Archives for October 2005
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 and a cup of tea. or… 2) Fetch the quill and pen set from the attic… continue reading »
Serenity
Last night, my good woman and I popped along to the Limerick ‘premier’ of Serenity, Joss Whedon’s debut as a big (silver) screen director. Oddly, considering Limerick’s reputation for glitz and glamour, there were no celebs (major or minor) in… continue reading »
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, are definitely targeting gullible rubes like yours truly… Having said that, I’ve been reasonably disciplined of late and… continue reading »
Horrifyingly mediocre…
An interesting experiment is currently taking place on the IMDB film boards, which I (occasionally) frequent under the moniker “Hail to the Chimp”. A user, who goes by the splendid title “FleshAndTheFiends”, is trying to compile a list of the… continue reading »
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 out of while engaged in private activities of a seated nature. One of my… continue reading »
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 for the over-indulgence was the “Green Room” in the Granary, and the reason for being there was to see… continue reading »
