Thursday, December 10, 2009
Pete the Vet & Emma the Cat
Sunday, December 06, 2009
No Time!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Anthony de Mello, S.J.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Still Recovering from Swine Flu
Monday, November 02, 2009
Celtic New Year

Sunday, October 18, 2009
Dettol Kills Cats!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Top Executives of American Tobacco Companies
I just watched "The Insider" on television. Fantastic film about corporate evil and the tremendous courage of one man who stood up for the truth. Then look what I found on youtube. You really have to wonder how these people sleep at night. But the the truth is there are so many of them: all those top executives making a fortune out of polluting air, water, human lungs, manufacturing and selling arms that they know are fuelling wars and killing women and children, defrauding pensioners and ruining lives with their scams (Enron, bankers etc), destroying small farms for agribusiness, abusing animals in giant factory farms, and don't forget all those corrupt politicians and lawmakers protecting same ... it goes on and on. Pure evil. Those who stand against them are called "leftists" or "anarchists" or "bleeding heart liberals." It's such a strange world we live in. Sometimes I honestly believe this is some level of hell and the demons rule!
toxic wastes.
Friday, October 09, 2009
The Picard Video
I've never made any bones (get it?) about the fact I am a Trekkie from way back. Here's a brill video I found on youtube with my second favourite captain.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Yes to Bribery, Blackmail & Bullying
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Anniversary of the Rescue of the Danish Jews

Sunday, September 27, 2009
What is the Prime Minister of Canada Reading?

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
An Bord Snip Nua, NAMA etc
Friday, September 11, 2009
Norton Internet Security
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Classy Lady

Wednesday, September 02, 2009
The Lisbon Treaty - When is No not a No?
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sain Zahoor Ahmed
This is who I went to hear last night in the Pavilion Theatre at the World Culture Festival. I wept, he was so exquisite and amazing to hear live. In fact, I was sitting in the second row and he was only feet away from me: a small elegant man utterly lost in the ecstasy of Sufi music, song and dance. He wore a sparkly gold costume that flashed in the lights. The Ambassador from Pakistan introduced him. I was delighted and a little surprised that she did, as traditional Muslims are usually utterly opposed to Sufism, the mystical expression of Islam. It is the mystical aspect that appeals to me in any religion, i.e the personal awareness and experience of God without the need for a middle-man or organised structure.
Doolin Ferries
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Spam Police
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Shatner On the Mount
Almost finished Chapter 28 (slog, slog, sigh) and here's a hilarious little surprise sent by my brother-in-law, James. It doesn't get much funnier than this!
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Last Post for the Night

Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Church of the Raw Food
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Moral Decadence
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Insane Leaps of Logic
Monday, July 20, 2009
New York New York


Sunday, July 12, 2009
Just back from New York, Toronto & Creemore
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Lough Derg Revisited
Friday, June 19, 2009
Laudete Sanctam Insulam!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Lough Derg & Rosary Beads

Saturday, June 06, 2009
Thin Lizzy - Dancing in the Moonlight
Ahhhhh, memories of my plukey youth. This man is a beauty (those legs go on forever) and one of the people I had in mind when I described Finvarra. So sad that heroin, a big thing in Dublin, got the better of him.
Friday, June 05, 2009
Saga Dawa

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Disband the 'Christian' Brothers
Monday, May 18, 2009
Enjoying Sundays
One of the problems with being self-employed, along with the constant financial insecurity, is that there are no boundaries between boss and worker, and the former is usually a slave driver. Sure I can go off on adventures whenever I feel like it and my time's my own, but it has taken me years to wrest basic rights from myself like a one-hour lunch break and a 6-day work week. (What? There are 5-day work weeks?!) Sunday is my day off, yet there I was thinking of writing - I'm in love with my new book - but I caught myself in time. Instead I went for dinner with a friend and then we headed off to see STAR TREK. It was FABULOUS. I laughed out loud at so many parts. The young Spock, the young Uhuru and the young Scotty were my favourites.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Pre-Stargate Fun
OK, this is hilarious, not only because of Jack's dreadful hair cut ( I can't believe he was MacGyver. I used to watch that show!) but also because General Hammond is moonlighting. I've got another to post with Teal'c as a student and MacGyver as a class visitor. It's amazing what you can find on youtube. It's also amazing the things you can do to avoid work! (Pas en anglais, désolé.)
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tesco Ireland is Tesco England
Saturday, May 09, 2009
Research With Horses
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Stargate
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Mythic Journeys Documentary 2009
This is the trailer of the new Mythic Journeys film due out soon, to play in festivals world-wide. I attended their conference in Atlanta a few years back when I was on a reading tour of America. It was, quite frankly, one of the most amazing experiences of my life (and let's face it, I've had some pretty amazing experiences). Hope there'll be another conference soon!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Happy Easter
Monday, March 30, 2009
Scotland the Brave

Thursday, March 19, 2009
The High Road
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Beannactaí Lá Phádraig!
Hah, took a while to find this, but finally did. (Brother-in-law told me where it was.) Yeah, it's an ad, but it's brill.
Monday, March 16, 2009
From Here to Clare

Monday, March 09, 2009
In Treatment
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Lent
Friday, February 27, 2009
No Obama Here
Monday, February 16, 2009
Off Again!

Saturday, February 07, 2009
Music and Dance as Prayer
The incredible Mercan Dede brings Sufi music, dance and poetry (Rumi) to the club scene. Some might find this sacrilegious, but why should the Divine not be welcomed into every aspect of life? The Whirling Dervish spins even as the electron spins, even as the galaxy spins: the dance of creation.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
A Thundering Disgrace

Sunday, February 01, 2009
Franciscan Sojourn


Sunday, January 18, 2009
Summer Solstice Dunderry 2008
I've posted a video of the Winter Solstice Firewalk at Dunderry over on my Book Blog. Here's a more detailed pic of what goes on at my favourite Irish shamanic centre.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Gaza
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Me and Bilbo

Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Irish Banking Institutions
Saturday, January 03, 2009
New Year's Resolutions
1) make more money!
2) return to set-dancing classes
3) return to gym
4) make more money!
5) complete as many of my new projects as possible - books and film
6) begin my relationship with Findhorn - Experience Week soon and a month in the summer
7) make more money!
8) investigate possibilities of learning to play bagpipes (seriously)
9) by the end of the year, move out of Bray
Now I must pop back to last January and see if I did anything I said I would do in 2008.
Okay, I'm back. Well I did some of the stuff, i.e. Tai Chi classes, got going on new book (in fact two new books!), have no idea what the wonderful thing was I'm referring to (Jaze, maybe the film deal that fell through?), didn't move West yet, alas ... I need more money to do that ...