Thursday, November 26, 2009
Well, I just have time for a quick mocha frappaccino…
Recent call from some pub promotion/marketing/manager guy.
Phone: Bringgg!
Me: Hello?
Guy: Hey, it's me [Guy] from [pub].
Me: Hi.
Guy: Listen, I have a band coming in the week your band is off.
Me: That's great.
Guy: They're coming up from Cork.
Me: Yes, well I'm sure we're all sick of local acts [...]
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Local TD's celebrate their expenses
Have you been reading about the TD's expense accounts? Of course you have, it's been saturating the papers for weeks. The media really love bashing our benevolent overlords, don't they?
I usually take a contrary view whenever newspapers get all 'Daily Mail' over an issue like this. I try to see behind [...]
The Justice Committee meets this afternoon to discuss the Defamation Bill, which includes the ridiculous blasphemy legislation. I sent this letter to every member of the committee.
Sir,
I object in the most strenuous fashion to the proposed anti- freedom of expression legislation, whereby a victimless crime such as blasphemy may become punishable by fines, etc. I [...]
Bob? Hey Bob? Jeez what do I pay you for!
If there's one thing guaranteed to annoy, it's someone telling you that your job is easy. Brother, that'll do it every time.
And do you know what really boils my kettle? A guy who tells me I should live in The Real World and see what that's [...]
Jesus is my coach
Is your God angered by baseball? Do you feel that the Supreme Being should immediately strike dead anyone caught enjoying themselves on the 10th of April? Should the entire world come to a halt to observe the paschal triduum?
It's a such simple thing people. Easter Sunday is simply the first Sunday following [...]
For my own reasons, I've casually been following the career of David Irving for many years. In case you don't know him, he's an 'historian' who's written thirty books about the Second World War, all of which suggest Hitler didn't know anything about the 'Final Solution' stuff that was going on.
A couple of years ago, [...]
Thursday, February 14, 2008
I assume you've already seen the Barack Obama video Yes We Can, which marries the rhythm of the Senator's speech to a hip and uplifting song. Here it is.
What does Hillary produce to counter it? This load of old cobblers.
Oh. My. God.
A Brady Bunch rip off using equal parts of the Jackson Five's ABC and [...]
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Here's a nice quotation:
I am suspicious of this railroading of bills through our House of Representatives, and I refuse to vote for a measure unseen and unknown. … I want the RECORD to show that I was, and am, against this bill and this method of procedure; and I believe no good will come out [...]
