After an extremely pleasant weekend spent walking, talking, swimming, getting plastered (etc) with a couple of old (English & Welsh) pals down on the Dingle Penisula, I return to blogging duties in something of a Neolithic (or is it Mesolithic?) …

A hearty thanks to my oul' pal Copperknickers for pointing me in the direction of recent "Nessie" footage that is (if you believe the below report…and you shouldn't) "causing a sensation".

The images were captured on video by one Gordon Holmes (an "amateur scientist") who…

…was carrying out experiments at the famous Loch when, by chance, he happened to spot a strange creature in the waters.

Look upon Gordon's work ye doubters and prepare to eat fistfuls of the humblest pie:

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 …

It may be just another week in February for you, but for those of us who hang our hats in the University of Limerick it's "Week 2″ - a time of pronounced hecticness, franticness, and (for me) extreme tiredness.

While …

Though I've a long-standing interest in matters esoteric and otherworldly (fairies, mysterious beasts, aliens and the like) I rarely buy or read books on the area. The simple reason being that (other than …

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 …

Given my brief (admittedly lacklustre) childhood flirtation with astronomy - and my ongoing chuminess with the worlds of Sci-Fi, comics etc. - it should come as no surprise that I’ve always been a big fan of the planet Mars …

Question: What does a fella with (still) no broadband access and limited time do at this time of the year?

Answer: Repost his Halloween observations from last year. Hoorah!

#1 - Halloween Games:

Though "bobbing for apples" is a pursuit commonly associated …

Not since the appearance of a stain resembling Jesus Christ on the wall of a pub in Wolfe Tone St. (some time ago) has the Limerick Leader delved into the world …

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 …

Courtesy of Alex Boese's Museum of Hoaxes I had my attention drawn to the following story…and what a story it is. Residents of the Crichton area of Mobile, Alabama (a 'black neighbourhood' in case you’re wondering) have recently reported …

Apologies for my low word output over the last week but a) I was recharging the batteries after the taxing (but enjoyable) editing job I did on the David Sque interview, and, b) Our …

A quick email exchange with Simon McGarr, the other night (on the topic of audio transcription), quickly turned to matters comic/cartoon related with Simon asking the intriguing (and very valid) question, "What, in the name of all that is …

Apropos of nothing I feel like indulging in a little Wednesday night (defiant) catharsis, while simultaneously scaring 16 shades of bejaysus out of you, dear reader.

I have, as attentive fústarers may recall, blogged before about Graham J. McEwan's delightful 'bestiary', …

'Guest Post' by Copernicus

Before I go to bed at night, having replenished the horn of nerdom with a couple of Star Trek episodes, I pause before the bookshelves in the hall, pluck from them a random volume and, …