So its New Years Eve. I guess I should be making some kind of a retospective or reflective post, but I'm not in that kind of humour ( Read more... )

I was almost involved in a car accident this morning. I was driving to work, just after 7am, as today was my first day back in after the Christmas break. It was quite frosty out, and it had been a very cold night. It normally takes me about twenty minutes to drive to work, and some of the roads I need to come over on are quite narrow and bendy, ( Read more... )

Happy Christmas to my LJ friends, hope you are enjoying the day ( Read more... )

As we approach the end of the year, I thought it might be a good idea to post my favourite tracks of the year, as a retrospective (I did the same thing last year, but I think in comparison, this years list is much better). Disagreement expected! I'm sure I've forgotten some, but see what you think anyway...

The Top Four Best Tracks of the Year (in ( Read more... )

Yesterday turned out to be quite a remarkable day ( Read more... )

In the last few minutes Tony Blair has confirmed that Saddam has been captured. He was apparently captured underground, and possibly in disguise.

Following on from my journal post earlier this morning, more and more reports across all news services seem to be carrying the story, and it is sounding more and more plausible. Apparently, US and Kurdish forces captured him in Tikrit in a raid. Many authoritative sources in Iraq, including their government, say that the story is true ( Read more... )

This from the BBC just now:

Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been arrested in Iraq, according to an unconfirmed report ( Read more... )

Last week I posted in my journal about the children who died in Afghanistan because of US bombing raids. It turned out this week that a further six children died in another raid by US on another region of Afghanistan.

What I found absolutely astonishing and shocking was the US military's response to the killings. This is taken directly from the ( Read more... )

I bought Johnny Cash's American IV album off EBay for a bargain US$10 inc P&P to Ireland. With the dollar/Euro exchange rate at the moment, it works out a very little!

Have also discovered the Hong Kong version of CD Wow is even cheaper than the Irish version, with most CD's around the equivalent of 10 Euro.