Archives for January 2007
Unfringed
Just a quick note to remind my fellow Limerickians that the 10th annual Unfringed festival will run (in various places/spaces around the city) from the 31st Jan (i.e. tomorrow) – 10th Feb. Details of the various treats on offer –… continue reading »
Manky Toy Monday: Imaginary Racers & Dudes full of Love
Today’s entry in the toy-making hall of shame was, like last week’s example, purchased in the marvellous crap toy repository that is Limerick’s “Euro 2 Shop” (formerly “Mary’s of Limerick”). Just as “Super Rorot Rorot” was a fairly undisguised knock-off… continue reading »
Closing Time
Just a reminder that nominations for the Irish Blog Awards “long list” are only being accepted till 11.59 p.m. tonight. If you haven’t yet submitted your faves then you can do so here (new nomination form allows multiple nominations). Due… continue reading »
Manky Toy Monday: League of the Transformable
Following the pioneering leads of other bloggers who have themed certain days of the week (in a quest, presumably, to add some shape and discipline to the haphazard business that is blogging) I present my latest, most insignificant, project: Manky… continue reading »
Joystick Waggling and Button Bashing: Memoirs, Pt. 2
Due to popular demand (or at least the absence of popular opposition) I’m dipping into my Letts Boy’s Diary 1986 once more to pull out another absorbing extract. When last we looked in on my younger self I was waxing… continue reading »
When that Faded Paint was Blue
Didn’t Marcel Proust once suggest that “nostalgia” was: …like an old dog chewing carpet slippers in a frenzy of self-loathing. Well…actually, no…he didn’t – and for good reason: it doesn’t make any sense (or does it?). Dogs and slippers notwithstanding,… continue reading »
Nominate or be Damned
Damien Mulley – more power to him – has succeeded in getting the 2nd annual Irish Blog Awards off the ground and nominations are now open (to establish a competition ‘Long List’). If you (*cough*) fancy nominating fustar.info, its World… continue reading »
Fústar – Mark 2.0
Back in November – when I’d returned from a long, enforced hiatus – I mentioned that: Fustar.org is about to have the moss brushed away, the weeds dug up, a few new coats of paint applied etc. At the time… continue reading »
