I've been ridiculously busy of late - I have a lot of work at the moment so the 'ol blog has unfortunately been neglected this past month or two! Stay tuned...I'm hoping I'll be able to make more time to upload shortly...I have a backlog of stuff I'd love to share. Have a great day everyone!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Reading...The Martian Chronicles by Raymond Bradbury
"The Martian Chronicles is a 1950 science fiction short story collection by Ray Bradbury that chronicles the colonization of Mars by humans fleeing from a troubled and eventually atomically devastated Earth, and the conflict between aboriginal Martians and the new colonists. The book lies somewhere between a short story collection and an episodic novel, containing stories Bradbury originally published in the late 1940s in science fiction magazines. For publication, the stories were loosely woven together with a series of short, interstitial vignettes." Source: Wikipedia
Listening to...Lots of Music
These are the albums I'm listening to most this month...slightly different from one another! : ) Favorite tracks on each are: (Click the Links to listen/watch on Youtube)
Monday, May 23, 2011
Birthday Dinner in Scotty's Steak House
On Wednesday - the day before my Birthday, Dad and I went out for dinner and a movie after work. I had been promising him I'd treat him to a steak dinner since last year...finally we got around to actually doing it. Dad had just wrapped up work on some deadlines so it seemed to be the perfect opportunity. For dinner we went to Scotty's Steakhouse in Galway. If you live near or are ever passing through Galway I can't recommend Scotty's enough. Both the food and service are absolutely fantastic. We both ordered the biggest steaks on the menu...After the meal we went to see 'Fast & Furious 5'...and it was actually pretty darn cool! Perfect movie choice for a lads night out! I had a really great time and hope dad and I can do it more often.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
I Love Blu-ray....Players!
Neen and I finally entered the 21st century last night. After many years of diligent service my Playstation 2 which was doubling up as our household DVD player kicked the bucket. So after work and before my Galway United meeting I dropped into town and invested in a Blu-ray player - a Sony BDP S370 to be precise. I'm not a huge fan of the whole Blu-ray thing. Obviously the quality is a lot better but I'm not quite ready to trade in my DVD's just yet. So for me at least the aspect I was most looking forward to was seeing how the device handled DVD upscaling.
To get things rolling Neen and I tested my one and only Blu Ray disc 'Fantasia' - the picture and sound were great. (We've had a HD television for years but have never experienced any HD content on it. You see, we still receive an analog TV transmission and my Nintendo Wii isn't HD.)
Next I popped Avatar on DVD into the player and I could not believe the quality. Neen and I were amazed. The upscaling feature works so so well. We are delighted with it!
I'm really glad I spent a little more on a good quality player, HMV were selling Phillips players for as low as €70, but I decided to go for the Sony instead which was €139
There are a load of DVDs I'd cant wait to re-watch on the Blu Ray now...first and formost Kenneth Branaghs version of Hamlet...
Monday, April 18, 2011
Summer is nearly here
Summer is thankfully slowly creeping in. Sunday was a beautifully sunny day and the cats and I very much made the most of it! I took some photo's and made a couple of small watercolour paintings. I also caught up on a bit of reading and washed and hung out a couple loads of laundry. The cats seemed quite happy to have me joining them outside for the afternoon, wherever I sat they happily followed. I also let the terrapins out for their first run of the season. (the cats were locked safely away for that) They seemed to have a good time too. If the weather continues to improve I might convert one of these fisher price turtle shape sandboxes into an outdoor pool for them. Something I can leave them in for a few hours on a sunny day. I really just need to figure out a way to cover it. Maybe a thin wire-fence like lid?
I rescued this little guy from the pool of water featured in the previous photo. As you can easily tell I scooped him out with a dis-guarded cigarette box I found under one of the machines, he dried himself off and flew away quite unperturbed by his near death experience...
Saturday, April 9, 2011
New Books
Neen and I went into town today and while there dropped into our favorite bookstore Charley Burnes. I picked up three super books, all by talented artists I've mentioned here before. 'Jack Frost' by Kazuno Kohara . 'Blue Chameleon' by Emily Gravett. And 'Earnest - The Moose Who Doesn't Fit' by Catherine Rayner. They are all published by Macmillian UK and are definite must-haves for your family bookshelf!!
Tuna's Confirmation
Tuna's Confirmation took place a week or so ago and here are a few snaps from the big day. Confirmation is a Catholic ritual...a right of passage of sorts in which a child is accepted as an adult member of the Catholic Church.
It was a really great day...I actually spent a big ol' chunk of it minding all the kids in the family. Most of the party was spent up in the field behind the house playing soccer and gaelic football..boy I slept that night!
Friday, April 8, 2011
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