Pan’s Labyrinth dir. by Guillermo del Toro
El Laberinto del Fauno I really wanted to go see this film ever since I heard about it, and yer wan at the desk who tried to put me off by...
28 November 2006
four, let all the traffic pass you
Did you know that it is less than a month till xmas? Did ya?[1] That’s still a long time though, so you won’t find me adding to the “BUY NOW” mentality...
28 November 2006
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
Dear personages looking for images of Ronan O’Gara drunk[1] please go here, or here, Blogarrah[2] is the site to visit. Personally, if the man wants to go out and get drunk...
27 November 2006
Back from the Brink by Paul McGrath, Vincent Hogan
with Vincent Hogan ISBN: 1846050766 See also: ; Wikipedia ; BBC ; The Telegraph Paul McGrath is probably Ireland’s best loved sporting star. Known as god to many an Aston Villa...
26 November 2006
Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn’it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
I’m away tomorrow, so happy thanksgiving to all you Americans. I’ll be away Friday too. May be back on Sunday. We’ll see. Plans being the opposite of what I make, see...
22 November 2006
Are strange things happening, are you going round the twist?
Have you ever[1] felt like you wish your hands were razor sharp claws that could easily disembowel somebody with a simple flick of your wrist? Linknotes: *sings* ever felt like this?...
21 November 2006
An expert is a person who avoids small error as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy
What is it about the Irish blogosphere that we seem to be constantly saying there should be more women blogging. Pschaw. Who needs more bloggers? Let alone more women bloggers. If...
20 November 2006
One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
23 March 1875
Today is my birthday, and I have received the greatest gift of all – freedom! I make these first poor scribblings aboard the westbound Union Pacific train with departed Union Station Chicago at 6.35 a.m. this morning, bound for Nebraska Territory.
In 1854 a Cheyenne chief asked the United States government for one thousand white brides to marry into the people. Cheyenne society was a matrilineal society the resulting children, to their minds, would belong to white society. Yet they would also have an understanding of Cheyenne ways, and so it seemed a good way of joining white man’s society. Of course this didn’t go down to well in the white man’s world, and the offer was refused.
In this novel Fergus imagines what would have happened had the US govt decided to go along with this Cheyenne idea. In secret, of course.
17 November 2006
There was the front of a camel — a half-camel.
Thursdays. You gotta[1] love Thursdays. Only one more day to the weekend. Not that I have any great plans for the weekend, but that isn’t the point. Indeed it is quite...
16 November 2006
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Your Vocabulary Score: A- Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary! You must be quite an erudite person. How’s Your Vocabulary? via: Wyvernfriend A-, I’m a little disappointed. But never mind, I’m sure...
13 November 2006
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
trans from the Japanese: Philip Gabriel ISBN: 0099494094 ; Mental mayhem ; Mindspill “So you’re all set for money, then?” the boy named Crow asks in his characteristic sluggish voice. The...
13 November 2006
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