As stated in my last post, we recently returned from an extended-family holiday in Connemara where, for much of the time, the wind howled deafeningly and the rain fell in buckets poured by a wrathful …

This blog's recent forays into (among other things) the colourful worlds of horror and bestial fan fiction seem to be bearing stranger fruit than I had anticipated.

Where previously I had been …

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 …

August 4, 1997: The computer defence-system "Skynet" is brought online for the first time.

August 29, 1997: Skynet, fearing threats to its intelligence, launches nuclear weapons at Russia …

An alarming headline from today's Limerick Post. While I know that Tesco have (over the last number of years) been aggressively seeking to increase their presence in the Irish supermarket landscape, I hadn't realised quite how far their plans …

The lovely Fergal Crehan of Tuppenceworth has just outed himself as a (relatively) proud non-watcher of television. His stirring words have roused me from my blogging slumber and reminded me that there are more things …

Many longish years ago, when I was but a young fella, I had (like many children) a number of persistent fears. The most dominant of these concerned, a) My parents untimely death, and, b) The catastrophic …

While beating the election target, the Taoiseach can produce a sound and his eye give out light. The pensioners were beaten the inside to can call.

[tags]Clare Street, Limerick, Taoiseach, Fianna Fáil, Power …

A doodle. Done at work. Inspired by the day that's in it. Or possibly something else entirely.

Though I rarely write about matters (overtly) political, and tend to leave the local reporting to "squid" et al, I couldn't let an image from today's Limerick Post go uncommented on.

While sitting on the U.L. bus this morning, …

The other morning - shortly after returning from our Christmas break in Bristol - I trudged downstairs to find my wife sitting on the coach smiling broadly.

"I’ve just been reading your diary …

Since my original post on gender-inscribed signage hit the ‘blogwaves’, I’ve found myself closely scrutinising pedestrian crossings (and other sign-heavy areas) for goodies to delight and amuse.

The controlling brotherly hand of the child (seen in the last post) …

Is it just me or is anyone else sick of the sight of those Da Vinci Code publicity shots where a grim-faced Tom Hanks sprints away from danger leading a bewildered/terrified (and occasionally grim-faced herself) Audrey Tautou by the …

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, …

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 …