Archives for August, 2007
Things have been very quiet on here lately, mainly because work has been nuts and we’ve been prepping for our honeymoon. Unlike most couples who head off for a few weeks on a beach, we’ve decided to do things a little differently. Tomorrow at 6am we set off on our European Odyssey for the next three [...]
I was skimming through my news feeds today and spotted one “Man quizzed after dismembered body find“. A rush of adrenaline hit my heart and I was suddenly catapulted back to December 1999. Working in the Student’s Union at Paisley University one Friday evening, I picked up the phone when it rang. It was J, a [...]
How’s your grammar? For a lot of people I know, it’s not very good… Test your knowledge here. I got 100%.
Yup, and it’s Communications Minister Eamon Ryan yet again! Breakingnews.ie reports today that Minister Ryan has postponed ‘indefinitely‘ the effort to create a system of postcodes for Ireland. Quoting from Breakingnews: Two reports have already been compiled and an extensive public consultation process has been carried out. However, reports this morning say Minister Ryan has now ordered another [...]
Yes, it’s 2am. Yes, I am drunk. Yes, I am pissed off. But that’s why “born-again christians” should not be allowed to acquire taxi licenses within Ireland. I’ve just had to put up with 20 minutes of RANTING from a taxi driver while I was being driven home. I was paying for a service, yes – but a service [...]
Should have posted this earlier, but I’ll be attending the first inaugural Dublin TweetUp tonight. Full details can be found over on Olivier’s blog, he’s done a great job in organising this at short notice. Only criteria is that you need to be a Twitterer, but you can resolve that in 5 mins [...]
Nokia have announced a battery recall for some BL-5C phone batteries manufactured between Dec 2005 and Nov 2006. In very rare cases the affected batteries could potentially experience over heating initiated by a short circuit while charging, causing the battery to dislodge. Since so many people carry Nokia phones, I though it might help to post [...]
All evening I’ve been doing everything I can to put off writing this post… reading RSS feeds, catching up on twitter, emailing people, even housework, just ‘cos I didn’t want to put these words down on the screen. A few weeks ago, the hubbie George acquired himself a new car. We’ve had a few issues [...]
I’ve been himming and hawing about whether I should write this post or not – the last time I opened my mouth to stand up for girl bloggers (choosing of categories for the las Irish Blog Awards) I was shouted down quite vociferously! But I think I can get away with this one…. K8 recently [...]
Found while clearing down my RSS feeds this evening, as the heading says… I don’t even need to make a comment….
I’m having one of those crappy weeks when everything around me seems to break and suck all the energy and life out of me while I get it repaired. Our HTPC is broken, so we’ve had no recorded TV for weeks now, I have to plan to be in the house when shows are on. My new [...]
There have been a lot of articles in the press this week about the British Army presence finally being retired from Northern Ireland (NI) after 38 years. Readers of the blog will know that I now live near Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland, but I was born in and grew up in NI [...]
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