March 2009 - People of NI -

A change of tact?

Bibi's back , yet even now the eternal optimist in me is looking for something positive at this moment in time: "I am telling the leaders of the Palestinian Authority, if you really want peace, it is possible to reach peace… We do not want to...

Published 31 Mar 2009 11:23 PM by yourfriendinthenorth

Filed under: Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud, Israel/Palestine

Surf's Up In Donegal

We were on a drive through Donegal not long ago, and finding ourselves near the ocean decided to take a break and stretch our legs. There in Rossknowlagh, on the beach, we saw a fellow doing something that looked like a lot of fun, given the high winds...

Published 31 Mar 2009 8:26 PM by This Irish Photograph

Filed under: County Sligo, County Donegal

Bomb Scares and Hijacking

A child rides his bike past a burning lorry in Belfast, Northern Ireland (AFP) Oh no, here we go again! Is it back to 1969? Goes to show how easily one spark can set everything off. The scary thing is that one of the bomb scares was on Tenement Street...

Published 31 Mar 2009 5:50 PM by Flippin' Yank in Norn Iron

Filed under: Belfast, Norn Iron News, Bomb Scares, Hijacking

A good giggle..

With thanks to reddevilmeuk @ oldnrubbish.co.uk

Published 31 Mar 2009 11:01 AM by For Nine Pounds - An Analogue Blog

Heavy Metal Vomit Party No.1

I've been worried about Fabian Wildman since he lost his job. He just sits around the house huffing lighter gas and screaming about the Poles. I decided to take him to a heavy metal vomit party up in Rosetta to cheer him up. Me, him and the Sweaty...

Published 31 Mar 2009 8:41 AM by Party Down and Go *** Yourself

Filed under: Belfast, Labour, racism, Fabian Wildman, vomit party, Peace Man, Johnny Davro, poles, tory, Regenerates, Colin Baker, Rosetta, Doctor Who, sweaty Metallers, Yuppies

The Demise of Encarta: Wikipedia 1 Microsoft 0

It's not often that Bill Gates' behemoth admits defeat, but that one-time staple of digital encyclopedias, Encarta, is destined for the Recycle Bin. In an announcement on its website, Microsoft states: On October 31, 2009, MSN® Encarta® Web sites...

Published 30 Mar 2009 5:26 PM by Northern Notes by Gary McKeown

Filed under: Jimmy Wales, Google, Wikipedia, MSN, Messenger, Encarta, Hotmail, Bill Gates, Microsoft

Migraines

Well today I suffered my first ever Migraine, and what a *** they are! I do suffer with headaches but this really was the worst one I have ever encountered, I know the pain killers have softened it a bit and I am sure it shall return. So please don't...

Published 30 Mar 2009 3:22 PM by For Nine Pounds - An Analogue Blog

Filed under: fucking wanker migraines

My World Tuesday: Drumskinny Stone Circle

Stone circles can be found all over Ireland, and this one is a half-hour's drive from our house, over the border in County Fermanagh. I was disappointed to see that instead of remaining a wild hilltop site, Drumskinny has a fence and gate and gravel...

Published 30 Mar 2009 2:04 PM by This Irish Photograph

Filed under: My World Tuesdays, stones, County Fermanagh

Adventures of an Irishman in San Francisco

Ferry to San Francisco Bay Bridge The Embarcadero The Cable Car Union Square North Beach Alcatraz Musee Mechanique Ghiradelli Square Aquatic Park Coit Tower and the Transamerica Pyramid Pier 39 Sea Lions at Sunset

Published 30 Mar 2009 7:44 AM by Flippin' Yank in Norn Iron

Filed under: Holiday, Across the Pond, Craig, San Francisco

The Totem Pole

Another week gone, another week with no activity. I'm finding the only chances I get to post anything here are at the weekend, and even then it's to the neglect of obligations like dishes, laundry, or dinner. Over the last week I've been finishing...

Published 29 Mar 2009 8:18 PM by patrick.in.n/ireland

27 dresses....part 2

Today has been a big day....made a lot of big decisions, terrified yet know they have to be done! No turning back.... I'll keep you posted out there....

Published 29 Mar 2009 6:42 PM by For Nine Pounds - An Analogue Blog

Filed under: work, job, 27 Dresses, decisions

Woodsmoke and Burning Turf

It snowed yesterday, a week after Spring's first day. I'm so tired of this everlasting winter, but one nice thing about the dark half of the year is a hearthfire of wood and turf burning all day. It's got the fragrance and warmth of 'home'...

Published 29 Mar 2009 12:04 PM by This Irish Photograph

Filed under: rural living, One Single Impression, Acrostic Only

Holywood to Bangor, a walk for Northern Ireland Hospice.

After arriving in Holywood via the train from Belfast, we found our coats being adorned with a bright green Walking for N.I Hospice sticker and we set out on our way along the North Down Coastal Path. 2 hours and 35 minutes later, windswept, soaked by...

Published 28 Mar 2009 10:18 PM by A life in Northern Ireland, thoughts from the edge of Europe.

Filed under: Charity, Walking, N.I Hospice

Are you looking at me?

If easily made queasy by ugly people please keep moving. Thank you. Let me start by saying I am 47 years old, I have some grey hair and wrinkles and I am fat..yes I said it I am old and fat. So what! What bring this up , is in many chat groups I belong...

Published 28 Mar 2009 10:08 PM by For Nine Pounds - An Analogue Blog

James and Joyce Visit the Seaside

Not sure if theirs is an old ritual or a first date, but these two are enjoying the view over the Irish Sea together, near Sandycove south of Dublin. Perhaps they "gaze southward over the bay, empty save for the smokeplume of the mailboat vague on...

Published 28 Mar 2009 12:27 PM by This Irish Photograph

Filed under: Dublin, Camera Critters, birds

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