First our US friends elected Barack Obama. Then a highly experienced, highly competent and calm pilot saves the lives of his passengers by a perfect emergency landing in the Hudson River in New York, a feat many would have thought impossible. As the world now knows, everyone survived, the captain making doubly sure that everyone [...]
Hilarious take on conservative double-speak – originating (vol.1) and (vol.2) with John Ridley on Huffington Post and taken up with gusto and comments on That Minority Thing.
Good lord, that’s quite a scoop for Suzy Byrne’s blog, Maman Poulet. Plaudits, Ms Byrne. Another award winging your way, I’d wager. Anyone following the US election campaign will know that Ms Palin, Republican VP candidate, included Ireland on her three country total in her resumé of visits outside the US. But Maman Poulet had [...]
Poet Michael O’Dea has suggested, as a means of increasing poetry readership …that Poetry Ireland, (since it will take such a central organisation), organise a Poets Corner in Dublin (maybe the first of many throughout the country) where everyone/anyone can stop for 15 minutes to listen and buy poetry. I would suggest that a meeting [...]