable.
22 January 2004
Happy New Year
I was born in the Year Of The Ram: “The Year Of The Ram 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003 People born in the Year of Ram are elegant...
22 January 2004
Friday Five
You know I always mean to do these on a Friday, but then I forget and so don’t bother. Well this week, despite the fact that it is now Wed I...
21 January 2004
Mike Rowe Soft
Mernember Mike Rowe? Well looks like MS have backed down. “Microsoft has indicated it may have overreacted to the Web site of Canadian teenager Mike Rowe who added the word ‘soft’...
21 January 2004
Copyright taken to extremes
From The Register, a tale of copyright protection going WAY too far: In what could easily be mistaken for an Onion story, Microsoft has unleashed the full fury of its lawyers...
19 January 2004
Col. Paul Rodzianko
Was browsing around Irish showjumping sites, trying to get up to date with what’s going on, as it has been a while since I have taken more than a passing interest,...
17 January 2004
Cows with Guns
Cows With Guns -A great song, and the animation is kinda cool too. Course cows are technically female, but in the song it says he, yet the drawing has udders. Anyone...
15 January 2004
Which LOTR
Empire run a little poll, and this one was last: “Which of the three Lord of the Rings instalments do you think rules them all?’ Don’t make me choose. I WILL...
14 January 2004
The Last Samurai dir. by Edward Zwick
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I went to see this film. Sure Japanese swords, fights and Tom Cruise, but apart from the basic plot, which is American soldier...
13 January 2004
Interpreting LOTR
Open Democracyhas recently had a couple of articles written about the film trilogy that is LOTR. The first one:The Return of the King: Tolkien and the new medievalism by K.A. Dilday...
11 January 2004
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