The Sky-God is angry. Grunt!
And you thought it couldn't happen here.
I had the misfortune to hear a radio interview a couple of weeks back that was both hilarious and terrifying at the same time. On this little isle of ours, up north in Belfast to be exact, the Minister for Arts and Culture has recommended [...]
Casanova – Begins With C, Ends With 'You're Fired'
You've probably heard of the ongoing 'fruit-bat fellatio' case, where a UCC academic is in trouble because of extreme prudery. A behavioural science lecturer mentioned a humorous, but nonetheless scholarly, fruit-bat study to a female colleague and was immediately done for sexual harassment.
By some chance I'd already [...]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Helpful Leaflet
If they can do it, we can to. Let's break the cycle of abuse–the abuse of reason that is.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Here's what you'd see towards the back page in them days.
Kind of a Moonlighting vibe about the graphics
There's a new sheriff in town now, but this was the original Speakeasy bar on O'Connell Street. Monday nights were usually the domain of the Paul Duffy band, at whose gigs you would find the cream of Limerick [...]
Saturday, August 22, 2009
The institution of the free local paper is a cherished one. In the years before spellcheckers, the Limerick Post served us well as a source of amusement and embarrassment, with its articles on the beautiful Dock Road and cheesy advertorials. Here are a few clippings from July 1989.
Design from the late eighties
Of course the Post [...]
People pointlessly milling up and down Wall Street
Steve Forbes (you probably know the magazine?) has an opinion on what caused the financial crisis, or as it's now known, the 'economic reality.' His theory is one I hadn't heard before, and let's face it Forbes knows his stuff.
Have you every heard of mark-to-market or fair value [...]
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The world had no idea what was coming
Those of you who are mere youngsters may think of ol' granpa Spielberg as the guy who pumps out hammy, mediocre sequels (Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008) and hammy, earnest remakes (War of the Worlds 2005) but there was a time when he was a God Who [...]
You may be familiar with the death of Grigori Rasputin (yes, yes, 'Ra Ra Rasputin: Lover of the Russian Queen' courtesy of Boney M). According to the disputed account of Prince Felix Yusopov, still a good read, Rasputin, having survived numerous assaults throughout his life, was finally lured to a dinner where Yusupov and his [...]
