The vernacular
Warning: Bad language alert…
I was forced to listen to the Dublin V Kerry match on the radio today. My favourite quote occurred when a Kerry player received an injury in an off-the-ball incident. The commentator said: ‘I didn’t see what happened. I stress I didn’t see what happened so he may have [...]
Partridge shot by gun
A friend of a friend is called John Partridge and the noteworthy thing about him is that he’s big into shooting birds as a hobby. I’d hate to be him.
Imagine if he committed suicide. That would be unfortunate enough but imagine his obituary, ‘Partridge shot by gun‘. I mean, nobody [...]
London is a Spook Country for me
Nerd alert: I’m a big fan of William Gibson and I collect signed first edition books of his. Yeah, I even collect the regional versions with different front covers…
William Gibson has a new book out called Spook Country* and he’s doing the rounds at the moment doing book signings. Of course, he [...]
New wordpress theme: Talian
I’ve been looking for a new wordpress theme to replace squible for a while now. With my limited understanding, squible was not ‘widget-ready’ and not wordpress 2.0+ compatible. It’s a shame really, because it was unique and suited 99% of my requirements (archives = the 1%). The main designer, Theron Parlin, has [...]
One’s feminine side
I saw a British car today with a personalised registration plate that began PM5. It was a black BMW X5 with tinted windows etc. I had a little chuckle to myself when I saw that the driver was male.
On a similar note, I saw another man today today who would never induce queasiness [...]