Archives for May 2007
The Mystery of the Monster of Limerick Docks
After foolishly getting quite excited about (and engaged with) the soul-sappingly predictable thing that was the general election, it’s high time I turned my gaze from prosaic matters and focused on more important, magical things. Coming into focus today: Sea… continue reading »
Cloisim an tiún, is tú mo rún
Writing in Village (Feb 22nd, 2007) John Waters described how “hurtful and confusing” he’d found it when Joe Duffy read out (o’er the radio) Waters’ lyrics for Ireland’s Eurovision entry and “lined up a couple of cornerboys to slag them… continue reading »
It’s all I can stands, and I can’t stands no more…
Back in our conker-playing, football sticker-collecting days, my primary schoolmates and I were in clear and enthusiastic agreement as to the funniest thing ever dreamed up by humankind: The campfire farting scene in Blazing Saddles. It had no serious competition… continue reading »
Wo kann ich ein kühlschrank magnet kaufen?
And so it ends. After 18 days of squinting at shifting, swirling, pixellated blobs of colour and light on the lousy bbc.co.uk feed, the World Snooker Championship packs away its balls and white gloves for another year. My eyes may… continue reading »
Down where the red worms circle like sharks
A few snippets from last weekend to reinvigorate a slumbering blog. 29/04/07 – 4.18 P.M. I’m not a fan of Sundays, particularly heavy, sticky, oppressive Sundays like this one. “Muggy”, I believe, is the mot juste, and cranky is how… continue reading »
