RTÉ recently screened a documentary called Megastructures about the building of the Golden Gate. One of the engineers interviewed was Forest Woody Becker. One of the best nicknames ever. Class that. Absolute class.
Bertie is a grandad! Twin boys called Rocky and Crusty or something like that. Little mini-Berites complete with red noses I imagine. Clones [...]
I need help. Okay, okay. I hear ya. Regular readers have been thinking that for ages.But I do need some help from you guys. Nothing too serious or difficult.
I’ve been lumped with doing a paper on the usability of Web 2.0 applications. In this context, Web 2.0 means Blogger, WordPress, Flikr, Feedburner etc. Get the [...]
The Aintree Grand National, tomorrow Saturday at 16:15. 40 horses. 30 fences. Big ones. 4.5 miles (7.2 km in new money). The greatest national hunt race of the calendar.
Right. Nothing serious. Just a bit of fun. To take part in a sweep, just leave your name in the comments below.
The first 40 names will be [...]
A French prostitute wishing to ply her trade in a Gaeltacht area is informed by the local pimp that due to an oversupply of Latvian hookers she will be restricted to working after 6:30.
She came to be known locally as Leath uair tar éis a sé.
[US readers. Just trust me. This is fekin hilarious!]
Rites of Passage
I always look forward to Sarah Carey’s column in the Sunday Times. Even more so I look forward to reading the full version on her blog. She wrote an excellent piece a couple of weeks back on how non-believing Irish parents are being forced to have their children baptised etc. You can read it here [...]