Happy Celtic New Year!!!
I used to think Halloween was an American holiday. And who could blame me. If movies and television were to be believed in my youth, then it was a festivity taken very seriously in...
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The Ghost in the Machine
I once dissed Neil Gaiman, a hero of mine, for talking about his hardware on his blog. From memory he left a Macbook Air on the plane. It’s a tragic tale of woe indeed....
K.D. Muir’s Literature Quiz
What is it with these Canadian born Kiwis? First there was Anna Paquin who became the second youngest Oscar winner at age 11 for her role in The Piano. Now we have Eleanor Catton...
The Rise and Rise of Redneck TV
I don’t watch a lot of television these days. There was a time when I watched an unnatural amount of television but that was when I was a kid with an animation addiction. As...
Knocking The Bastard Off
We did it! We knocked the bastard off! Not me. Not you. But ‘We’. Not ‘We’ the royal We but ‘We’ the unified national take any credit where we can get it We. What...
All-Time Top 10: Sporting Chokes
See what I did there. I published this before I have to add possibly the biggest sporting choke of all time to the number one position. The event in question is due to occur...
Nirvana – Just how big were they?
It’s been twenty years…that’s right I’m starting another piece with a retrospective. Do I permanently live in the past? Probably. Everything in my wardrobe feels like it’s from twenty years ago. I still listen...
All-Time Top 10: Bucket List Items.
‘Number one – End poverty, Number Two – Get knighthood, Number three – Marry a TV Presenter, Number Four’…I’m quoting Bob Geldof’s bucket list here not mine. He has been having trouble ending third...
The Seven Year Itch
I’ve always liked the number ‘7’. Not as much as the number ‘2’ (which is my lucky number) but seven is up there in the world of single digits. When I was seven I...
Back to School
Today marks the beginning of ‘Back to School’ for everyone in my house. Hazel’s first day as a ‘senior infant’ started today without a hitch and on Monday, Zoe goes back to Montessori. Who...
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