Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Hollywood Sign Makeover
They are half way through their work and I took a picture... not sure what exactly they want...
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Friday, January 01, 2010
Coffee Bean 'Conversations'
I've got no broadband at the moment having just moved place, so I'm in the local Coffee Bean.
There are two Asians in front of me having a conversation, the girl is texting as she talks constantly, the guy is on his laptop and concentrating totally on what he is looking at. At first I thought she must be on a cell phone since that was the only thing that made sense to me.
In fairness to her and the dude what she had to say was not interesting to anyone, not even herself so I don't blame either of them for not paying attention.
Happy New Year :)
There are two Asians in front of me having a conversation, the girl is texting as she talks constantly, the guy is on his laptop and concentrating totally on what he is looking at. At first I thought she must be on a cell phone since that was the only thing that made sense to me.
In fairness to her and the dude what she had to say was not interesting to anyone, not even herself so I don't blame either of them for not paying attention.
Happy New Year :)
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Christmas Poem 2009
14 little ducks sitting in a row,
one fell over and just said ow.
a snowflake fell and landed on his head
an old man passing gave him some bread
the 14th duck waddled to a gutter
on his way to find some butter
3 days later hungry and very cold
Santa picked him up and Duck 14 he did hold
to the North Pole they did head
where Santa gave him buttered bread
every day the duck lacked nothing
he ate everything from bread to pudding
on Christmas Eve Santa began to cry
he bid the fat duck a last goodbye
his trip took him from west to east
and he returned to a delicious duck feast
Santa, Mrs. Claus and all the elves,
and thirteen ducks stuffed themselves
for what seemed like an innocent fall
was a conspiracy between the 13 ducks all
Duck 14 had the time of his life
stuffed his face and shagged Santa's wife!
and what he's happiest about the most
is now he'll haunt them as a ghost!
one fell over and just said ow.
a snowflake fell and landed on his head
an old man passing gave him some bread
the 14th duck waddled to a gutter
on his way to find some butter
3 days later hungry and very cold
Santa picked him up and Duck 14 he did hold
to the North Pole they did head
where Santa gave him buttered bread
every day the duck lacked nothing
he ate everything from bread to pudding
on Christmas Eve Santa began to cry
he bid the fat duck a last goodbye
his trip took him from west to east
and he returned to a delicious duck feast
Santa, Mrs. Claus and all the elves,
and thirteen ducks stuffed themselves
for what seemed like an innocent fall
was a conspiracy between the 13 ducks all
Duck 14 had the time of his life
stuffed his face and shagged Santa's wife!
and what he's happiest about the most
is now he'll haunt them as a ghost!
Friday, September 11, 2009
Cat Poem for Friday
a cat
a cat a cat cat
sat on a mat
asleep or awake
bam bam bam
cat cake
scoop up the cat
slice it, dice it
serve it to a mouse
who lives in your house
big fat mouse
sitting in your house
happy little mouse
fat little mouse
stamp stamp stamp
no more mouse
clean up the mouse
feed it to your dog
the dog sits beside a log
boom
exploding dog
dog on the frog, no more log
dog in the bog, dog fed to the hog
it was a nice dog
sitting in the garden
an elf appears
hello he says
bang bang bang
shoot him in the balls
smalls balls small balls
no balls no balls
bleed to death little elf
he said to himself
flying through the cloud
a noise was loud
green goats falling from the sky
why? oh why?
i could not deny
their destiny was to die
green goats fell, splat splat splat
hit them with a bat
but what about the cat?
dead cat
a cat a cat cat
sat on a mat
asleep or awake
bam bam bam
cat cake
scoop up the cat
slice it, dice it
serve it to a mouse
who lives in your house
big fat mouse
sitting in your house
happy little mouse
fat little mouse
stamp stamp stamp
no more mouse
clean up the mouse
feed it to your dog
the dog sits beside a log
boom
exploding dog
dog on the frog, no more log
dog in the bog, dog fed to the hog
it was a nice dog
sitting in the garden
an elf appears
hello he says
bang bang bang
shoot him in the balls
smalls balls small balls
no balls no balls
bleed to death little elf
he said to himself
flying through the cloud
a noise was loud
green goats falling from the sky
why? oh why?
i could not deny
their destiny was to die
green goats fell, splat splat splat
hit them with a bat
but what about the cat?
dead cat
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Shame of Irish History
A true gentleman, humble and articulate spoke of his horror at the hands of those given the responsibility of his care by the Irish state and the Catholic church in Ireland on the RTE current affairs show Questions & Answers on Monday night last.
