6 months.

That’s how long I tried to get NTL to fit my house with their television service before I gave up and turned instead to Sky. 3 weeks after making the initial call to Sky I am left wondering why I bothered ringing NTL at all, as the 42” plasma TV in my living [...]

By now you’ve all probably seen that new Vodafone ad declaring that “when you text somebody it’s like you’re there with them for that second”.
Utter nonsense I’m afraid.
However its not just texting. It has really hit home this week that modern technology, for all its wonders, doesn’t come even remotely close to giving two people [...]

One of the best things about living in Dublin is the opportunity if offers you to get your culture freak on by going to the theatre. I’ve become something of an addict in the one year that I’ve lived here and I must have seen a good 3-4 plays in that time. Despite having seen [...]

As you all know, we’re massive fans of the Frames here at Dossing Times Towers.
By chance, we’ve managed to get our hands on the lyrics to the first track of their upcoming album, Oscar.
Nominate
My simple song
An award gong
My director mate
My nominate
Are you so far from me this day
That you didn’t hear of my nominate
 
My [...]

Blessed with a fleeting taste of heaven, cursed forever with the memory.
It was the middle of November and I found myself in the unusual situation of having to plan a second date. A food basket, of sorts, was called for and as I was eager to impress I headed to my local Tesco in search [...]

Edit: The Dossing Times crew are going to be in Slane. SO I thought I would bump this up. I am particular looking forward to some Guinness. It is so bad this side of the Irish Sea
The Rolling Stones tickets went on sale this morning and, eventually, sold out. Tickets were still available well after [...]

There are moments in ones life that stay with you forever. Ask anybody alive in 1963 and they should be able to tell you where they were the day JFK was assassinated. A similar claim can be made about September 11th 2001. I had my “JFK” moment at 7pm on a rainy Wednesday evening [...]

After much soul searching I’ve decided to hand in my badge here at the Dossing Times. I’ve had fun here and I’d like to thank Simon and CK for the work they put into this blog. I’d also like to thank you the readers and especially all those who comment. The three of us are [...]

I’ve had enough of damn movie studios and their misleading trailers. Almost without fail, every “blockbuster” this summer has failed to live up to the promise of their trailer (Spiderman 3 being by far the biggest culprit). I say its about time that the studios bit the bullet and let the guys who make the [...]

I hate lazy cliche.

So one thing I won’t do when talking about the current spat between America and Russia is say that George Bush is trying to restart the…no I won’t even type those two words. You know the ones. Suffice to say, they sound like ‘Old bore’ and mean ‘Frigid conflict’

So, George Bush wants [...]