I wrote this article for the Journal.ie last year, but it never got published. Seems very topical again... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I’ve been to the Mater Hospital A&E about...
continue readingDerek "Crosaire" Crozier died over the weekend. I made sure to get a paper yesterday and was determined to finish it but alas I didn't quite make it. No other crossword comes close to the elegance of the Crosaire. But...
continue readingStunning animation by the Black Heart Gang, almost looks like a Bosch or Brueghel painting brought to life. The making of is well worth a look too. It's only one part of a three part series, you can buy the...
continue readingQuick post on phone from hospital. Anna Elizabeth Braine was born today at 4.44pm. Both girls are fine and we're all over the moon. See flickr photo in sidebar. Update: Some proper photos here: Some more on Flickr:
continue readingVoting is now open for the New Humanist's bad faith awards. I think Chuck Norris is a clear winner. He said if he was a president he would tattoo an American flag with the words 'In God we trust' on...
continue readingFi beat me to it but after a very long time trying to get to this point, we have a baby with a heart beat. I took this video with my phone, and the sending directly to youtube from phone...
continue readingBit shaken today. I was walking up O'Connell street this morning on the way to the LUAS, walking in the middle as always to avoid the crowds and the paper pushers. Just past the Spire I see this big truck...
continue readingDid you see that Louis Theroux show earlier this year about The Most Hated Family in America? One of their favourite pastimes was to picket funerals of dead gay soldiers, thanking God that they are dead. Easy targets and all...
continue readingYou know when a famous person dies and and there's an outpouring of grief and respect, the odd RIP email here and there. Well there's another 6 Billion of us, and growing, so who cares? It's a much greater loss...
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