Category archives: Philosophy
Every Day is a Gif(t): Tumbley Hole Man
Formative experience recollection time. It’s a summer evening in, oh, 1979 (or thenabouts), and I’m standing – gob-smacked and wonder-filled – in the lobby of the (no-longer-existent) prom-side cinema in Lahinch, Co. Clare. I’ve just seen Disney’s Snow White &… continue reading »
Big Ed Loves Mona (or “The Adventures of Balloon Boy”)
Today (or yesterday), somewhere in America (I can’t be bothered to check the details) a saucer-shaped balloon flew through the sky for a while. Then it “crashed” gently to earth. So far, so boring – unless you’re a rabid run-away… continue reading »
Hailing Jane
In a memorable exchange with his Jesus-lovin’ father-in-law, Larry David (the “fictional” Curb Your Enthusiasm version) speculated on what it might take for him to get enthusiastic about the Christian God(s): “Y’see, I could see worshipping Jesus if he were… continue reading »
Hard Boiled and Soft Core: Tastes of Ould Ireland
I With the Ryan Report’s revelations continuing to dynamite the (already shaky) moral foundations of pious ould Catholic Ireland, local hawkers & mongers of nostalgia would seem to be faced with a quandary. How do you sell & package a… continue reading »
God is nothing but a big stupid over-sensitive man with a beard that lives on a cloud
Of all the many wild ‘n’ wacky notions entertained and promoted by orgainsed religions, few can be as amusingly bonkos as the idea that (human) earthly adherents of a deity have a responsibility to protect their God from “offensive” criticism,… continue reading »
Pissing (once more) on Bishops: Blasphemers Beware!
So it’s another of those boring old Wednesdays. You yawn your way apathetically through the morning. 11 o’clock arrives on time – Hoorah! Out you pop for a restorative coffee and a squint at the papers. Your eyes alight on… continue reading »
It Came From the 1950s
News has reached me of a tremendously groovy conference being organised by the good people from The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies (a publication that fills a significant gap in Irish academic life). Entitled “It Came from the… continue reading »
Of Free Will and Suggestion Boxes
I’m currently working my way through Paul Gravett’s1 recently-published (and much-needed) Great British Comics, and enjoying the numerous memories it has been stirring up. For instance…as I lay in bed the other night, lost in that half-asleep/half-awake reverie in which… continue reading »
