Losing it
Ireland lost the rugby and I’ve lost my memory. Against my better judgement, I watched the Ireland v Argentina rugby game this afternoon. In the final quarter of the game, the Setanta commentator made a pithy comment that ultimately was a damning judgement on Ireland’s performance. ‘Oh’, I thought to myself, ‘I should write that [...]
Howl at the moon
I’ve had an itch that I can’t scratch all day and it’s vaguely annoying. It’s right in the middle of my back, between my shoulder blades. And since I’m not double-jointed, I can’t reach around to scratch it. Grrr. Yeah, I know, cue jokes about the full moon and hairy backs! Yesterday, it was fly [...]
Fly me to the moon
Finally figured out how to get the camera to work at night! I did not use a tripod!! Looks like I still have steady eddy hands from my developmental biology days!!! I didn’t have to bribe or bully the camera. As with most things in life, it turns out you just have to know the [...]
Walking on water
This photo was taken in Malahide, Co Dublin on an autumn Monday afternoon. There were an awful lot of people walking on the promenade and on the beach. It was mostly couples and groups of immigrant workers. At one point I got stuck behind a fat woman (sorry but she was) and her male partner. [...]
New best friend
Rule 9 of the Vegetarian’s charter (I made that up) forbids us to anthropomorphise (that’s to annoy the search engines) about animals but this is the most charming dog I’ve met in a long time. If I had a myspace/bebo account etc, he’d definitely be a friendster. Click here for the full size photo (2.5mb) [...]
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