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THANKSGIVING FOR BLACK FRIDAY! Right now, there’s very little to give thanks about in our fair country so I’m going to look across the ocean to our American friends who are giving Thanks this week to their Native American ancestors for peacefully accommodating the ever expanding needs of the pilgrim. That’s about as much spin […]

BRAINSKIP 7 – WHAT HAVE THE GERMANS EVER DONE FOR US? So, in the week that Ireland ceases to be a republic and now has all the the sovereignty of Liechtenstein, it’s time for us to reflect on what sort of cultural shift is about to take place as we align ourselves with our new […]

BRAINSKIP 6 – YIPPEE-KI-YAY PROFESSOR SNAPE! This weeks BrainSkip is dedicated to things Rickman! In honour of two encounters with the Anglo-Villain himself, the first when he walked into a Dublin restaurant and sat down next to me, causing me to nearly utter the words above. The second encounter was watching him perform at the […]

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT. (AREN’T THEY??) Last week saw the release of perhaps the finest mainstream Sperm-donor/love triangle/Modern lesbian mother’s drama of all time. OK, you’re right, it may be the only film of its kind… With a cast that screams “Oscars, Over here”, the film stars Annette Benning, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo (How […]