I mentioned singing “Losing My Religion” for Junior Cert. music in a previous blogpost, and it got me thinking of that experience, and how much I enjoyed it. For Junior Cert. music, about a quarter of your overall grade goes for performance. For that, four pieces have to be performed. Because I play two “instruments” [...]
Some homeopaths also use techniques that are regarded by other practitioners as controversial … Such practices have been strongly criticised by classical homeopaths as unfounded, speculative, and verging upon magic and superstition. The irony of homeopaths criticizing other people for their pseudoscientific “superstition” is just too much to pass up. Next time someone asks you [...]
Saw this on Twitter this morning. Reasonably certain of its validity, even though there’s no mention of it on their website. Even if it’s not real, take it as is, it’s funny! We want to add some talent to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune investigative team. Every serious candidate should have a proven track record of conceiving, [...]
Isn’t it funny how some of the most fleeting moments can lead to bigger memories? I was just watching a YouTube video where the phrase “life is a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get” was said a few times. It reminded me of a conversation I had with someone in [...]
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys – to woo women – and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.” — John Keating, Dead [...]
Part of loving writing is loving words, I think. I love finding new words and mentally pledging to use them more often. While Patrick was home, I discovered what are called Garden Path sentences. The name stems from the phrase “to be led down the garden path”, which means “to be misled”. They’re called these [...]
3,000 Americans were surveyed recently about their favourite song for a road trip. The winner was… “On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson Interestingly, neither this song nor any of the other contenders are from this decade. Or the last, for that matter, which makes one think whether the survey is representative. It’s a shame [...]
Back in July, I did Journalism in CTYI, which took place in DCU. The class do a short newspaper each year, chronicling events that took place over the 3 weeks. This was one of my articles for it: _______ Béibhinn Irish Cummins and Tommy Collison caught up with DCU’s President Brian Mac Craith in what [...]
Arrived home on Friday afternoon from my three weeks at the Centre for Talented Youth (CTYI) in DCU. I’m trying to balance writing this quickly to make sure I don’t forget anything important with making sure I’ve thought this post through to make sure that everything is correct. I suppose we’ll start with a brief [...]
When iOS 4, the new software for iPhones and iPod Touches, came out, there was pretty much only one application I was really, really looking forward to: the rest were just handy updates. Turns out, the functionality required for the app I wanted (Last.FM background scrobbling) isn’t supported under Apple API, so I’d have to [...]