I have to make my first father of the bride speech within a couple of weeks. I have done a little research as to what should and should not be included, how long it ought to be, and some other basic facts about a father of the bride speech. I have put a good deal… Continue reading My father of the bride speech
The problem with citizen journalism
Citizen journalism seems like a “good thing”. And there is no doubt that individuals with a mobile phone have changed the way we view the world, and have contributed significantly to the pulling back of curtains to permit a look at nefarious political regimes around the world. Citizen journalism has also helped greatly in shining… Continue reading The problem with citizen journalism
The little person with the monumental list of grudges makes an appearance on St. Patrick’s Day
I have been watching St. Patrick’s Day parades for years now but this year I saw something novel and unwelcome like a virus. I saw one of those little persons with the monumental list of grudges abusing a group in a parade and getting arrested for a public order offence. He was shouting offensive comments… Continue reading The little person with the monumental list of grudges makes an appearance on St. Patrick’s Day
You’d miss the club finals on Paddy’s Day
I watched the All-Ireland GAA club finals at some point in the last 3 months or so. I just can’t remember when. But you would miss the club finals on St. Patrick’s Day. For years, there was not much else happening save for parades of tractors and trailers and articulated lorries and vans in small… Continue reading You’d miss the club finals on Paddy’s Day
Email marketing-doing it in a different way
I have always been a massive proponent of email marketing. But only when it is done the right way. The starting point for doing email marketing “the right way” is to obtain the consent of a subscriber. Your emails must be sought and anticipated, or at least tolerated. Being tolerated is the absolute minimum. Ideally,… Continue reading Email marketing-doing it in a different way
Pseudo-law and hairbrained legal ideas
It never ceases to amaze me. The number of persons who, from time to time, leave comments on my YouTube channel or Facebook about “common law rights” and refusing to recognise the Courts, legal system, statute law. The comments and ideas are utterly deluded with no basis in reality. Yet they gain currency with a… Continue reading Pseudo-law and hairbrained legal ideas
Why you should read the decision of Ms Justice Máire Whelan in the Enoch Burke Court of Appeal case
I wish people would actually read the decision of Ms Justice Máire Whelan in the Court of Appeal case of Wilson’s Hospital School v Enoch Burke. I think a small number would benefit. I say a “small number” because opinions are so strongly held and entrenched by many people that no amount of reading of… Continue reading Why you should read the decision of Ms Justice Máire Whelan in the Enoch Burke Court of Appeal case
“The Colony” by Audrey Magee-nearly great
I am listening to a book at the moment called “The Colony” by Audrey Magee. It was “longlisted” for the Booker prize, whatever that means. It is excellent save for, in my opinion, one or two troubling caveats. Which leave a niggling doubt in the back of my mind and prevent me from loving it.… Continue reading “The Colony” by Audrey Magee-nearly great
My long form video experiment on YouTube seeks to exploit the ‘binge watch’ phenomenon
I am trying something new on my YouTube channel today. I am going to upload an extra-long video-up to 1 hour or thereabouts-to see how it performs. And the great thing about this particular tactic is I do not have to make any new content, or only an extremely small piece of new content. What… Continue reading My long form video experiment on YouTube seeks to exploit the ‘binge watch’ phenomenon
The secret to the power of habit-making a decision once
I go for a run every evening when I come home from work. It would usually be between 5 pm and 6 pm and I am known to be brutally predictable and reliable in going for the run. Regardless of what the weather is like, I am going for my run. This week we had… Continue reading The secret to the power of habit-making a decision once