Category Archives: Rant

I’m no expert in Egyptian affairs. However, having watched 16 hours of live images from Cairo via Al Jazeera yesterday, I have come to understand some things. One is the distinction between Egyptian protestors, undercover police, police, and army. Today’s 150,000-circulation … Continue reading →

Irish emigration in 2011 will be no worse than in the late 1980s, despite what appeared in today’s article in the Guardian, which was widely forwarded and retweeted across the net. “Irish Emigration Worse Than 1980s,” the article by Lisa … Continue reading →

My local cinema has changed the way it sells seats online. I am now unable to select my own seat when buying my ticket. For me, that removes one of the two good reasons I always bought my cinema tickets … Continue reading →

I was at a free bar on Friday night, American Apparel have opened a new shop in BCN, so they threw a night. Every two-bit mod in the city was out – they’re so not used to free booze here … Continue reading →

When will people finally learn once and for all that Ireland is NOT part of the United Kingdom. Here’s a screenshot from their site taken this morning:

There’s a suspected car bomb incident in London this morning. The device in question has been made safe. There was no explosion, and no injuries. For this I am relieved. The BBC News website quotes an “intelligence source” here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6252276.stm, … Continue reading →

Over the last two years I’ve had various good web ideas. Two of which I’ve gone ahead to build and put live. One was Post Expression, the other, soon-to-launch is bicingTag. I’m involved in web design you see. So when … Continue reading →

(IRMA, is there anything you can do here, it might be a better use of your time?) Albania’s tastes must be as bad as our own, they were the only country to vote for Ireland (five points) on Saturday night’s … Continue reading →

On May 1st 2007 I put this blog live, wrote something, published it, then took the blog down. Nah, I said, who needs another frigging blog that no ones reads? So I took the blog down, and put my site … Continue reading →