Archive for July 2008

Shaving

Jul 31st, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Humour

Parkenstein, I said, you’re looking a lot tidier than the last time I saw you.  Did you shave?
Yeah, he said.  My trusty old electric shaver did the trick.
Electric!  I was surprised.  It looks like a very close shave.  Don’t you use those fancy expensive blades?
No, he said.  They’re so good you end up with a [...]



Albert Reynolds, Cognitive Impairment and the Planning Tribunal

Jul 31st, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Politics, Scandal

Albert Reynolds was supposed to give evidence to the planning tribunal, involving money and flying.
He was supposed to answer questions about a midnight military helicopter flight to a businessman’s home to collect a huge bag of cash in return for a favourable planning decision.
They were going to ask him about an unscheduled diversion of the [...]



Zombie Jamboree

Jul 31st, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Music

You know, there are some songs from childhood that sink into your consciousness by accident.  Some of them are songs that you hear from your mother or your father, while others are just incidental.
You’re at home, half-hearing music on the radio, bored out of your mind, home from school, nobody out on the street, and [...]



Renovating Your Home. Part 99

Jul 30th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Home, My life

You remember yesterday I told you about this:

And I was worried about having to burst out a load of concrete to find the source of the water.
Shit!
But then, standing there in crepuscular misery contemplating a miserable few days ahead, I heard a little plink.
What’s that?
What?
Why, it’s this:

Two years of those little fuckers have turned this [...]



Tom Waits Concert – Dublin 2008

Jul 30th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Music

We’re all off to see Tom Waits on Friday night but I won’t be able to bring you pics because they don’t allow cameras.  Anyway, I’ll try to do a bit of a write-up for you after I recover.
It’s hard to know what to expect from this fellow.  I’ll tell you later which Tom Waits [...]



Renovating Your Home. Part 98

Jul 29th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Home, My life

I was wondering why the floor tiles were starting to crack.
That little en-suite bathroom was going to be one of the final jobs in the mega-reconstruction of the Bockschloss, and I didn’t pay it much heed after the Rockhopper and myself did the first fix a few years ago.  I didn’t even bother finishing the [...]



Christian the lion

Jul 29th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Whimsy

Holy shit!



Jo Stafford RIP

Jul 28th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Music

The great Jo Stafford died last week
Here’s Whispering Hope with Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae.



Stamp Out Golf!

Jul 28th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Bock rant, Humour, Sport

I hate golf.
I fucking hate it, and no, I don’t mean I hate playing it.  I mean I fucking hate it.
Golf is ridiculous.  Golf is not a game. 
Golf is the delusion that you’re healthy and interesting.
I hate the millions of fiddly little rules.  I hate their birdies and their bogies and their eagles.
I hate [...]



Andrew Hanlon and the Magic Witnesses

Jul 28th, 2008 | By Bock | Category: Crime, Policing, Scandal, World

The male subject is at my front door, please hurry, screams Shannon Kelley in the recording released by Silverton police.
Male subject?  Is that what you’d say if you thought someone was trying to break into your house?
The male subject is at my door.
What a strange thing to say in the heat of the moment.  What [...]