Brainwashing Children at Christmas
It turns out my 9 year old niece has a nintendo ds, a PSP and a computer (and possibly another console but I got a bit confused!) and she’s just left here after a short visit. I subjected her to a not-so-subtle interrogation so that I could figure out what to buy her for Christmas. [...]
Musical recommendation
Whenever I visit Waterford city, I always try and pop into Sinnotts record shop. They have a bargain rack that sells cheap CD’s that nobody else will buy. You can usually pick up very cheap themed-CDs like ‘The best of Russian/French/German opera’.
Recently I bought two compilation CDs called ‘Holding Up Half The Sky: Voices of [...]
Life is sweet
It’s late afternoon as I write this and Maria McKee’s Why Wasn’t I More Grateful (When Life Was Sweet) is finishing up as I post this. It’s being a very pleasant day so far. And things can only get better.
Had a lie-in this morning before going to the gym. I spent so [...]
Skim scam
The last few days have been nervous ones for me because I received a letter from my bank last Friday. But it wasn’t for the usual reasons.
In the letter, Bank of Ireland wrote:
‘The Bank is concerned that your ATM/Laser card details may have been compromised, and we wish to replace your card as [...]
The best €80 I ever spent
Ok, that may be a bit of hyperbole but I delira with the Spyder2 Express software program I received today. I actually bought in two weeks ago at Photofest from Sheldon Photographic but it, ahem, took awhile to arrive in the shop.
To be honest, I was a bit suspicious that I kept [...]