Fascinating. A potted biography of the miscellaneous other priests that populated life on Craggy Island. I’m guessing that everybody knows about the back stories of the famous actors who played Bishop Jim Brennan (Jim Norton) and Frs Fintan Stack (Brendan Grace), Noel Furlong (Graham Norton) and Todd Unctious (Gerard McSorley). And that Clare Grogan from […]
It was us!, claims the CIA (Irish Times). All those UFO reports in the 50’s and 60’s was the U2 spy plane. On the other hand, can you believe what the CIA tell you? Is this just another cover up like Roswell? A cover-up of a cover-up? More disinformation! *dons tinfoil hat* *mumbles incoherently*
Penn State have released a study on hot sauce and gender: In the study, the researchers conclude that women are more likely to seek sensation from spicy food, while men are more likely to see other extrinsic rewards like praise and admiration. The authors write, "It is possible that the cultural association of consuming spicy […]
‘Wise mad man gives you the best life advice you will ever get’. […] perhaps he’s full of truth because he is not really crazy (or maybe it’s because he’s the right kind of crazy.) His name is Matthew Silver, a clown and street performer who thinks that playing the role of a raving lunatic […]
“You hit a woman!” “I hit a NAZI!” Possibly the best thing to emerge from Australia since Kylie Minogue.
Lovely little interview in the NPR that explains the story of how the Santa Tracker came to be. Terri remembers her dad had two phones on his desk, including a red one. “Only a four-star general at the Pentagon and my dad had the number,” she says. “This was the ’50s, this was the Cold […]