News from ElsewhereExtracts from tuppenceworth.ie, an Irish open submission magazine, chosen by Simon McGarr(Untitled)- December 31, 2002 Four wheels bad, Two wheels good In my neverending, and to date fruitless, quest to avoid becoming an egg-shaped man, I have bought myself a shiny new bicycle. My previous bike has been a sturdy warhorse since my Confirmation, but like all good things, I feel it has come to its end for me. Being a pernickety kind of person, and the kind of child who went home from fingerpainting classes with no paint on him at all, it has been kept in quite good condition. However the relentless forces of...http://blogs.salon.com/0001428/2002/12/31.html#a86 Monkey in my pants- December 23, 2002 No Crime Lord of the Year Award this time, then 'Asked by agents if he had anything else to tell them, Cusack responded: "Yes, I've got monkeys in my pants." ' t e c h n o c u l t u r ehttp://blogs.salon.com/0001428/2002/12/23.html#a85 Chocolate goats- December 18, 2002 Chocolate Goats Reading back over yesterday's posting, I realise I should have made it clearer that it was the ice cream which I was recommending that was Vanilla flavoured. Not the Goats themselves. Sorry to anyone misled on that.http://blogs.salon.com/0001428/2002/12/18.html#a84 Cape Clear- December 17, 2002 Oilean Chleire Cape Clear takes wraps off Web services suite. New version includes enhanced security, messaging InfoWorld: Top News t e c h n o c u l t u r e Those crafty Gaeltacht types will stop at nothing. First they hang around off the coast of Cork, then they come up with this. I spent a number of very formative Summers on Cape Clear. Let me tell you two things. That hill doesn't get any easier to climb. And you should have the Vanilla Goats' milk Ice Cream when you manage to...http://blogs.salon.com/0001428/2002/12/17.html#a83 Extra-Big EU- December 15, 2002 Of great interest EU clinches expansion deal. The European Union prepares for the largest expansion in its history after fraught negotiations in Copenhagen finally produce agreement. BBC News Front Page UK Edition For the first Nice Treaty vote in Ireland, I voted No. Here's why The second time around I voted yes. I haven't written the article describing why yet, because I'm still mulling over it. But the main reason for my Quimby-like flip-flopping on the issue was the moral case for...http://blogs.salon.com/0001428/2002/12/15.html#a82 End Chapter One- December 13, 2002 End Chapter One "Forgiveness Forgiveness follows atonement." -Voice of the Faithful spokesman on Newstalk 106 last night. Abuse scandal forces out Boston cardinal -BBC News I think this may be the start of something long term. The question will be whether the rich-world Catholics can effect a change on the Church as a whole, or whether the Vatican would prefer to cut its losses and preserve their clerical power by ignoring the demands for change. And anger is still building here in Ireland.http://blogs.salon.com/0001428/2002/12/13.html#a81 Meanwhile in Boston- December 9, 2002 Meanwhile In Boston Meanwhile, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Boston, Cardinal Bernard Law, cancelled his participation at Sunday Mass, amid growing calls for his resignation over his handling of the scandal. The cardinal's spokeswoman told the Reuters news agency that he had left Boston and was currently in Rome. BBC News I have nothing to hide and have done nothing wrong. I admit I've made mistakes but, having learnt from them, I am now the least likely person to do the same...http://blogs.salon.com/0001428/2002/12/09.html#a80 A shooting good time- December 4, 2002 More Editorial Difficulties... Here, an enthusiastic and very polite contributor from the US sent me in a lighthearted piece on the good-natured frenzy, which is the start of hunting season. He painted a picture of cheery, family trips into the woods. People took their holidays to take advantage of the season; they drank beers and had something to talk about with their neighbors. They painted their camouflage designs on their cars, faces, children. It was an amusingly jolly tale. We were even.http://blogs.salon.com/0001428/2002/12/04.html#a79 |