Wow, it’s been over a month! I guess I’m kinda sharing time between so many sodding things these days, there is just little time left over to make up semi-amusing rants about inane subjects. One thing that did jump to mind today was the biological clock. I was descending the escalator at our local shopping […]
I was walking over Milltown bridge the other evening and engraved in some now-dry cement were the words “Pope John Paul II We Love You”. First of all you can’t blame the perpetrator for this act of Christian vandalism. God did set the ball rolling after all with his archaic etch-a-sketching on Mount Sinai. I […]
Straws He’s running out of straws for which to grasp, and running out of time to make things right. Brian Kerr’s tenure as Irish manager is on the verge of ending with a whimper, the natural conclusion to a series of disappointing qualifying results. Points dropped in two games against Israel and an essentially moribund […]
Although I generally avoid the news (I do ‘the ostrich’ on it), one could not help watching the amazing scenes from New Orleans. Founded in 1718, the world-famous city is now destroyed with thousands of its inhabitants dead and over a million homeless, victim of the Category 5 Hurricane Katrina. Opponents of the US Government/policies/people […]
Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Jerry Stiller, Milla Jovovich, Jon Voight, David Duchovny Director: Ben Stiller Genre: Comedy Cert: 12 Released: 2001 Maybe watching “Zoolander” in 2005 is an exercise in futility. Ben Stiller had set the bar quite high with “Meet the Parents” and “There’s Something About Mary” in the […]
Warning signs It didn’t take long for the warning signs to start flashing in a bright neon fashion. Spurs dour 0-0 draw at Blackburn might look like a point gained but ironically it could be the fact that they got the point rather than lost the game that points towards some deeper problems. They say […]
Motto My motto in life (and indeed it’ll be my epitaph) is never to be expect too much, rarely look on the bright side and don’t wash behind your ears because no one ever checks (so much wasted time as a child). As the brand new, predictable, but addictive, Premiership season gets ready to launch, […]
I was half-way through writing something serious about religion and how I have no time for it, when I just got bored and stopped. My head’s been wrecked from playing this whole ‘religion’ thing around it for years now so I don’t know what I was hoping to achieve on a blog that a handful […]
The feel good factor There’s a lot to be said for the feel good factor in life. Warm weather, wealth, health, all that good stuff. It all makes for a very happy existence. It exists in football too and clubs that have it have got a distinct advantage over clubs that don’t. What’s become clear […]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen Director: Mike Nichols Genre: Drama Cert: 18 Released: 2004 Obituary writer Dan (Law) and Alice (Portman) observe each other from a distance on the street and get so caught up in exchanging smiles that Alice wanders aimlessly in front of a car. Dan brings her to […]
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