The great thing about
The best thing working in a library is the books you come across. Now I work in a college library, so it is mainly academic titles, and usually scientific in nature....
2 February 2005
Well tis Imbolc time
Also known as the beginning of Spring, or, here in Ireland St. Brigid’s Day. Mind you I haven’t even seen a hint of the crosses… There is a phrase here in...
1 February 2005
Sectarian symbol? I fink not!
Lookie, lookie, two vaguely serious posts in the one day. Must be Friday. One of the Blue Peter presenters was recently in the news, some one had rung in complaining about...
28 January 2005
It’ll not be said in this country I slayed a naked man!
You don’t get lyrics like that very often, now do you? It is from the song Little Musgrave. You know when I was a kid listening to trad. music was very...
28 January 2005
Ladder 49 dir. by Jay Russell
So you see firemen and Joaquin Phoenix and you think, hmmm, that’ll be fun. (Or you do if you’re me). Well it wasn’t. Honestly, yet another crappy film. 2005 has been...
28 January 2005
Temptation is calling
Man, I hate those red spoiler warning on Whedonesque.com, especially when they relate to Serenity, like this one, which says it is only a minor spoiler, but how minor is minor?...
27 January 2005
Ever feel like you’re missing out?
For almost two years I have not had to commute to work. Before that it was an hour long journey on a bus out to work (which weirdly featured in a...
27 January 2005
Doesn’t this sound great:
“Graphic novel innovators Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman (creators of “The Sandman” and “Violent Cases”) have fashioned a fluid visual style with endless curves and no right angles. Cats with wings...
26 January 2005
The acorn never falls far from the tree
Or so some saying goes. The Irish Times(sub req.d) has a story that George W. Bush is related/descended from Strongbow, and therefore from his wife Aoife and so of Dermot McMorrough....
26 January 2005
Oscar time again, can you believe it?
And the nominations are: Best picture The Aviator Finding Neverland Million Dollar Baby Ray Sideways – I’m guessing The Aviator will win this, the only other one I’ve seen is Finding...
25 January 2005
I love
the internet. Through it you can find out such great information. For example, Neil Gaiman has a Beowulf script that looks like it’ll be made into a film, directed by Robert...
24 January 2005
The Briar King by Greg Keyes
ISBN:0330419455 # 1 in the Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series Picked this up because it is the Jan. read for Fantasy Favorites. unfortunately it is book one in a series...
20 January 2005