That he had the ability to be so articulate and well spoken while speaking of those horrors made his piece more striking and silenced everyone on the panel. How will the Irish government respond to this one simple piece of evidence?
The Irish nation is always seeking justice for its people from the British nation but this time the Irish government and Catholic church in Ireland needs to pay the price for its ills. We can then hopefully learn from our mistakes and move on.
There is no more to be said than just watching this video and make your own mind up about how you feel about this shameful chapter in Irish history.
That he had the ability to be so articulate and well spoken while speaking of those horrors made his piece more striking and silenced everyone on the panel. How will the Irish government respond to this one simple piece of evidence?
The Irish nation is always seeking justice for its people from the British nation but this time the Irish government and Catholic church in Ireland needs to pay the price for its ills. We can then hopefully learn from our mistakes and move on.
There is no more to be said than just watching this video and make your own mind up about how you feel about this shameful chapter in Irish history.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
ROG, the Queen and 'Gaelic names'
Mr. Brian Robert Kenney of Baggot St Dublin writes that people who "sign their names in Gaelic...tells us something about their anti-British motivation."
Firstly, lets get down to the base of this subject. Ronan O'Gara did show a lack of respect by his actions when the Queen of England visited the Irish rugby team at Stormont. For sure, Irish people should be mature enough and confident enough to show respect to the head of state of any nation, especially our closest neighbour.
The Queen of England is the head of state of the United Kingdom and should be shown the same respect as the President of Germany, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden or the Emir of Kuwait. Moreso, because the Queen of England is for some of the team mates of Ronan O'Gara, their head of state too.
But Mr. Kenney pushes it too far when he brings in the fact that people sign their name in Gaelic or not. Firstly, the Irish language or any language should have no place in politics. The Irish language is beautiful and becoming ever more popular and trendy with TG4 and new Irish speaking 'celebrities' leading the way forward in this revolution.
There are people from outside of Ireland learning the language too, I myself encountered a Japanese man and an African learning the language at classes recently.
The problem Mr. Kenney is that despite your glee in labeling certain people as bigots is that you yourself are one too. I agree with some of your sentiment about being sick of people pushing their Ireland is not Britain agenda but you've shown yourself to be a bigot on the other side and this is often the problem in these disputes and the way people show their feelings in conversation on these topics.
So, get over yourself and allow people the freedom to choose and speak whatever language they wish and express themselves this way without fear of prejudice from people like you.
For the record, I am a British citizen and an Irish citizen, proud of both (at times, sometimes not too as recent news from both countries brings shame on both nations).
Firstly, lets get down to the base of this subject. Ronan O'Gara did show a lack of respect by his actions when the Queen of England visited the Irish rugby team at Stormont. For sure, Irish people should be mature enough and confident enough to show respect to the head of state of any nation, especially our closest neighbour.
The Queen of England is the head of state of the United Kingdom and should be shown the same respect as the President of Germany, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden or the Emir of Kuwait. Moreso, because the Queen of England is for some of the team mates of Ronan O'Gara, their head of state too.
But Mr. Kenney pushes it too far when he brings in the fact that people sign their name in Gaelic or not. Firstly, the Irish language or any language should have no place in politics. The Irish language is beautiful and becoming ever more popular and trendy with TG4 and new Irish speaking 'celebrities' leading the way forward in this revolution.
There are people from outside of Ireland learning the language too, I myself encountered a Japanese man and an African learning the language at classes recently.
The problem Mr. Kenney is that despite your glee in labeling certain people as bigots is that you yourself are one too. I agree with some of your sentiment about being sick of people pushing their Ireland is not Britain agenda but you've shown yourself to be a bigot on the other side and this is often the problem in these disputes and the way people show their feelings in conversation on these topics.
So, get over yourself and allow people the freedom to choose and speak whatever language they wish and express themselves this way without fear of prejudice from people like you.
For the record, I am a British citizen and an Irish citizen, proud of both (at times, sometimes not too as recent news from both countries brings shame on both nations).
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