The Dossing Times

Its everybody’s favourite running segment here at Dossing Times.

First, Stephen Colbert on the Bill O’Reilly Factor TV show. Anybody who doesn’t know who Stephen Colbert is should definitely check him out. Here he is on Bill’s show and Bill just doesn’t get the joke.

Next up is a video from the 1940s when the British Army [...]

This is the type of logic that makes my day better. Cliff sitting next to Norm at the bar in ‘Cheers’ explains the grand purpose behind his copious consumption of beer.
“Well you see, Norm, it’s like this… A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo and when the herd [...]

No, this isn’t about the title to the new Indiana Jones movie. Instead James Cameron of Titanic and Terminator fame has made a documentary on the subject.

What is it about James Cameron and making films involving famous tombs? Ok, Titanic became a tomb by accident rather than design but you get what I mean. Now [...]

One of those fogotten bands.Birdhouse in your soul

Istanbul, not Constantinople
and a lesson about the Sun. And a favourite of a friend of mine

Unfortunately despite my efforts to see ‘Letters from Iwo Jima’, the best I could muster was a version downloaded through questionable means that had no subtitles and I don’t have time to learn Japanese before Sunday night. There is always room for surprise at the Oscars such as ‘Crash’ bucking ‘Brokeback Mountains’ winning streak last [...]

The premise of ‘The Queen’ struck me in the same vein as last years films examining 9/11 – why, what could they achieve? Whether it be a biographical effort or a historic recreation, the filmmakers will still strive to make a commercially successful, dramatic piece and this requires taking liberties with how events unfolded. This [...]

I like to do my bit for society whenever I can and therefore I would like to announce that the Science of Sleep is now in Irish cinemas, at last. I’m sure that a lot of you know this already, but for anybody that doesn’t, there you go. CK and I had the good fortune [...]

I’m wondering are we allowed more than 1 guilty pleasure? I’m hoping so as I came up with the 5 below without any hesitation and I’m sure any further analysis of my habits might find others. The requisite element seems to be that you enjoy the habit, or programme or apple, cheese and mustard sandwich [...]

The commentary of Michael McDowell and the various other political statements on the Mahon Tribunal does not necessarily cross the line of separation of powers. Though Tribunals are imbued with powers similar to the High Court they are nevertheless a creation of the government and they in turn are entitled to monitor the work of [...]