It seems to be quite difficult to find good light reading, the world is filled with Dan Brown clones, mysteries hidden in plain sight, in great works of fiction or artwork, no-one seems to be able to write anything else except the crime writers. Apparently there are pyscho-killers everywhere, every new crime novel is more [...]
Archive for February, 2008
February Books
Posted in Books, Monthly Books on February 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Greed is Good
Posted in New York, Photos on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Core Impressions
Posted in New York, Travels on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I got the A-Train and spent the whole trip singing to myself ” youuuuuuuu must take the A-Train”, I couldn’t remember any of the other lyrics but that was enough to keep me amused for the better part of an hour.
There’s a naked man on Times Square – I didn’t know where to look.
No-one seems [...]
Grand Central
Posted in New York, Photos on February 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Central Park
Posted in New York, Photos on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Declarations
Posted in Travels, tagged Oscar Wilde, US on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For weeks I’ve been thinking about Oscar Wilde and my forthcoming trip to New York, I wondered if I could dash off some Wildean wit as I passed through Customs and more often than not concluded that the US Customs may not have shared Oscar’s sense of humour and I could end up with a [...]
Pre-post
Posted in Photography on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There are times when taking photos takes no work at all, I see something I like and I take it, it’s all over in a matter of seconds. Good or bad, it’s quick and that’s important as a moment later the scene will have all changed, the light, the expression on a subject’s face, the [...]
Meanderings
Posted in Dublin, tagged dustin the turkey, eurovision, Improv Everywhere, pranks on February 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Have a look at this video:
Saturday 23rd February 2008, 4.30pm, Grafton St, Dublin. They tried to do it again, this time they wanted 1000 people on the whole street, they got about 20 or 30 but it was still fascinating to watch the people stand there motionless and the reactions of [...]
Here Comes The Night 5
Posted in Dublin, Photos on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The famine statues on the quays, constantly changing…
Here Comes The Night 4
Posted in Dublin, Photos on February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »