Burlesque attitude Night-time thrill
As I wandered, not as lonely as a cloud, home on Tues[1] I noticed that the river was a funny colour. A dull red-brown shade. Do you know the way, after...
21 September 2006
Right at Your Door dir. by Chris Gorak
I’m not quite sure what I was expecting from this film, but I didn’t get it. The plot should have been able to create tension and drama easily enough. After all...
20 September 2006
The Golem’s Eye by Jonathan Stroud
ISBN: 0552550272 #2 in The Bartimaeus Trilogy Group Read: FFseries Although in the previous book Nathaniel said, almost promised, he wouldn’t summon Bartimaeus again, events force his hand. He needs a...
19 September 2006
Rome – Season 1 dir. by Michael Apted
it has been four hundred years since the founding of the Republic, and in that time Rome has grown into a mighty power. But military might, and subjugated lands don’t mean...
19 September 2006
you came to take us, all things go, all things go
The problem with finding out about great sounding/looking stuff is that you want immediate gratification. Neil Gaiman raves about a film, a fairy tale film, dark and scary and you want...
18 September 2006
Jesus, if Lee Haevey Oswald had been from Mayo, JFK’d be alive and kicking!
Oh my good god[1] was that a terrible match or a terrible match. Though obviously not if you are a Kerry fan. But still. A 13 point difference! It was almost...
17 September 2006
You say it best, when you say nothing at all
I’ve a stack of books this high[1] waiting to be added to catalogue. And another stack, three or four times as high, which is not only in danger of falling over...
14 September 2006
Bath Tangle by Georgette Heyer
ISBN: 0099468093 Heyer’s romance novels show the reader that your story doesn’t have to be original to be entertaining, and that predictability isn’t always a bad thing. By the time you’ve...
13 September 2006
The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
ISBN: 0751537365 RonMcLarty.com; Penguin Guide This is an odd book. On the one hand I quite enjoyed it while reading it, but it never made for compelling reading, and I often...
11 September 2006
Little Miss Sunshine dir. by Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Families are a source of much amusement and not a little tragedy. Especially when your father is a motivational speaker, whose “9 steps to winning” doesn’t seem to be working, your...
10 September 2006
you came and you gave without taking
I’m watching Leinster being beaten by Edinburgh[1] Tis quite annoying, especially cause the commentators on Setanta Sports are Scots, and so obviously enough up for Edinburgh. Can’t blame them, and they...
9 September 2006
So what are you saying, Sharon? They’re eating putty out of my hand in my head?
If you see this what do you think of? The reason I ask is because this flag was the subject of a recent article in one of the Sunday papers. See...
5 September 2006
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