Category Archives: General

I’m looking forward to seeing the first episode of Battlestar Galactica! It’s on Sky 1 at 8pm! Don’t miss it!
Update… Wow, I didn’t realise we were seeing the first episode before anyone else! Like Mark I found it to be a mixed bag. The mini series was certainly better but I still enjoyed it. I didn’t find it quite as gripping as the mini series however.
Of course the director can kill off a few characters! It happened in the original series when …. hehe. I won’t spoil it for my younger (< 23yro) readers!

It might actually be easier to read the Sunday Times online instead of buying it. Still, there is that hands-on feel, especially when you kick back, relax with newpaper in hand and get lost in another world.. Here’s some of my reads from last week (not all, I opened at least 2 dozen browser tabs looking at the above page!)

• Focus: Has science created a dilemma society cannot solve?
• Leading article: Send more troops
• Andrew Sullivan: Bush pushes but he fails to slow Kerry’s momentum
• ‘Miracle babies’ hope
• Speed not glamorous
• ‘Recycled’ Irish waste ends up someone else’s headache – so much for the race against waste
• Recycling? Just dump it on the Chinese
• Irish dental surgeries harbour hosts of bugs – I’m giong to the dentist on Tuesday, ooer.
• Observatory closes doors on astronomy
• Comment: Brenda Power: It’s not the state’s job to guarantee a quality life
• LA law, anarchy in the UK – “John Harlow came back from Los Angeles for a holiday in Britain to find himself the victim of random violence as he strolled past St Paul’s cathedral in daylight. It’s safer over there, he says”
• Save the world: forget about global warming – “Climate change is the focus of world leaders’ attention at the expense of soluble problems like hunger and disease, says Bjorn Lomborg”
• Special Report: Space tourism ready to take off
• EU migrants flee Ireland’s cost of living – “Reports from those returning to their home countries suggest that a key factor in their decision was the high cost of living in Ireland, which is significantly greater than accession states, even when higher wages are taken into account.”
• Irish Outlook: Damien Kiberd: Don’t be blinded by poverty claims – it’s all relative. Get rid of the super rich and we’ll all “feel better off” won’t we? “The logic is: if there are fewer rich people and you have a modest income, then you might feel relatively better off.”
• Personal View: Eircom is stifling the Irish economy
• If you think you know mortgages …
• Private dancers – this is only one reason you should buy the newspaper!
• Confessions of a tourist: Caught by a sucker punch
• Jeremy Clarkson: Seven saddles but still a one-trick pony – Jeremy is as entertaining as always, beware if you’re Canadian, you might not appreciate the humour!
• Motor Sport: Fast-track out of tragedy – “Alex Zanardi was a star racing driver until losing his legs in a horrific crash. Here he tells Emma Smith how he has fought back to race again”

So, I’m feeling slightly under the weather, runny nose, sneezing, tired. I think Citricidal will help. Anyone else tried it?

John Eisenhower, a lifetime Republican and the son of Dwight Eisenhower will vote for John Kerry for President. This is a must read for everyone who’s sitting on the fence or anyone voting in the American Presidential Election.
For everyone else it’s a powerfully written piece written with conviction and worth reading if you have a negative view of the Republican Party.

As son of a Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, it is automatically expected by many that I am a Republican. For 50 years, through the election of 2000, I was.

(via a whole lotta nothing)
Frank picks up on Kerry mentioning Mary Cheney, but in the comments I read that Bush said, “he wasn’t concerned about Osama bin Laden”. Why the hell aren’t the media picking up on that???

Mark Twomey got Sky+ a few days ago, and he told me he was busy. Pffft! That’s what he was busy with! hehe.
Here’s his review of Sky+. It’s mostly good news, but with a few cavaets for those thinking of purchasing.

JPS wonders aloud about Bush’s (deteriorating) brain. It seems George Bush was a lot more lucid and eloquent 10 years ago. What’s happening inside that head of his?

This site for reading later.

Top 10 Secrets They Don’t Want You to Know About the Debates – fairly damning if they’re all true, but then did anyone expect a non-controlled debate that wasn’t orchestrated?
Of course, at least the US gets to choose who they want to be president.
(via Matt)
Garret has a well written summary of the debate. Go read!
Later Still.. John pointed me at this movie featuring your favourite speaker and mine, George Bush! woooohooooo!
Much Later.. Someone left a lengthy rant on Proinnsias’s blog when he posted the same movie! *gulp*

As reported here, there has been a car accident outside Paris. Richard Stallman was in the car but was dropped off in the city before the accident. Hans Bakker was killed in the car accident. It’s a sad day for him and and his family. Read the link above for updated news.

I just heard on the news that Ken Bigley may well be spared. His brother has done a great job of showing up the UK Government and diplomats with all the publicity he generated. Fingers crossed that he’ll be home soon!