Though I can hardly believe such a thing has (finally) come to pass, I am once again in the land of the broad-band.

Woo, and indeed, hoo.

Fustar.org is about to have the moss brushed away, the weeds dug up, …

Hi folks.

Due to the infuriating amount of spam the blog gets I've decided to make it compulsory to register before posting comments. As regular visitors may have noticed, this has reduced the spam count to zero overnight. Huzzah!

It only …

Forgive me bloggers for I have sinned. It has been over 2 months since I last had broadband at home…

Yes folks, due to a big fucking tree in the back garden of our new abode there'll be no DigiWeb action …

On Friday I became a married man.

A very fine time was had by all and I'm currently experiencing almost delirious levels of happiness.

Now away I must go as a donkey and trap await to whisk us off to magical …

What with house moves, wedding plans, and numerous tasks both onerous and pleasant, I have had no time whatsoever to devote to blogging. To anyone who checks regularly for updates - I apologise. Once the dust settles I'll get the …

In the last post (announcing the start of my World Cup blogging adventure) I had the following to say:

I will, of course, also be maintaining the main blog despite this new endeavour - bouncing back and forth from …

Starting tomorrow (hopefully) there’ll be a new adjunct to fustar.info as I’ve (rather foolishly) decided to blog the World Cup every day for the duration of the event. Working out a few kinks with the design etc. at the …

It's far too hot (and gloriously sunny) to blog at the moment….and even if I wanted to my brain goes into aimless, languid mode once the temperature exceeds 25 degrees Celsius.I lived and worked in Barcelona for a year …

Just had the bould Minister for Defence Wilbert O'Dea and his crazy gang call at the door. The 'conversation' went as follows:

Lackey: Hurr…hurr…em…you're a student are you? Hurrr…hurr… [holds out Willie's card]

Myself: Yes, …

They went, they saw, they conquered (thank Christ), they came home, they paraded through the streets of Limerick (in the pissing, pissing rain), they came on stage, we cheered, songs were sung, cannons of confetti were …

Apologies for the absence of posts this week…but I've actually been busy (a rare state of affairs for me).

The fits and starts arrival of summer is proving distracting as well, with this evening seeing me haul the old bones …

In a recent post by Jett Loe, over at the delightful Letter to America, Jett suggested that, due to his frequent bouts of wandering through Belfast's urban landscape, he could …

'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 …

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 seem …

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) …