Jun 12 2007
Twit
Looks like we got ourselves a gubermint. FF in coalition with the Greens.
Newsflash via Damien
Tags: election2007, Irish politicsMay 28 2007
Voting cats. Maybe not.
So the voting is over, and the counting is over, and bloody FF got in again[1] Friday morning was not a good time to be around de mudder as the meeja were all saying that FF would get in with an overall majority.
Luckily that turned out to be not the case, they’ll still need someone’s help, maybe Labour, maybe the Greens. Who knows.
B #1 voted FF. But everyone else in de family went for the others, and wasn’t there much rejoicing[2] when Michael McDowell wasn’t elected.
Remember when I may possibly have aided and abetted a mouse murder?[3] 
Well on Sunday I may have done enough to redress the balance. Whiney cat came racing towards the house, pursued by two thrushes and carrying a third in his mouth. We’d've ignored the drama outside but then spotted that thrush #3 was still alive. A wee baby bird. Well, not too much of a baby, it had feathers and could flutter a little. So I nabbed the cat and brought him inside while we waited to see if the parents would return. Whiney cat was not at all impressed by this development, and he wanted everyone in the world to know. Whiney doesn’t even come into it, he moaned and demanded to be let out for half an hour, running from one window to the the next and then to the door.
Eventually, as we couldn’t spot the bird we let him out. Can you guess what happened next? Yeah, he caught it again, and once more dragged it towards the house, again being chased by the parentals. So we said we’d give it one more chance. And put up with the non-stop griping from the cat. It may have worked this second time as there was no sign of the bird after that, and on his next trip outside there was plenty of searching but no finding.
Course, one of the neighbouring cats could have got the bird either. But you know, I think we deserve marks for effort.
The cat has now also been collared and belled. Though what difference that’ll make is hard to say.
Oh, and I’ve also installed a plugin thingy that’ll publish these posts across on the livejournal as well. Because, sure I might as well.
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Tags: B#1, cats, election2007, Fianna Fáil, Irish politics, mouse murder, politics, whiney catRelated posts
May 12 2007
Let the boasting and hubris commence
Cause look, Paige has nominated me for a Thinking Blog Award.
I’d write an acceptance speech of such wit and wonder that it’d astonish you all, but I wouldn’t want you all to feel bad that you couldn’t write something equally as wonderful, so instead I won’t.
Okay, so according to PickYourParty I should be voting Green as they matched me in 4 issues, others that matched were, Labour(1), Fine Gael(1),and Fianna Fáil (1). Via GUBU. And I do tend to vote Green. And Independent. But Labour and Fine Gael are alright. I have voted FF, once, for my neighbour, which is I know a terrible reason for voting for someone. But it wasn’t a first preference vote, so it may not have counted. See, we use PR: STD[1] so you can fill in as many numbers as you want and it may count.
But enough of politics, let us return to the primary reason for this post, my award. Only now I’ve got to nominate 5 other blogs. Five other blogs that make me think…
There were more I could have listed, but they were already nominated, so I’m going to go with:
- Heather Anne Hogan - She writes the bestest posts, evah
- Ten Miles Beyond The City - We do need a Boudacious Tuneage update, but still deserving.
- Zero Sum Mind - I’ve only recently started reading this one, but some great posts, I especially liked the lolcats entry.
- Stainless Steel Droppings - Especially for Carl’s wonderful Friday favourites posts.
- Kelly Well - Yes, she has posted again, so I’m quite happy to assume that this’ll be a regular occurance again
- Something Under The Bed Is Drooling - I know, this is six, but I could esily have listed ten more, so shaddup yer face. Despite the fact that Anne seems to have disappeared[2] I just couldn’t not nominate her.
Now you all gotta play along with the rules and nominate 5 more:
1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote (There is an alternative silver version if gold doesn’t fit your blog).
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Tags: blog award, election2007, Irish politics, Paige, Thinking Blog Award