True as the North Star
I may be jumping the gun a little, but at least this way you may get some practice in. Tomorrow (Monday the 19th) is Talk Like A Pirate Day. And in...
18 September 2005
The Bull Raid by Calo Gebbler
ISBN: 1405212551 This is a YA book based on the Irish legend of The Táin. Cúchulainn is the legendary Ulster warrior who is forced to defend the province from the Connacht...
18 September 2005
Battlestar Galactica -season 1 dir. by Michael Rymer
I caught the mini-series when it showed on SkyOne last year, but missed a few of episodes of the series itself, and because the storyline is so involved I didn’t really...
17 September 2005
Cinderella Man dir. by Ron Howard
– Joe Gould Based on the true story of James J Braddock. A boxing film. Set during the Depression. Consider all of these things and you may be thinking that this...
16 September 2005
Pad through the dark and call you on the phone
As you are, of course, aware I was offline for a few days there while I was in Sligeach[1] and just before I left I came across a podcast called The...
16 September 2005
A paperclip can be a wondrous thing
First it was Walken, but now the smart money has gone on Macgyver for 2008 via TCAL
14 September 2005
On and on, over the hill and the craic is good
Well, I’m back. Bit later than I thought, but I stayed an extra day because I got a bit of a cold and didn’t want to be on the train with...
14 September 2005
Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired
Well I said yesterday that I was heading off to Sligo today. Meant to catch the lunch time train. Even got up in time and everything, but then I just couldn’t...
10 September 2005
Red rover red rover I call
If you read this, leave a comment…. Tell me how often you read my ramblings… Now post this in your own blog and find out who’s reading your blog. You’ll be...
9 September 2005
The Mighty Celt dir. by Pearse Elliott
The opening scene of this film makes sure we know who the bad-guy is, Good Joe, the greyhound trainer. We first meet him throwing a bag, full of what we are...
8 September 2005
Hey, pony. Where you been?
So how many of you have read The Outsiders then? Or seen the film? Well, in an interview with S.E. Hinton in the New York Times there is news that the...
8 September 2005
There’s a ghost on the horizon
When I heard that Antony and the Johnsons won the mercury I didn’t recognise the name. But their song (Hope There’s Someone) was on the radio this morning, with many many...
7 September 2005
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