Archive for October, 2007
Is this a cool world or what? - Karla De Vito
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
An opinion. It is one of the greatest gifts we are given, especially when we live in a society that encourages it on a wide scale when debating some small and trivial matters.
The truth is we have always had it, but there have been plenty of times when we have chosen not to use it. […]
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On The Lighter Side
Friday, October 26th, 2007
It’s Friday and that can only mean it’s time for a few lighter stories.
Firstly we all like to get a good deal when it comes to alcohol and some eagle eye shoppers nearly grabbed one.
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Spinning Around
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
This headline, on RTE.ie, shocked me and I have no doubt it will surprise everyone; “Murder up 50% over past three months”
Apparently there has been a total of 21 people murdered in July, August and September of this year, seven more than the same period for 2006. Does not show us how frightening a time we […]
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Let’s Stay Together?
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Do we really stay in relationships that have their tough times because we hope that it will get better if we work through problems or that we are resigned to not being able to find anything else?
Those that are in the limelight sometimes stay together simply because being together is a better image then being […]
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A load of rubbish?
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
It is always hard to describe a city like Dublin. On one hand I think it wants to be as chic and exclusive as London, Paris and New York can be while at the same time it displays all the drudgery of a city that most upper class people would never go near in a […]
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Kids judging Kids
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
It is becoming tougher to properly deal with young offenders and to also send out a message that will make those that consider crime as an easy way to get what they want think twice.
Preston’s Restorative Justice Centre features the UK’s first “peer panels” where youth juries decide how to punish yobs. The idea […]
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“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Perseverance. One strange word but with an incredibly strong meaning. How do we do it? When there are things we are determined to have or determined to see through, what makes us persevere?
I ask the question after reading the story of a 49-year-old woman stayed afloat for 19 hours, in the Ocean off Maui, by […]
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On The Lighter Side
Friday, October 19th, 2007
Well it’s Friday so it’s time for some lighter stories again.
Firstly we’re in New Zealand and anyone looking to redeem themselves for stealing a laptop could be rewarded with a lifetime supply of beer.
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Be kind whenever possible…It is always possible - Dalai Lama
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
It comes across to me as a case of the pot calling the kettle black with the recent news that China is not happy with the decision by the USA to award the Dalai Lama the Congressional Gold Medal.
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“Violence does not resolve the tensions” Pope Benedict XVI
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
The kidnapping of two Catholic priests in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul by an unknown group is obviously shocking news. Even more so by the fact that the kidnappers have withdraw an agreement for their release, which will cast further doubt into the safety of the priests.
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