February 2012
2 posts
December 2011
5 posts
November 2011
4 posts
October 2011
3 posts
WatchBlackpool used to be a holiday hotspot back in the day. It hasn’t changed much though and probably needs a lick of paint. However one thing worth doing is to go there in October to see the illuminations. I thought they’d be really tacky but they are brilliant! It’s about 3km of Christmas lights without the Christmas theme. This video is an example of what to expect.
September 2011
8 posts
“Everybody thinks they can be a chef, a photographer and a teacher because they...”
A Grammar Nazi Nightmare
In my job I get about a dozen emails every day from companies trying to sell me something. Most people don’t open these emails and, in general, I don’t either. However, one email I received from a company selling some sort of training caught my eye as it started with the following line:
Dear principle
It continued:
IS YOURE SCHOOL ADEQUATLEY PREPARED TO DEAL WITH A MEDICAL...
August 2011
8 posts
“Modern art = I could do that + but you didn’t”
– A friend of mine puts modern art into a mathematical equation
Hollister - so cool, it doesn't need a sign
I walked into a clothes shop called Hollister yesterday in the Dundrum Shopping Centre. I had heard about the hype surrounding the shop when it opened and on further reading, realised that this shop doesn’t really cater for the likes of me. To my eyes, it reads very much like Abercrombie and Fitch, which probably makes me even more uncool.
Anyway, in the middle of the shopping centre...
“Isn’t it well for you?”
– The response I received when I apologised for “only having a fifty euro note” when paying for my coffee today. Touché.
July 2011
5 posts
Why I left Airtricity
I’ve been with Airtricity since May 2010 when I switched from ESB for my electricity. With the service I saved about €12 per month so when I was offered to switch from Bord Gas in January this year, I jumped at the chance to save again. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way.
Thanks to online banking I could see that Airtricity were not saving me any money. In fact, my bills were...
The Monart: Ticking all the Boxes but...
There’s really no way of saying that I stayed in the Monart without sounding pretentious. Since we started our jobs as principals, once a term, Rozz and I treat ourselves to one or two nights in a posh hotel to get away from it all. We generally find a deal on the web for a random fancy hotel and head off for some spa therapy. We’ve stayed in some great places. I can highly recommend...
June 2011
6 posts
“Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine”
– Robert C. Gallagher (found in a CESI email list post about iPads in Education)
May 2011
8 posts
An article I wrote about my school a while back... →
Did I just live through something very historical?
I didn’t take much notice of the Queen’s visit to Ireland when it was being arranged. I guess, like most people, I hoped that it would pass peacefully and there wouldn’t be the same scenes we saw during the “Love Ulster” parades a few years ago. I didn’t really think it was such a big deal. That was until tonight, when watching the 9 o’clock news.
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“I hope and pray that someone in bin Laden’s organization comes to the...”
– Clearly the journalist who interviewed Charles Hawkins didn’t see the irony in his remarks.
April 2011
20 posts
