Happy Diwali
Man its cold today. Cold cold cold. And that rain! Its verging on sleet so it is. Did no one tell the weather that it is still only October? But sure...
29 October 2008
Conscience is a nuisance. A fly. A barking dog.
What a strange and wonderfully weird place the world is. Okay, not always in a wonderful way, I mean have you heard about the budget? Hardly wonderful to be taxing peoples...
15 October 2008
There’s white things in the air
What’s this, what’s this? A post from me that’s more than a review? What’s this, what’s this? More than just an excuse? Honestly, I don’t know what it is, but you...
24 June 2008
Gravity was invented by Isaac Walton. It is chiefly noticeable in the Autumn, when the apples are falling off the trees
Students! Aren’t they annoying. And stupid. Perhaps I over generalise. Actually no perhaps about it, I do, I know. And I get on really well with some of our students. But...
6 February 2008
Rome 2.3 These Being the Words of Marcus Tullius Cicero dir. by Alan Poul
Things aren’t really going to well for Vorenus, are they? Dreaming about his wife’s suicide/attempt to distract Vorenus from killing her son. Waking up knowing that it is all true. Becoming...
29 June 2007
Does anyone know where I get my drugs?
We’ll begin with the vague; this morning, or possibly last night[1] there was an ad on the radio. This of course is not a rare occurrence. There are many radios in...
23 March 2007
Yes! We’re all individuals!
And so, of course, we are all entitled to our own points of view. But[1] sometimes don’t you think it’d be easier if we all thought the same way[2] Wouldn’t it...
19 February 2007
Just deserts
Do you ever watch people crossing the road and think to yourself, they deserve to be knocked down? Not killed, just bumped a little, a warning to wise up, you know....
16 February 2007
The Pursuit of Happyness dir. by Gabriele Muccino
At the start of the film Linda is pulling double shifts while Chris is out selling bone density machines, struggling to make ends meet and support their young son Christopher. Things...
18 January 2007
The most important thing to remember about drunks is that drunks are far more intelligent than non-drunks. They spend a lot of time talking in pubs, unlike workaholics who concentrate on their careers and ambitions, who never develop their higher spiritual values, who never explore the insides of their head like a drunk does.
So who was it that taught pigeons to play chicken then? They can’t have come up with that nonsensical approach to life themselves can they? I mean, I know they’ve always...
12 October 2006
How do you loot a shoe shop though?
If you could see me now you’d see a furrowed little brow[1] as I try to figure out people. I mean, they are just generally weird aren’t they? Yesterday Eircom cut...
4 October 2006
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