The Dossing Times

News stories with unfortunately little detail are circulating online of a MacGyver movie being in planning stages. Possibilities and wonder abound as to who could play the character, will the movie be played straight or for laughs and how willingly modern audiences will accept a seeping cylinder of acid being sealed with a choclate bar? [...]

Sebastian Faulks relaunched the Bond novel series, with the publication of ‘Devil May Care’. Writing as Ian Fleming, Faulks duly followed Fleming’s writing methods: 2,000 words a day for six weeks.
‘In his house in Jamaica, Ian Fleming used to write 1,000 words in the morning, then go snorkelling, have a cocktail, lunch on the terrace, [...]

Rachael Ray, a TV cook in the States, had her new Dunkin’ Donuts online ad campaign withdrawn following conservative criticism, that the scarf she wore, one made fashionable recently in mainstream fashion, popularises attire more often worn by terrorists.
The doughnut purveyors said in a statement that the ad was pulled due to “the possibility [...]

I have been busy of late and haven’t really found the time to delve into issues much. Thanks to CK though the Dossing TImes has been ticking away nicely. Anyway here is my thoughts on the  train strike in Cork. (On the day it ended). Now David McWilliams summed up the case quiet nicely the [...]

Why is the ‘Yes’ campaign in the face of opposition to the Lisbon Treaty resorting to scare mongering ? – Bertie in the closing days of his premiership described how our rejection of the referendum would be a disaster, and yesterday Manuel Barosso, chief of the European Commission commented:
‘If there was a ‘No’ in Ireland [...]

‘Hunger’, the new film about the IRA hunger strikers and the last weeks of Bobby Sands’ life, has won the Camera d’Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Best First Feature.
This RTE article on the win remarks this is the 3rd year an Irish film has received critical acclaim at Cannes with ‘Garage’ and [...]

If the headline above makes no sense then don’t bother checking out the clip – those who haven’t stuck with ’Lost’ will I contend with the benefit of hindsight regret not sticking with the show. This clip ties together the flash forwards of Series 4, with the 2 hour finale this coming week to go someway towards [...]

Two days later and I’m still buzzing from Bruce Springsteens RDS gig on Friday night – I turned to my mate after the very first song, describing Springsteen as a legend – imagine then 2 hours later, a concert of talented musicians, classic rock songs, great new material, a euphoric crowd and an outstanding performance [...]

In a recent post Simon and I assessed our carbon foot prints with a number of commenters also ‘fessing up to the impact we have on the environment through our daily lives. We proposed posting on a number of actions we can take to reduce our number, so this post will be the first of [...]