It is Monday another week working for the man lies ahead. But don’t despair rejoice because it can mean only one thing. The Dossing Times Monday Cheer Up. Something to sing to and something to laugh at. Something to sing. Admit it now. You like this song. Interesting fact. Lindsey Armaou from the band married [...]

Of late I have gotten bored of politics hence my lack of posting on Irish Election and my increased posting on such idiotic subjects of ninja’s. The reasons are primarily personal I am busier at work and in normal time to engage the time need to come up with a coherent point about anything political. [...]

Sitting listening to Daniel Day Lewis spew lyrically about acting and movie making at a Q&A session last night I turned to my company and remarked that the actor would be in Los Angeles this coming weekend accepting an Oscar. My company nodded in agreeement, we had both just been through the experience that is [...]

Today Sunday, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. New York Times coverage.

When effectively rebooting the Bond series with Pierce Brosnan’s debut as the spy in ‘Goldeneye’ the tagline used as part of the marketing for the film was ‘You Know the Name, You Know the Number’. A well established character, brand or icon is afforded this luxury of familiarity as well as the fact that loyal [...]

I don’t know what triggered thoughts of this movie in my head this weekend, but ‘The Odd ouple’ is an outstanding film, from beginning to end, with every syllable being pure comedy gold its not a film I mind lingering on my thoughts. This one quote never tires and makes me laugh every time.

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Norwegian media is an interesting country as it covers more robbery’s then murder. Compared to the rest of the world and including Ireland where we cover murder more. Even though robbery is far greater an accurance then murder. In Ireland we have actually got a low crime rate especially with murder. Rape in Ireland is [...]

6. I like to describe my job as ‘doing things with paper’, seeing various sheets of paper progress from being fundamental to some bureaucratic achievement to being dismembered by a shredder before some man who’s name I dont’t know despite working with him for a year comes to collect it to recycle and begin a [...]

So it bodes well I feel, having watched it twice through I am suitably excited and apprehensive as to the Phantom Menacesque CGI look to some of the locales. There is great potential and pure Spielberg on show. Thankfully it teases but not overly so and shows a worth of new material. Decide for yourselves.

This scene, and indeed any scene from High Fidelity can undo the damage of a hundred romantic comedy pukefests. Enjoy!