Favourite flicks of 2006
Well, I did the books so now I’m turning my attention to the films. And in no particular order my top films of 2006 are: The Departed[1] Violent and great. But...
11 January 2007
Squally out, innit?
Woke up to a hidjis morning today. Gale force winds kept trying to break into my room through the window, aided and abetted by lashing rain, and it was 5 o’clock....
11 January 2007
The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas
The first Vargas book I read was Seeking Whom He May Devour, which I loved, and the reason I picked it up was because I liked the cover, well, this one doesn’t have quite such a gripping cover, but it really did grow on me. It is quite simple, just a tree picked out by a shaft of light in a garden, everything else is half hidden in the darkness. It really suits the story.
As I’ve mentioned before characters are what make, or break, a book for me. And this book has great, if slightly odd, stars. Eccentric is probably the polite term.
10 January 2007
Bit of this and that
In the current climate of this whole “war on terror” thing that we have going on, what do you think we need most in the world? Obviously the answer is… more...
9 January 2007
Books and Rugby and whatnot
It is January, so that means the Six Nations is just around the corner, and I’ve just gotten my ever-so-secret instructions from the Irish Rugby Supporters club that’ll enable me to...
8 January 2007
Miss Potter dir. by Chris Noonan
I don’t ever remember reading any of Beatrix Potter’s books, but I’m still familiar with them, but for many other people I’m sure they are fond childhood memories. They are after...
8 January 2007
A Year in the Centre by Brian O'Driscoll
ISBN: 1844880788 They say flying can do strange things to your mind, and an aeroplane is not the best place to commit thoughts to paper, but what the hell: the little...
7 January 2007
Bloody spammers
I’m surely not the only person to have noticed this surge in spam comments? Or more accurately, in trackback spam. Tis annoying so it is. It is Friday today, don’t know...
5 January 2007
Happy New Year
Hola muchachos y muchachas, and welcome to 2007. How did everyone get over the holiday season? I hope you went along with Budweiser’s wishes and had a good one. Mine was...
4 January 2007
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