UPDATE: A Poem For Cathal ________________________________ When I first wrote about this, I thought Cathal Ó Searcaigh was almost a peripheral figure. I was more interested in the reaction of [...]

I'm one of those old fashioned people who think that language matters. I care. It annoys me when people blur the meaning of well-established words, and it annoys me even [...]

Seriously. Genuinely. Honest to God. I never heard of new media until about half an hour ago when I blundered onto Rick O'Shea's post about giving a talk on it, [...]

UPDATE I've just got the news that the jury have returned a guilty verdict.  I think Brian kearney more than likely did commit murder, but I still think the conviction [...]

John Barclay is out of Saturday's game. Apparently he was badly cut when a friend sat on a glass he was holding. Eh, sorry? He was holding this glass when [...]

Well, I searched all over the internet for a good version of the Last Gunfighter Ballad, after leaving the lyrics of it on Sam's site, uninvited. But I failed, except [...]

I just collected my tickets for the Ireland-Scotland match. Woo-hoo! It's the Bullet and myself on the road next Saturday, on that never-ending highway. Jest me an' m'boy. Better record [...]

Mr Darwin has abandoned the appalling Blogspot and set up  his own domain.  You'll find him HERE. Please update your blogroll, and if you haven't listed him already, do it [...]

I see Ian Paisley Jr has resigned due to accusations that he was too close to a property developer.

Bertie's court case isn't that complicated, you know, when you take a few minutes to look into it. Will we do that? Will we just take a minute or two [...]