Taking Back Sunday
Posted on May 30, 2009 - Filed Under Music | 2 Comments
For the past few years I’ve been a little embarrassed about liking this band, but there are some damn fine tunes on the new album. ‘Summer, Man’ is particularly delicious. It’s not the greatest album ever released, but it crackles and sparks in the right places and it’s overall very listenable. Perfect summer driving music. [...]
3 Brothers
Posted on May 30, 2009 - Filed Under Personal | 2 Comments
In the past I have stated that I have 4 brothers: my biological brother Killian, Anthony, Eoin and Shane. Having spent a large portion of last night in my biological brother’s company, I can now unequivocally aver that I only have 3 brothers: Anthony, Eoin and Shane. Killian is a fucking useless asshole, and a [...]
Irish Broadband Is Rubbish
Posted on May 27, 2009 - Filed Under Internets | 1 Comment
BBC News article.
Abuse Victim on Q & A
Posted on May 27, 2009 - Filed Under News Item, Religion | Leave a Comment
I saw this video on Gavin’s blog and I’m reposting it here because I think it’s important that people see it. I felt sick watching it. I’ve never been keen on religion, but I’m genuinely shocked by just how downright evil the people running religious institutions in Ireland were/still are. These swine are worse than [...]
Vegan For Life
Posted on May 25, 2009 - Filed Under Animals, Personal | 3 Comments
I started being a vegan as part of a bet (which ended last night), but it’s been such a riotous hoot that now I think I’ll stick with it.
Firefly
Posted on May 24, 2009 - Filed Under Film | Leave a Comment
I started watching this show about a week ago and since then I’ve seen all 14 episodes of the series and Serenity, the film spin-off based on the show. It’s brilliant and witty and engaging and full of memorable characters played by actors who deserve to be more successful than they already are. I really [...]
The Good Hangover
Posted on May 23, 2009 - Filed Under Personal | 1 Comment
Usually I feel a bit fuzzy and down the day after drinking but today I feel great. Maybe it’s the sunshine outside, or the fading radiance of last night’s proceedings; everyone seemed really happy. However, I’ve a sneaking suspicion that I may just have happened upon a drinking sequence that makes my brain purr good [...]
Arsene Knows
Posted on May 23, 2009 - Filed Under Football | 1 Comment
From F365: “If I tell you I have £250m, every player I call will cost three times more,” he said. “When I am manager of a club I do with what I have available and you have never heard me complain about the money that was available. “But as well I do not accept people [...]
Marley And Me
Posted on May 19, 2009 - Filed Under Animals, Film | Leave a Comment
A word to the wise: don’t watch this film if you love dogs and your sinuses are acting screwy and you’re dosed up on lots of Lemsip and you’ve just eaten spicy food, because someone could look at you at an inopportune moment (like, say, when you’re blowing your nose) and think that you’re crying, [...]
Small Victory
Posted on May 16, 2009 - Filed Under Personal | Leave a Comment
I cut my hair myself while I was hungover, and it turned out better than I had any right to expect. Take that, world.
Maradona Vs Belgium
Posted on May 13, 2009 - Filed Under Football | 4 Comments
I found this on a football forum; it kind of sums up El Diego as a player.
An Incomplete Visual History of My Hair
Posted on May 13, 2009 - Filed Under Personal | 6 Comments
Forewarning: this is probably the vainest post I’ll ever make (and yes, I know the photos are flattering, but it’s my goddamn blog!) { – photo redacted for being crap – } Old photo with short hair, at least 2 years old. Another old one, longer hair. This is over a year old I think. [...]
Veganism, Day 16
Posted on May 11, 2009 - Filed Under Food | 2 Comments
I made cookies today. I’d be lying if I claimed they were very good, but the experience was not altogether a waste. Lessons learned: 1. The temperatures in American recipes are in Fahrenheit. 2. In cooking, less is sometimes more; doubling the amount of vanilla essence called for in the recipe does not make something [...]
JJ Abram’s Star Trek
Posted on May 8, 2009 - Filed Under Film | Leave a Comment
I never watched the original series, or many of the films, so I’m not really in a position to say how faithful this is to the source material. I can say, however, that the film is a blast, full of strong performances, and entertaining from start to finish. There’s a lot of script to get [...]
‘Grind’ by AIC
Posted on May 7, 2009 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
Great song, video and band. It’s been on repeat on my iPod for days.
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