I sometimes wonder why I started writing this blog. I never seem to have that much to say, as the life of a retiree is not exactly full of parties and hectic socialising. In fact, life is quite quiet, and that is the way we like it. I started it originally as a counterpoint to [...]
Filed under: General on April 23rd, 2009 | 7 Comments »
In 2001 when I was thrown out of left RTE, I decided to set up a little business doing web design. The intention was to run it as a paid hobby, doing little sites for local businesses and the like. It didn’t work out that way. For reasons that I still can’t quite understand, the [...]
Filed under: General, Health, Tech stuff on April 21st, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Many years ago, before a lot of you were born, there was a group by the name of The Shadows. They were the backing group for Cliff Richard and also had some considerable success as an electric instrumental group. In 1970, the group split, and two of its founder members – Hank Marvin and Bruce [...]
Filed under: General on March 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
