Archives for April 2006
Down by the River
‘Tis Riverfest weekend here in Limerick City, and World Championship Snooker Final weekend over in Sheffield. The latter event has yielded a pair of surprise finalists, with Graeme ‘Pocket Dynamo’ Dott taking on the mightily intense Peter ‘Mekon’ Ebdon. Some… continue reading »
More Chess With Balls
A mildly-alarming six days have gone by since my last post…during which time I’ve been busy a) dosing myself up with drugs to soothe the pain of a fucked back, and, b) renewing (with a vengeance) my love affair with… continue reading »
Chess with Balls
“Whoever called snooker ‘chess with balls’ was rude, but right.” – Clive James. I know things have been deathly quite around the corridors of fustar.info of late, but I went into a kind of indulgent hibernation (ah…bliss) over the holiday… continue reading »
Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons
Picked up a natty, second-hand copy of Kurt Vonnegut’s Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons (pictured) the other day, and a thoroughly enjoyable collection of speeches/articles from the 1960s/70s it is proving to be. A short piece on “Science Fiction” for the… continue reading »
Emily Rose Sat on a Pin…
Sometimes one ends up in one’s local DVD shop determined, despite the slim pickings on offer, to rent a film no matter what. Such was the situation we found ourselves in last night as we scoured shelves barren of anything… continue reading »
I am a Patient Boy…
Spent an hour and a half, yesterday afternoon, sitting – stiff, sore, and deeply bored – in a doctor’s waiting room/corridor until I was finally seen (and given a routine prescription). Not only did my fellow patients and I am… continue reading »
I think he was a mandroid…
Back in August of last year (when fustar.info was just a twinkle in my eye) my wonderful woman very kindly bought me Season 1 of The X-Files on DVD for my birthday. Since then, somewhat to my surprise, we’ve found… continue reading »
Shivers, headaches, and sore bones…
I’m down with a bad dose of something…not exactly sure what but I feel wretched and blogging is far from my thoughts. Will try and slap something on here (of worth) tomorrow…but if I fail to appear I’m either a)… continue reading »
