April 2006 – Page 2 – Susan Hated Literature

Young ladies; married ladies; old maids; thoughtless young persons of both sexes; gamblers, profligates and libertines; servants who, whether by accident or design, have acquired an education beyond their station: these are the idle creatures who may be found at any hour of the night or day with a novel in their hands

Heather has a book meme that I’m stealing; Connect any six books in your library to each other by any way you want. One book will remind you of another because...

21 April 2006

Honk

I upped with my fist and I shattered his jaw. He fell to the ground with his knees doubled up But it wasn’t I hit him, ’twas Johhny Jump Up.

So the Irish Medical Organisation[1] want the government to increase the price of certain alcoholic drinks. Spirits, to be precise. This would, in their considered opinion would help to prevent the...

20 April 2006

Books

Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer

Prviously published as The Transformation of Philip Jettan: A Comedy of Manners ISBN: 434328014 c.1923 If you searched among the Downs in Sussex, somewhere between Midhurst and Brighthelmstone, inland a little,...

20 April 2006

Honk

If Cruise and Katie Holmes wed, each of his wives will have been eleven years younger than the last.

Another lesson in the importance of proofreading[1] And once again this lesson is courtesy of the free newspapers available on the streets of Dublin. This time from the Metro. Because, however...

18 April 2006

Moving Pictures / Reviews

She’s dead or possibly dying and the rescue crew thinks they can save this baby. When they take the baby out, it goes “mama” and someone has shoved a plastic doll in her uterus and the fetus is missing

Edit: cause I can’t be bothered to write a whole new post Over the weekend I caught half an episode of Charmed, but then again it seems to be trying to...

16 April 2006

Irishify

We on our part must realize that force may not bring unity. That the reverse in fact can be true. Force can create resistance and what we are trying to bring about is unity.

Inniú I went down to take a look at the military parade we had in Dublin to mark the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. I didn’t make it out early...

16 April 2006

Books

On Another Man’s Wound by Ernie O'Malley

ISBN: 094796231x c1936 This book is an attempt to show the background of the struggle from 1916 to 1921 between an Empire and an unarmed people. The title of this book...

15 April 2006

Moving Pictures / Reviews

Junebug dir. by Phil Morrison

This is a film that perfectly fits that horrible description; a quirkie independent film. But never annoyingly quirky, so don’t worry about that. For the majority of the time the film...

15 April 2006

Musing

God loves you just the way you are. But He loves you too much to let you stay that way.

So there I was watching Grumpy Old Men last night, thinking that they aren’t funny anymore. Maybe I should explain Grumpy Old Men? Well its a tv show where men, who...

15 April 2006

Moving Pictures / Reviews

The Dark [based on book] by Simon Maginn dir. by John Fawcett

With atmospheric camera work over waves the opening credits of this film make way for Adele and her daughter Sarah as they drive through a remote part of Wales, looking for...

12 April 2006

Quick Links

And if you can exhume them

This probably won’t be funny to anyone but Irish people, but those lads over at Langerland have surpassed themselves with this wonderful cartoon, The Rising. Fuckin’ morons. Link stolen from TCAL

12 April 2006

Randomess

The king of cups expects a picnic, but this is not his birthday.

I have nothing to say. Well, this isn’t actually true. There are things on the tips of my fingers[1] but I don’t actually know what they are. So I find myself...

12 April 2006

Monthly Archive: April 2006

I upped with my fist and I shattered his jaw. He fell to the ground with his knees doubled up But it wasn’t I hit him, ’twas Johhny Jump Up.

Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer

If Cruise and Katie Holmes wed, each of his wives will have been eleven years younger than the last.

She’s dead or possibly dying and the rescue crew thinks they can save this baby. When they take the baby out, it goes “mama” and someone has shoved a plastic doll in her uterus and the fetus is missing

We on our part must realize that force may not bring unity. That the reverse in fact can be true. Force can create resistance and what we are trying to bring about is unity.

On Another Man’s Wound by Ernie O'Malley

Junebug dir. by Phil Morrison

God loves you just the way you are. But He loves you too much to let you stay that way.

The Dark [based on book] by Simon Maginn dir. by John Fawcett

And if you can exhume them

The king of cups expects a picnic, but this is not his birthday.

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Monthly Archive: April 2006

Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer

On Another Man’s Wound by Ernie O'Malley

Junebug dir. by Phil Morrison

The Dark [based on book] by Simon Maginn dir. by John Fawcett

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