OK. I'm away to catch an eastbound train and meet a crowd of bastards flying in from Armorica. After that, we have the annual bloggers' drunken brawl and God-knows-what-else. If [...]

It's the same everywhere.  Oscars.  Baftas.  Tonys.  Irmas. The winner gets to make a speech and the losers have to sit there listening to the smug bastard with their jaws [...]

Well that's a relief. I was beginning to worry that I'd wasted €18 in the charity shop buying that jacket, shirt and worn-but-comfortable pair of secondhand shoes. Bock, much to [...]

Now that we're both media giants … , said Wrinkly Paddy. Yeah? I grunted, looking up from the gigantic spliff I was trying to assemble. Well, he said, they'll want [...]

Last Saturday, two quiet, decent, Polish men of about 30 were stabbed in the head with a screwdriver by some savage bastard.  One has since died and the other is [...]

UPDATE Do They Think We're Idiots? ======================== Original post. It certainly looks like an act of generosity, doesn't it? A kind-hearted politician takes pity on a staff member in trouble. [...]

Here's a few pics. As usual, for dial-up friendliness, the rest of the shots are below the fold.

Steve Wright was convicted of murdering five women in Ipswich and all the news reports have concerned themselves with the women's occupations. The dead women were the children, sisters, and [...]

We're going (as I told you) to the game in Dublin.  Ireland versus Scotland in Croke Park. Myself and the Bullet.  Off to see the rugby, and to stay the [...]

Carpentry is one of my hobbies. I like it. I enjoy working out all the little details and as time goes by, I find myself getting better at it. Carpentry [...]