Macrolog
Macrolog entries posted in July 2003
Elephant & Castle: A Restaurant Review Tue 29 Jul 2003 | 2 Comments
Yesterday I enjoyed... okay let's start that again. Yesterday I _endured_ a lunchtime meal at Elephant & Castle in Temple Bar. It seemed like a reasonably popular, hip joint upon first appearances, and I had heard good things on the...
Friday Five #56 Fri 25 Jul 2003
*1. If your life were a movie, what would the title be?* I was thinking _It's Not Easy Being Me: The M. Ellis Conroy Story_. But on second thoughts, that's a bit too movie-of-the-week-ish, dontcha think? Okay, howsabout _Being MacDara...
College Green, 05/03/03 Sun 20 Jul 2003
College Green, Dublin, as seen in March 2003.
Powered by Movable Type Thu 17 Jul 2003
Spurred on by recent musings on the subject by Jason Kottke, and especially by Matt Haughey's helpful walk-through essay, I am currently in the process of am now publishing my entire website (well, almost) through Movable Type. That's right. If...
Praying for Winter Wed 16 Jul 2003
You know it's days like this that make me pray for winter. This humidity, it's draining all the life out of me. There are so many things I want to do with my time, but it's just too hot and...
Electrical Storm Tue 15 Jul 2003
It's not often that I find myself directly beneath an electrical storm. But that's where I was on Sunday evening, sitting reading in my room, when I heard the loudest clap of thunder I've ever experienced. First a slowly building...
To Be and To Have Sun 13 Jul 2003 | 3 Comments
(or, _Two Films Recently Enjoyed_) Though they appear to have gotten themselves somewhat of a reputation for being, for lack of a better term, _boring_, my own response to the two (very different) films I've had the opportunity to see...
Spam Begone! Sat 12 Jul 2003 | 1 Comments
I never used to get so much spam until sometime last year, when the problem suddenly worsened ten-fold. Maybe it was a general trend that I had no control over, or maybe it was the result of _someone_ using the...
Africa, Here I Come Wed 09 Jul 2003 | 3 Comments
Despite my words on the day itself, last Friday wasn't _all_ bad. I did, after all, collect my tickets from the travel agent. _What tickets?_ Why, the tickets for my flying visit to South Africa, of course! _You must be...
A Cynical Business Mon 07 Jul 2003
Three weeks ago in The Midnight News, Hyatte had the following to say: A week or so ago, someone found me on AIM and asked if I loved wrestling anymore. I said no. He then asked if there was anything...
The Walrus of Love, 1944-2003 Sat 05 Jul 2003
In tribute to the late, great Barry White -- who passed away yesterday from kidney failure after a long period of ill health -- I present to you, kind reader, this small token of appreciation: == Barry White - Live in...
Fourth of July Sat 05 Jul 2003
I wake up this morning to find that I have an affliction that seems to resemble hayfever. Which is strange since I can't remember ever suffering from hayfever, at least not since I was a youngster. I get a letter...
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