I’m as open a book as I possibly can be but there are some things in life I disguise all the same. You’ve got to have some pride in yourself, right? Not me. Here are my top five hang ups for the world to see. 1. Buying toilet paper I don’t know why but for […]
Lying in bed the other night (curled up like a cat, it was a bit nippy), I started reflecting on the world around me. Everywhere I look I see happy couples building sandcastles together, families guffawing hysterically at pop-up books and then I spy the lonely mad man; decked out in full-length trench-coat, reciting stock […]
Of course you don’t. It never was. “Walk here … do this … take that off … you haven’t folded your ticket right.” Being treated like a child is not something we aspire to as adults so why airline staff think we’d embrace it is beyond me. But things took a turn for the worst […]
Huey Lewis said it best: “Good morning little schoolgirl/Can I come home with you?” No, sorry. That’s something else entirely. Coincidentally it’s a Huey Lewis lyric too. No, what i meant was this: “Hip to be a square” When I was about 13 I actually thought he meant that it was quite trendy to be […]
A terrible story appeared in our local paper today TEARS AFTER SCHOOL FIRE Heartless vandals have destroyed a playground designed for special needs school children. Children, teachers and parents at Ballyowen Meadows School for autistic children in Beechpark, Stilllorgan, were left heartbroken last Tuesday morning when they discovered the aftermath of the mindless attack. It […]
David Beckham. Lovely David Beckham. The tide has finally turned against Beckham as he slips off the radar as the darling of English footballer. After yet another poor performance in England’s defeat to Portugal today, Beckham has surely made his last World Cup appearance – he will be 35 by the time the next one […]
I might come across as all nice and stuff here (right? …. ) but really I’m a bile-filled person who loathes large sections of society. First up for a verbal thumping are bouncers. You might know them as “doormen”. They are the gentlemen hired by public establishments such as pubs, night clubs, casinos and venues […]
My thanks to my good friend Liz for pointing me in the direction of this sad yet bizarre story from the United States. A man has been charged with the murder of his wife with the key evidence being that he downloaded Guns N’ Roses’ “I Used to Love Her” track on the day of […]
Mike Tyson wants to join Westlife. The Baddest Man on the Planet (TM) is desperate to link up with the Wettest Fish in the Solar System (TM). Tyson visited Ireland recently to catch up with his boxing friend Joe Egan and say ‘Happy Mothers Day’ to Egan’s mum. In fairness to the convicted rapist he […]
I promised myself that I’d blog after my first exam so within two hours…here I am. Today was Public Relations, a less bullshit subject than it sounds. I entered the exam with the words of my lecturer ringing in my ears: “No waffle…” (queue dramatic echo of the word “waffle”). Let me take a step […]
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