Archives for March 2006
Where do we go from here?
After the high of Saturday night’s fun and frolics I’m afraid I’ve found the blogging juices running rather dry this week (apart from a stint over at Cruiskeen Eile). While I hardly ever, as a rule, blog about blogging itself,… continue reading »
Irish Blog Awards: After the Ball is Over…
Well, we’ve wended our weary way back from the ‘big shmoke’ so it’s time (before I pass out from tiredness) for the fústar.org “Irish Blog Awards” special report (Hoorah!). We (Copernicus, Catherine, Jess, and myself) arrived in the Alexander Hotel… continue reading »
The Morning After…
We’re a bit weary and tender after a long, but very enjoyable, night at the “Irish Blog Awards”. Didn’t win any prizes (other than a pair of V for Vendetta tickets in the raffle) but it was great to meet… continue reading »
…and the winner is…
So, we (my darling girl and I) are off on the slow train to Baile Ã?tha Cliath this morn for the inaugural ‘Irish Blog Awards’ – an event that promises much in the way of drunken chat and high jinks.… continue reading »
Tick-Tock…
I’ve always been a fan of slow films… I speak, of course, of the kind of long, captivating, hypnotic slowness that characterises many of the finest Sci-Fi / Western films of the 60s and 70s (a golden age of cinematic… continue reading »
Another Little Jug
As a long-time reader of the frequently daft, outrageous, and foam-flecked rhetoric of (that dreadful old windbag) Colonel Kevin Myers, I am happy to announce a new bloggy venture being undertaken by yours truly, ‘copernicus’, and EWI (from Freestater)… Yes… continue reading »
Nick of Time
Some time back I touched on the giddy, mendacious world of American comics’ advertising, discussing such marvels as Sea Monkeys, and (every boy’s favourite) X-Ray Specs. I didn’t make much mention of the equivalent ads in British comics, other than… continue reading »
New Treaty
Received a mail in my inbox the other day from Enso – a Galway-based art group who are taking part in this year’s EV+A (10th March – 21st May 2006) – asking me to help promote their latest undertaking. The… continue reading »
