I would prefer to write rarely and in a rather analytical and bulky fashion, then just whack up videos or ‘I did this’ posts.

The reason I’ve started this blog is because I feel there is very little in the Irish blogosphere that I want to read. I read Panti and Nialler on a daily basis, and that’s really it. Stepping away from blogs and observing them as a reader rather than a writer allows you to digest the largely poor quality, cliquey, and inane world of Irish blogging of which I was part. All this backslapping for half-baked ideas, prose and boring self-indulgence and exhibitionism creates a climate where shite is applauded, basically.

Anyway, in starting another blog, I’m probably just contributing to that even more! Hypocrisy ahoy.

Tomorrow (November 17th) I’ll be curating Chaos Thaoghaire at Odessa. The theme is Paranorma Panorama, and I’ll be inviting a host of guests to spew stories related to this theme.

There will also be games, wine, and an orgy at the end.

Details RE: tickets, times etc are all on the website.

Metrosexual discrimination in Australia – Vice

The Russian luxury car and whale penis leather – Auto Spies

China bans ‘Oba Mao’ Ts – MSNBC

The lady who makes H&M collaborations happen – London Times

Meet Sarah Palin’s co-author – Media Matters

Why are newspapers calling Maj. Nidal Hasan the ‘alleged’ Fort Hood shooter? – Slate

If you were 13, would you love Edward Cullen? – Jezebel (in response to the Guardian article)

I wrote my Sunday Tribune column about this, and how Irish politicians are crap at the internet, which you can read here.

Here’s a piece I wrote in the Sunday Tribune on the decline of the takeaway coffee market in Ireland, and the changing post-boom (pre-boom?) habits of Irish coffee drinkers.