Pillar of Conservatism the Wall Street Journal says “I don’t want to alarm anybody, but maybe it’s time for Americans to start stockpiling food. No, this is not a drill” - should we take heed? Normally I would say ‘probably not, aren’t vast tracts of the EU held artificially fallow by the set-aside policy?’ - [...]
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Chuffed
I’m late to the party on this one, but “Once” won this year’s Academy Award for “Best Music (Song).” Considering three of the five nominees came from the same film, one might cynically say that the field wasn’t all that broad this year, and I suppose it wasn’t. I was happy with the outcome, however [...]
The sweet taste of disappointment
A few weeks ago I was handed the beginning of an incredible opportunity. I fell in love with it, jumped, and failed. It’s hard not to be sad, but I have been saying to myself the entire time “This is a long shot.” Still, it was a pretty fracking cool target to be shooting for. [...]
Triumphant Return
We have successfully returned to our cold, wet, cloudy, foggy island. I am jet-lagged, so a more detailed entry will come eventually. Since most of the ‘Coven were actually in LA last week, I am hopeful that I will not have to build this Ark on my own.
In the interim, I have one super-important thing [...]
You’ve gotta be impressed by Wikipedia
Wikipedia’s great. Everyone knows that. But there are times when even I, already a huge fan, am massively impressed by it. The thing which has impressed me most recently has been the coverage of the Irish general election.