Wednesday, October 10, 2007

In Rainbow

  • That's it In Rainbow, the latest album from Radiohead can be downloaded. And it's brilliant.

  • On more frivolous news, it seems that the defeat of the All Blacks over France, had some devastating and unexpected effects on life in New Zealand: Since Sunday's game, it seems several Kiwi males have either completely lost interest in sex, or - perhaps more worryingly - lost their ability to ... er, score. As Joanna Hurkin put it, in her blog, kiwis male have lost their libido...
  • Hell's Grannies

    This is a frightened city. Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear. Fear of a new kind of violence which is terrorizing the city. Yes, gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless fit young men.

    Monty Python's Flying Circus TV Show - Episode 8

    Another shooting in St Mary's park yesterday, and this time a 25 year old man died .... after the last weeks, which saw almost an average of four shooting every weekend, sometimes in front of the Garda, i don't think anybody will be surprised in Limerick... unfortunately this has to happened...
    But here's the kicker, last night an elderly couple (70 and 80) has been arrested for their involvement in the murder investigation....

    [EDIT] The ederly couple has been released this wednesday morning without charge....

    Monday, October 08, 2007

    France 20 - All Blacks 18

    Summary last 3 days
    Pub : 4
    Alcohol units : > 10 ( Guinness, Jameson, Jägermeister, rhum carambar )

    Flannerys pub in Catherrine Street...
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    Pffffff... what a game .....

    [EDIT] So last wednesday, Chris Rattue from the New Zealand Herald, was stating: France pose absolutely no threat to the All Blacks, analyzing quite rightly the performance of France over the past 8 years against the All Blacks... And monday 8 october, his article is titled: Salute the victor - Glorious France. As he said, this game was: simply magnificent. Heart stopping, pulse racing, edge of the seat, beads of sweat, shivers up the spine.

    Wednesday, October 03, 2007

    Inventory....

  • Kilkee, Ireland


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  • France



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  • Books:

    - Freakonomics (ISBN 006089637X)
    - Le Magasin des Suicidés de Jean Teulé (ISBN-13: 978-2260017080)
  • Tuesday, October 02, 2007

    Irish Monopoly

    A new edition of the game Monopoly is to be published: The Here and Now All Ireland edition.
    Instead of the streets the (not all 32) counties are appearing, and the railway station are replaced by the four provinces (Munster, Ulster, Connaght and Leinster)... the full list can be found at monopoly.ie. Some interesting stuff there, the Kingdom (Kerry) is on the low end while Limerick and Roscommon are the highest end. Cork is the 2nd more expensive item of the board (Champs Elysées in the french édition).

    Radiohead - New LP .... New trade

    That's it the new Radiohead LP will be availaible October 10th... on download first, not via iTunes or anywhere else directly from he band itself, via their website, without any record company....
    It's called In Rainbows


    More news:
  • http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/
  • http://www.greenplastic.com/
  • http://www.ateaseweb.com/

    [EDIT] Seems the news is exciting a lot of people, particulary from Freakonomics, who would love to see the results of Radiohead sells.
  • Monday, October 01, 2007

    More material well being or...

    Heard Friday, an interesting interview of Greenspan, former head of the federal bank, he got an interesting point about the choice facing our societies: "more material well being or more tranquility, we can't have both as current data suggests".
    For him, instability ( economic bubbles) are rooted within our economic system, and therefore are part of its growth. In other words, people can't keep being richer and at the same time achieve piece of mind, as the instability of the capital create growth and unease.

    I tend to agree on part of his analysis, and here the question, what do we really want: more cars/ipod/flat screen or more happiness ?

    Irish Roads

     Irish roads .... on the west west still the west stop and pray