Yearly Archive: 2005

My mind is thinking, maybe I should look to that?

Obviously enough there has been a lot in the papers and on the telly and all over the shop in webland about terrorists and the bombings in London. (Slightly less on the continual attacks in Iraq itself, but that is a different issue) And a lot seem to be asking the question why did these “normal” young British men change. How does some one go from being “sound as a pound” to blowing himself up?

My favourite things

I love women with prams who think they own the streets. The way they ram through crowds, destroying ankles and shins, really makes me smile. And groups of people, waiting for...

Monster Battle!

this blog “is a Giant Dragon that has an Extra Head, a Swirly Hypnotic Gaze, a Computer for a Brain and Black-and-White Stripes, and is Highly Flammable.(Strength: 8 Agility: 7 Intelligence:...

ICE

Got a mobile (or a cell)? Why not fill out “in case of emergency” contact details and stick them under ICE The idea follows research carried out by Vodafone that shows...

Home last weekend

I mentioned on Friday that I was heading home, and have a few pics from the camera phone while I was there so figured I may as well post them. A...

Temple Bar here I come

Was over at Human Under Construction and I noticed a link to this story. It appears that walking on cobblestones is good for you. The path to better health and lower...

An open letter

To all you casino and poker spammers out there, and any mortgage commenter as well. I moderate comments. Your spam will not be posted. So kindly fuck off. I’ve blacklisted those...

A knowledge of history is important

I’m referring to a letter I saw in the Sunday Times (I think) about London’s reaction to the bombings. I can’t find it online, so I’m forced to rely on my memory, but the gist of it was that this bombing will not work. That other countries have tried to take over England; The Romans, the Vikings, the French, the Germans and the Irish. Tried and failed.

Boyle to Sligo

In today’s Irish Times Tim O’Brien gives us a brief history lesson on Ireland’s crappy transport system. He uses as an example Alice, who traveled from Boyle to Bray on the...

Shooting History: A personal journey by

ISBN: 0007171854 Jon Snow has been a journalist since the early 70’s, but even before that he was involved in anti-apartheid demonstrations, and worked as a volunteer in Africa. This book...

We3 by ,

ISBN: 1401204953 I heard about this comic over at The Woolamaloo Gazette, and when I took a look on the forbiddenplanet site it was quite cheap around nine euro I think,...