I read on the BBC this morning about a so-called “child-free” village, which controversially ban resident children. You’re allowed have a family dog but there are limits to the kids or grandkids visiting you. In fact, to own a house in Firhall, Nairn, you must be 45 or older. Kati Whitaker, BBC 4 presenter, took [...]
I seem to have segued nicely into the latter half of my teenage here in France. Had a lovely phone call at 00:15 from a friend of mine too and despite my half-asleep-ness (I’m such a terrible teenager; half-asleep and not even accompanied a drunken stupor), I really appreciated the sentiment :) The weather here [...]
On Wednesday I was given the huge honour of being a small part of the Leviathan “Can Education Save Ireland?” hosted by the Northside Learning Hub in Dolan’s Pub/Warehouse in Limerick. The whole night was superbly organized with great music and comedy interspersing the two panel discussions – I was part of the first of [...]
Phew, and just like that, RENT is over. What’s really been a whirlwind 4 weeks have come to end with a gargantuan-sized jolt. We put on two shows yesterday – the matinee audience mostly consisted of close friends and family, a fact which, I think, suited most of the performers. Not only was it our opening [...]
I’m not much of a TV fan –our television is constantly on the blink and only shows and a handful of channels at the best of times- so most of my TV watching is done online. House M.D. is your average medical drama with a difference – the lead in this show is a lonely, [...]
I was talking with a friend of mine who I met at the Young Scientist this year about how close we’d become over the last 3 months and how much we enjoyed each other’s company. We were talking also about how coincidentally we had met – she knew someone in the competition that I knew too [...]
I’ve been wondering this since Apple’s new product was released back in the last week of January – albeit in a purely hypothetical sense. At present (and for the foreseeable future), funds are too low to afford such a device. The iPad, according to Steve Jobs and echoed by many App Developers, will replace laptops, or [...]
I’ve been working on Photo 365 for almost three weeks now and a couple of things have become apparent to me. 1. Wasting It’s similar to blogging in the way that for it to be interesting, you have to be interesting. If I spend the day being a lazy bum well then my daily photo [...]
I wrote this back in September; I thought it was as relevant as any other post I’d be doing today so I’m reblogging it. Thoughts? comments? Be sure to leave ‘em at the bottom – shur aren’t the Irish all about community? :) I was wondering this at the wedding. Once I’ve gotten over my sense [...]
Well, is it still a cast update if I don’t actually have a cast on at present? Details, details… I am currently cast-less; admittedly 3 weeks earlier than usual, but without-cast all the same. Yesterday while watching a film with Mum, we noticed marks/stains around my right knee on the cast. I’d been feeling more [...]