Exciting reads for 7-year olds in Irish?
Oscar is a bright kid who loves to read. His favourite novel is Le Catalogue d’Argos. In fact he loves the Horrid Henry series (and other similar ones). The only subject he is weak in is, surprise surprise, Irish. Unlike Oisín and Sibéal, he never went to Naoinra so started on it cold in junior infants. We’re hoping to get him into Irish as a bit of a challenge but the books have to engage him.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, January 25, 2007
I didn't even know they had split up
Just spotted on the BBC that The Jesus and Mary Chain are re-forming to do some festival. I bloody loved that band. Psychocandy is in my top ten albums of all time. I remember playing it to my friends in 1985 and they all laughed at me. “But it’s just noise Conor”. “Wait, just wait, you’ll see. This is genius”.
Any movie that uses their music gets an instant thumbs up from me.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, January 25, 2007
Traffic Lights on Food - give me patience.
It appears the opposition parties have started their campaign to lose the next general election with their latest himbo/bimbo scheme which they picked up from the UK. They want traffic lights on food to indicate the levels of salt, sugar and fat. Not only are the stuck in the 1980’s with the fat obsession, but they show such a basic mis-understanding of human nature that the scheme was obviously devised by a marxist.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, January 25, 2007
Please don't spam the Irish Blog Awards
It looks like fans of certain blogs (and I hope I’m not one of them) are nominating those blogs in every category. Please don’t as it just makes Damien’s life a lot harder.
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Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
More in the long list of Oisín gems
Yes I know it’s just another “kids say the funniest things” post but this wee 5-year old thinks deeper than most.
Never promise a bed-time story and then renege: “Dad when I grow up, I’m going to get married like you, and have babies like you, and forget things like you”
Recent obsession with death: “Dad, when we all die, does that mean someone else might live in our house?”. “Yes they will Ois”.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Friday, January 19, 2007
It's a pity my granny isn't around for the Irish Blog Awards
My Dad kindly voted for this blog in several categories in the Blog Awards earlier. He mailed me to say that it reminded him of my Granny (Mary O’Neill) who voted for Dev eight times in the 1932 elections on both sides of the bridge in New Ross. Could you imagine if those old Cumann na mBan women were around now and decided to help the blog result?
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Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Irish Blog Awards open for Nominations
I’m gutted, no “Best Vasectomy Blog”!
Head on over and vote for all your faves. And as you ponder your choice for Best Personal Blog or Best Specialist Blog, you might think of Bandon……..
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Posted by Conor O'Neill on Friday, January 12, 2007
Your Sinclair Rock n Roll Years 1987 is out!
As with all the previous episodes, this one is a zinger even if you were a C64 or (god forbid) Dragon user. I had stopped my involvement with home computers by 1987, what with being in college and discovering drink instead. So I found it particularly interesting that they mention a game called “Head Over Heels” which was considered by many to be the greatest example of its genre ever created.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Saturday, January 6, 2007
Thank You Dave
We discovered over Christmas that you can in fact put 5 children, 2 adults and all their stuff in a Zafira+Roofbox and go from Cork to Kilkenny to Cavan to Cork. Hurrah.
On our trip back from Cavan on the joke’s of national routes known as the N55 and N62, we got to Roscrea and Oscar decided to puke. We caught most of it in a nappy bag and then I dropped the bag as I exited it from the car.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Saturday, January 6, 2007
You may feel a small prick
I’ve recently been getting lots of contraceptive advice from men my age. It seems the only logical route is vasectomy. One of my best advisors had his done quite a while back with no adverse effects. There is only one guy in Cork who does it, Dr Pillay on Patrick St and he highly recommended him. He also (quietly) mentioned that performance would not be affected and I wouldn’t be shooting blanks for the first thirty.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Friday, January 5, 2007