Archive for July, 2008
Monday, July 21st, 2008
What’s on the Web today…
Three bits in my Google Reader that demand worldwide attention:
Darragh puts together a worryingly funny collection of celebrity muppet-a-likes (no Irish soccer team though!)…
Armando Ianucci paints a picture of Rupert Murdoch’s business era from 2010-2014, which reminds me a little of the Deus Ex Machina scene from Matrix Revolutions…
…and I Can Has Cheezburger get into [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in misc by Gav
Friday, July 18th, 2008
Viva La Recovery from Exhausationsies
Officially diagnosed with exhaustion (FE1-itis) by Dr McNerdy, and I’ve been banished to the bed. As a result, there has been considerable resting and I’m all disorientated when I sit up so typing is difficult. I hope I’ll be back soon, I need to mendsies. Thanks for the loves, I shan’t be long…
Meanwhile:
This video was [...]
No Comments » - Posted in FAIL, music, the working world by Ciara
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Saving Hurling. Again - Part 2
(This is the follow-on to my first blog earlier this week, which you can find here.)
So I’ve outlined the two crucial flaws with the All-Ireland Hurling Championship as it currently is:
1 - The devaluation of provincial championships
2 - The tiering system that bars most competitors from winning the main prize - the All-Ireland itself.
The unfortunate [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in gaa, hurling by Gav
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Spot the Difference…
…between the cover of Coldplay’s new album, Viva La Vida…
…and the cover of Oasis’s forthcoming album, Dig Out Your Soul, due for release on October 6th.
Funny how these things come around in cycles, isn’t it?
No Comments » - Posted in music by Gav
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Counting Cranes
They say that you can measure the strength of an economy by counting the cranes on the horizon.
From my second floor window on Fenian St, Dublin, there were 20 cranes on show on my first day, only a fortnight ago.
Now there’s 24.
So what’s this about a recession…?
No Comments » - Posted in economy, politics by Gav
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Legal learnings of Ciara for Make Benefit Glorious Place of Employment
Another day, another dollar. (Less every day mind, was bloody sick when I heard this this morning.)
Was a late one last night, we all stayed up to watch President Hughie on One to One with Aine Lawlor (you know you’re a hack when…) and I only got a chance to grab dinner at the absurd [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in comedy, misc, shameless plugs by Ciara
Monday, July 14th, 2008
Is it nearly half time yet?
Falling asleep at work. There is a weird smell of patchouli (and bittterness actually, don’t ask) around here and I swear, it’s the only thing keeping me awake. ‘Tis vile. Study fatigue is such that last night I dreamt I was sitting on the bench of the New York District Court, discussing the the Leonard [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Study, gaa, hurling, law by Ciara
Monday, July 14th, 2008
To kick off your week…
If you’re feeling the Monday blues today, spend five minutes listening to ‘Story Problem’ by The Envy Corps.
I’ve always thought this song was destined to soundtrack a glorious end-of-sports-tournament montage, if ever England would actually do well in a tournament, or RTE would deviate from using Irish bands all the time.
Give it a listen - [...]
No Comments » - Posted in music, recommended by Gav
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
In Mass this evening
We were at Mass in St Mary’s in Kilkenny this evening at 5.30pm before we got the train back up after a weekend down in the Marble City visiting Ciara’s folks.
The priest giving the Mass was a guy whom Ciara instantly noted as being “the one who doesn’t give sermons”. Gav, unbothered, continued checking Aertel [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in comedy by Both Of Us
Sunday, July 13th, 2008
Saving Hurling. Again
It’s slightly ironic that if you do a Google for the phrase “hurling is in crisis”, the seventh result is a Kildare Nationalist piece from May 2006. The chances are that, in any other semi-prominent topic in the world of hurling, Kildare won’t be ranking seventh, or anywhere near it.
The piece talks about championship reform [...]
