The Oscar 5: ‘Babel’
I’ve set myself a task of reviewing each of the movies nominated for Best Picture for this year’s Oscars. Hopefully release dates will suit this target!
‘Babel’ is a film about miscommunication. The title refers to the Biblical story of the people of Babel striving to build a tower reaching to Heaven. God seeking to [...]
Read moreLabour on food traffic lights
I started to write this piece with a view to seeing what it actually proposes. But on reading it I got angry and insulted. I felt belittled and talked down too. I felt that this document was treating me like a child. And most insulting of all that I needed someone to do the thinking [...]
Read moreLebanon is off again
I know I have mention this loads of times but when you read MacDara in the Leb. You really begin to see how petty everything in this country is.
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Oscar Nominations Are In
The Oscar nominations are in, comprising a selection of the movies which have had critics and audiences alike glued to movie screens.
Irish interests rest primarily with Peter O’Toole nominated for Best Actor for ‘Venus’. 16 year old new comer Andrew Simpson, a native of Donegal is the catalyst for the drama in ‘Notes on a [...]
Custard missile.
Here is a conversation we were having today. A custard safety missile. If you hit custard powder hard enough it will explode so it is possible to create a missile using Custard powder. But what better way but have it tipped with a custard warhead. Custard is a non-Newtonian fluid. Meaning that it is [...]
Read moreFoot in mouth.
Just listen to Bill Richardson a Democratic party candidate for the president on MSNBC. Talking about his foreign policy experience that he has that no one else has. He talked of his time as UN ambassador deeling with 185 countries while the other candidates have no experience . Is there not 192 countries in the [...]
Read moreirish election post
I don’t have any other sources of this story other then Fianna Fail press releases so I don’t know how accurate it is (If anyone knows where it was said let me know but it is not entirely new). But if they are true and that Labour want a.) a rotating Taoiseach or b.) Pat [...]
Read morePan fried Rainbow Trout with Sweet Potatoes and Jerusalem Artichoke mash.
Considering that Fortress Thomand has fallen I felt that I needed something to pick up my sprits. So I got cooking.
First for the Sweet Potatoes Jerusalem Artichoke mash. Take 3 Artichokes and peel them. Add them to boiling water and add some salt and Lime Juice. Boil for about 3 minutes. Then add a [...]
Great Movie Taglines
Read below a selection of classic movie taglines which capture the essence of their respective movies and some of which have entered the vernacular:
On every street in every city, there’s a nobody who dreams of being a somebody. (Taxi Driver)
Nice planet. We’ll take it. (Mars Attacks!)
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. [...]
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