Oíche Shamhna
#2 – Jack O'Lanterns:
My childhood impression of a North American Halloween was largely formed by seeing E.T. in the cinema,...
Posts from October, 2005
‘Pooky’ Night
As Halloween / Oíche Shamhna is almost upon us, a post or three on the subject of associated customs seems appropriate. So, without...
Feeding Radiation
Though I have a television (the object) I never watch TV (the medium). In other words, though the box sits (as is customary) in the...
No Direction Home
Watched all 3-plus hours of Martin Scorcese's marvellous new Bob Dylan documentary, No Direction Home, on DVD last night. The highlights...
Brigid, Bríd, and the Holy Well
The curious intersections between the Christian and the Pagan in Ireland have always interested me, and (perhaps) they have particular...
Big Grey Man
Continuing the cryptozoological theme established by the post of September 2nd, I present another interesting oddity mentioned in Graham...
Where the charter’d Thames does flow…
Just to alert those regulars (all three of 'em) who read this here blog: I'm off to "London, England" (as our American friends might...
A chuisle mo chroí…
2 posts in a row on the topic of poetry isn't exactly guaranteed to get "bums on seats", but I thought I should make mention of Cuisle...
Demon of the air!
On this dark, dreary, and very wet Monday, only two choices seem to make any sense…
1) Crawl into bed with an improving book...
Take Me to Your Box-Sets…
I'm a sucker for DVD box-sets…I freely admit it. The companies who pump them out, with all their shiny and alluring packaging,...
Horrifyingly mediocre…
An interesting experiment is currently taking place on the IMDB film boards, which I (occasionally) frequent under the moniker "Hail...
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the Shannon…
We all (I'm sure) have books that, how shall I put this, serve our forays to the bathroom extremely well. Things one can dip in and...
A green room full of friends
Am suffering, somewhat, from 'bad head' syndrome this morning having drank too deeply of the 'devil's buttermilk' last night. The setting...
