Gissa job

I’ve been in the Tyrone area for the past couple of days because I was interviewing people for an entry-level position. Due to the nature of the job (a strong back and an ability to drive), I just put an ad in the local job centre. It was a bit surreal as the [...]

How rich are you?

The average industrial wage in Ireland is approx €30,000 (very roughly stg£20k, $40k). Plugging that information into global rich list reveals the average wage-earner in Ireland is in the top 4% of the world’s richest people. It’s a serious website but it kinda puts things into perspective when we complain about how expensive [...]

Teddy bear in yellow raincoat kills 2,500

I don’t know if this is true but the Seattle Post-Intelligencer site from which it originated looks real.

Killer teddy bear leaves 2,500 fish dead
MILFORD, N.H. — A teddy bear has been implicated in 2,500 deaths. Of trout, that is. State officials say a teddy bear dropped into a pool at a Fish and [...]

Funny how the mind works

Listening to the radio in the car today, I heard a ‘reggae-ised’ version of the Ray Charles song that had the lyrics…
I can see clearly now the rain is gone, well
I can see all obstacles in my way, yeah
Gone have the dark clouds that used to make me blind
It’s gonna be a bright, [...]

New atlas released

Thanks to KG Internet for linking to Dr Tricky’s Kung Fu Lounge for the following image.

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