'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, …

As Atlantic rowers Paul Gleeson and Tori Holmes enter what they hope will be their final week on the high seas, the 'entity' that follows/haunts/accompanies them has made its most audacious intervention yet:

Our passenger was up to divilment …

Thoroughly intriguing story in yesterday's Guardian about a Mr. Barney Broom (of Gunthorpe, north Norfolk) discovering…well…what can best be described as a pickled model of a baby 'grey alien' in his loft. Yikes!…

Following my post about it last Thursday, there was another brief mention, in today's Irish Times, of the eerie 'shadow' that's stalking Paul Gleeson and Tori Holmes as they attempt to row across the Atlantic:

On a night shift it's …

I've been keeping half an eye on the interviews that (Limerick's own) Paul Gleeson and (Canada's own) Tori Holmes have been giving to The Irish Times regarding their (on-going) attempt to row across the Atlantic from The Canary Islands to …

Hoorah! The blog is back up after a period of inexplicable 'outage'…thank you very much Lycos…grumble…

Anyway, in the absence of a proper post I'll do what I rarely ever do and simply draw your attention to something groovy found …

In an idle moment last night I found myself browsing through some of the more neglected and forgotten volumes that adorn my bookcases.

Scanning the shelves, I quickly passed over categories like "Novels I've been meaning to read for years" and …

If you're reading this from home (as opposed to sneaking a quick look at work) then you may share some of the 'paraskevidekatriaphobic' tendencies that (allegedly) impact significantly on the US economy:

The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in …

'Guest Post' by Copernicus

It's the most wonderful time of the year…for some.

While Stephen's Day is now upon us, it is still not too late to impart to fústarers something of the sinister side of the holidays. Depending …

In terms of ambitious artwork heists, Thursday's theft of a Henry Moore sculpture (from the Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire) has to be up there with the most audacious.

I have no idea how much …

It was no less (or greater) a figure then Bill Cosby who once suggested that: "The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague."www.quotationspage.com Mark Twain would, I'm sure, have …

Many of you will have already seen the weird (and comical) photograph of, Minister of Defence, Willie O'Dea posing with an automatic pistol (on the cover of The Irish Times), but it's still worth a second look…

For those that enjoyed yesterday's marvellous, anti-communist comic book epic, I came across another truly bizarre oddity on the (wonderful) Authentic History Centre website. Yes ladies and gents, it's that long-neglected Disney classic Donald Duck's Atom …

#3 - Samhain:

Well Oíche Shamhna (the eve of Samhain) is now behind us, and, apart from the strange 'Jack O' Lantern incident' (see yesterday's comments), the night passed off without too much intrusion from ghosts, divils, and demons.

Thoughts now …

#2 - Jack O'Lanterns:

My childhood impression of a North American Halloween was largely formed by seeing E.T. in the cinema, in 1982. The costumes were lavish, the 'Trick or Treating' was extensive, and (most importantly) there were pumpkin Jack …