“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” – Orson Welles
How do you feel about happy endings? Are we as human beings always searching for the feeling where everyone is happy? Read More »
“The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.” – Ben Okri
Wouldn’t it be great if all of our expenses were taken care of for us by those who run the country and we could concentrate on using our salary as we see fit? It actually sounds fantastic and you would wonder what planet you were living on to have such a benefit. Read More »
The Lighter Side
To the Lighter Side we go with more stories to take the seriousness out of the week. Read More »
“To make a point, is to be blunt, which is pointless.” – Bob McMahon
I have often stated I do not understand our Government and their decisions and after this week I am wondering if we have a dictatorship more so then a government. Read More »
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. – Garrison Keillor
The British National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has revealed that Childline received an average of almost 60 calls from suicidal youngsters every week. Read More »
I’m fanatical about sport: there seems to me something almost religious about the fact that human beings can organise play, the spirit of play. ~Simon Gray, 1995
Yesterday was a day for fantastic passion and excellence and thankfully all in the name of Irish sport. Read More »
In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadow follows the body.
Is there any way to defend Josef Fritzl? Can we ever deal with great evils in a way that everyone will agree with? Read More »
The Lighter Side
To the Lighter Side we go once more with stories to help take the seriousness out of the week. Read More »
If you’re enough lucky to be Irish, you’re lucky enough! ~Irish Saying
Happy St Patrick’s day to all and I hope it is one that can be taken in the spirit it is meant to be. Read More »
Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! – Mackenzie Astin
Guns, I will never understand the need to have them in the family home. Read More »
