New DVD out!

Some bloke with a new DVD out

The new website is a little bit gay....not a lot....but still a little bit.

Seen the new show and it's cracking!

CJ DVD

With all the travelling that I've been doing, I have become the embodiment of off-line television viewing. I am the antithesis of the sister's written word ethic. Part of my packing will normally include a DVD or 2 to while away the hours in the less salubrious accommodation that I find myself in.

When I bought this Haughey DVD, I was worried that I may be on the slippery slopes to harder expat fare. I think I will dabble in Halls Pictorial Weekly DVD's, but just say NO to Brendan Grace & Hal Roach.

This program is excellent for several reasons. It went part-way to explaining to my wife why so many businessmen in Ireland behave like horse-traders, though she had new-found respect for Ben Dunne simply because he went crazy ape-shit bonkers on drugs and callgirls in Florida.

It has has one of the few contemporary mentions of the term 'latchiko' - spelling anyone? PJ Mara and Padraig Flynn display all their mental-evil-hoor glory like characters from a gothic novel. And it is always pleasing to see public figures getting sweary.

I loved it. It's magnificent telly. What made me laugh the most was that it needed no embellishment whatsoever. Telling the story straight was enough to get across how f***ed-up
Irish politics was when we were growing up. Should be compulsory viewing in schools.

Send a copy to your favourite offshore buddy.

My kind of toddling windy

So, 'cos I'm thick as pig shit me...I neglected to bring my fine 5 megapixel camera on our recent holiday/business trip to Chicago. So we're left with sub-standard camera phone shots. Despite this, I think the image of 'The Bean' in Millenium Park kind of captures what a nifty vibe there is in the city. $2.5 million dollars of circus mirror that looks like the ship from 'Flight of the Navigator'.

Aside from the fact that I had to work for the first week of the trip, MW&I squeezed in quite a bit of activity...

• Attended White Sox / Red Sox baseball game at Comiskey Park. It went to 19 innings. The sausage/hot dogs at the stadium is/are excellent.
• Art Institute / Shedd Aquarium/ Field Museum / Museum of Science & Industry / Hancock Observatory and Adler Planetarium.
• Culture Centre is FREE and a splendiferous building with occasional exhibitions
• Chicago Architecture Foundation architectural boat tour, a must.
• Hooked up with friends of the wife and old school friend of mine.
• Visited the Grafton Bar in Lincoln Park which is part owned by Joe McKittrick of Brackenstown fame.....Joe was not there when we went.
• The Green Mill, an old Capone hangout
• Stood outside the location for Championship Vinyl.
  

Personal missions included:

• Eating a Chicago deep dish pizza.....not for the faint hearted.
• Scuttling across Daley Plaza muttering 'hut hut hut' to myself. Thence to visit the Cook County assessors office.

The weather got very hot & sticky, but the AC was up to it....we did NOT want to leave.