Congratulations to John and Sorcha, who have ushered a new life into this world. May he be lucky and loving, at peace with himself and the world, able to take and give joy in the world and to all those around him ( Read more... )

A good few reviewskis out for the Cam National at this point, and people are being quite measured and candid, which is great, much better than muttering behind people's backs. I don't know or want to know much about how the Cam in Ireland imploded way back when, but I think that discussing things is a much better way to get around issues than ( Read more... )

Back from Galway, eventually anyway. Bank holiday Monday meant that getting home took about two hours more than it should have. Sitting on a traffic cone reading a book in the sun became far less pleasurable as soon as the spinning cogs in my head reached the "it's a bank holiday, the bus I'm waiting for probably isn't even running". So I got the ( Read more... )

SCATTERGORIES: Copy the text below, erase my answers, then use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things.. nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial.. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question ( Read more... )

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Having a BBQ in my house in Bray this Thursday the 17th of July from the early afternoon onwards. Come one come all. I'll be providing a certain amount of crappy frozen burgers, you can kindly bring the rest.

Limited crash space is available, so get your requests in fast! If you need directions my number is 085.716.4542.

Bray Cineplex, as the empty building used to be known, caught fire earlier today. I think they suspect an explosion on the top floor anyway. Three fire engines came along and put it out. Since the tragic death of two of the volunteer firemen in Bray last year, it's just constantly reaffirmed for me that firemen are just fecking heroes. They're not ( Read more... )

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I'm twenty-two today. I shaved my scrubness off, so now I look about fifteen again. It always seems like a good idea, and I was resolved to neaten up rather than get clean-shaven when I started the job, but I always just end up taking the whole thing off, because the central part gets more and more lopsided and ridiculous-looking as I go on ( Read more... )

Right so I've found one good thing about the philosophy department in Trinity, they've provided me with the exact term by which I'll be able to save my performance this year.

Appealing ad misericordiam, how I love thee!