Archive for February, 2007

The One to Watch: ‘Heroes’

Writes ck on February 28th, 2007

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The ‘hot’ new show of the year, ‘Heroes’ begins a run on Channel 6 Thursday night at 9.30. No where near the cult status of ‘Lost’ it nevertheless has gained a big following and having watched a good chunk of the first season it is very watchable. With continuity, story arcs stretching over weeks […]

15 minutes of Youtube

Writes tuathal on February 28th, 2007

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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 […]

The Buffalo Theory

Writes ck on February 27th, 2007

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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 […]

The Lost Tomb of Jesus

Writes tuathal on February 27th, 2007

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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 […]

They might be Giants

Writes simon on February 26th, 2007

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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

The Oscars

Writes ck on February 24th, 2007

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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 Oscar 5: ‘The Queen’

Writes ck on February 23rd, 2007

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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 […]

The Dossing Times recommends….

Writes tuathal on February 20th, 2007

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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 […]

Guilty Pleasures

Writes ck on February 19th, 2007

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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 Minister, the Judge and the Tribunal

Writes ck on February 17th, 2007

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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 […]