Absolutely hilarious book reviews from Henry Raddick - via memepool.

I have experienced at first hand the peddling of falsehoods and blatant impersonation that candidates will stoop to in order to garner votes. Yesterday evening while watching Coronation St. (Dev telling the truth?? What's that about?) I heard the now regular clatter of the letter box as it received the daily dose of election related pamphlets. I looked out the window and noticed two persons walking out of the driveway. Upon examination I discovered that the pamphlets were from Fianna Fail and included a little card that read something like 'Sorry I missed you when I called. Please consider me for your No.1 preference. Signed Margaret Cox'. This is a lie - I was obviously in the house at the time. Additionally this may well be impersonation as I'm pretty sure that neither of the people I witnessed was Mrs. Cox. Of course maybe she called earlier and subsequently sent her party apparatchiks to tie up the loose ends as it where. At any rate she's not getting my vote. ... not that I have one in that constituency anyway.

From the Antaoiseach.com message boards. Here's an interesting discussion on the Sinn Fein candidate in Roscommon - a Mr. Paul Whelan who apparently was chairman of the Fianna Fail cumann in UCG in 1996/97.

Irish general election time again yipee! Spinnin' doctorin' spindoctorin' babykissin' doorbellin' promisin' good times are here again.......except we all know the boom is over, crime is spiraling, the national finances are looking shaky, hospital waiting lists are a disgrace. Bring back Charlie..he was here before.

So how does the proportional representation system work anyway? - RTE has a handy guide.

Giving the electorate a voice on the web - www.antaoiseach.com

Millitary photos of a US attack on a Taliban armoured personnel carrier. Via core39. Horrendous stuff.

To you ladies out there who are thinking of getting a manicure - read this story and you will think twice about it.

A fine sporting tradition....streakers Hall of Fame.

Apparently FARC are openly claiming affiliation with the IRA. It's right here on their website.

Ever wonder about Ireland and the phallic continuum? - well then put this in your pipe and smoke it.

News just in about a bomb outside a KFC in Athens...perhaps the Chicken Liberation Front is involved?

Some details on the US Congress hearing on the IRA/Columbia connections - Committee on International Relations. Via Instapundit.

Schoolboy humour of the day...why women have their place on the golfcourse too! If you haven't seen it anywhere else, see it here.

The rigours of being an NSync fan - from the Washington Post.

To prepare for tonight's show, Roxanne has fasted for most of the day because she's worried that a full stomach, combined with the excitement of seeing 'N Sync in the flesh, will cause her to throw up. Also, she refrained from speaking this afternoon to keep her vocal cords fresh and scream-ready.

Do you know where Jesus is?

Once you've installed the pub in your garden shed, why not build a monorail to transport your friends around your back yard? This man did.

The Irish Times reports that Ireland's online government services have been ranked in the top 10 in a study by Accenture published today. Thats all very well - however the single online transaction I made six months ago to a public department (a submission to the revenue services) seems to have disappeared into an internet powered black hole.

For some reason I find this story highly amusing. Fidel Castro and the Mexician president having a schoolboy squabble!

I've been meaning to do something with this site - change the template, create a table of links etc. etc. ..maybe this week I'll get around to it... ,hmm to add some colour to the site here's a picture of the sleeve of the best album from the last five years.

Pamela Anderson demands upgrade to Hepatitis DD! Check out this months edition of the consistently excellent Evil Gerald.

Have you seen this girl?