Minister McDowell
has a speech on the release of those responsible for the death of Garda Jerry McCabe (apols if it is spelt with a G, have seen both versions). The full text...
20 May 2004
The Library of Alexandria has been discovered
according to the BBC anyways: “Professor Wileke Wendrich, of the University of California, told BBC News Online that the discovery was incredibly impressive. Alexandria was a major seat of learning in...
15 May 2004
Back to usual, late again
Vagina::Monologues (no never seen them, but talk about overkill with the advertising) Racism::Bad (wow, talk about a profound association!) Mother’s Day::No its not. We already had Mothering Sunday, don’t be making...
12 May 2004
Zulu Time by Mark Little
Mark Little is RTE’s foreign affairs correspondent (although you’d be hard pressed to find that out on the RTE website, it has an absolutely terrible layout), before that he was RTE’s first Washington Correspondent (1995-2001). This is is second book, the first Turn Left At Greenland was published in June 2002 and reached number one on the Irish Non-Fiction Bestsellers list. This book deals with Little’s experience’s during the second Iraq conflict. (Which reminds me, how exactly are we supposed to refer to this. Is it a war? A conflict? A liberation? All these terms seem to imply another meaning. But that is beside the point).
12 May 2004
Ethical Dilemmas
While watching 24 on RTE last night I started to think about what we approve of in our TV heroes, and what we would say were it real. Then this morning...
12 May 2004
The Fog Of War dir. by Errol Morris
I saw the trailer for this when I went to see Van Helsing, it stood out because I hadn’t seen it before. Yes the gorram “day after tomorrow” trailer was showing....
12 May 2004
Thinking of ordering an MP3 player
Well you’d better watch out, and make sure you don’t get something else by mistake :) Like this student in Canada. He received a gun, “an unloaded .22-calibre Smith & Wesson...
12 May 2004
Colour Test
I am: Existing situation: Orderly, methodical, and self-contained. Needs the respect, recognition, and understanding of those close to him Hmmm I chose female, shouldn’t that be “to her”?, Stress Situation: Has...
9 May 2004
Blah! Meme-type thingy
Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says: “It was like the barbecue in the backyard when his father cooked things...
7 May 2004
Van Helsing dir. by Stephen Sommers
After seeing the trailer for this film for what seems like years (I’m talking to you to bloody day after tomorrow trailer that just won’t go away), I figured I knew...
7 May 2004
Duncton Wood by Michael Horwood
ISBN: 0099443007 Don’t be put off by the fact that this is a book about moles, because it a great story of love, hate, violence, forgiveness and courage. A re-read for...
7 May 2004