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No Added Salt, Sugar, or Fat, Bread 1 Aug 2013 | 10:15 pm
Recipes are not my forte. I am not one of those lucky people who derives comfort and pleasure from culinary activities. Cooking and baking are duties, not hobbies. However, in these days of salt, sug...
I Love YouTube 5 Jul 2013 | 01:21 am
Since February 2005 when three former PayPal employees created the video-sharing website, YouTube, the way we view has utterly changed. As well as its massive popularity as a way to access music vide...
Saying 'Goodbye' to my car of thirteen years 5 Jun 2013 | 02:19 pm
A relationship of thirteen years spans a range of life events. Parting is sorrowful. Okay, so my car is not human. But often I felt as if my little Suzuki Swift was a physical extension of me. Anothe...
Gone Girl: Super Yarn, Dud Ending. 9 May 2013 | 05:09 pm
Having noted its aeons-long presence on the bestseller list and its ubiquity in the prime position on every bookshelf in the country and resolutely determined not to follow the crowd and just buy it b...
Waiting in Orlando, Florida 7 Apr 2013 | 12:38 am
A study somewhere suggests that the average adult spends the equivalent of a year waiting in a queue. I won't risk guessing how much of our one week visit over Easter to Orlando, Florida, USA, was spe...
Feminism - RIP? 11 Mar 2013 | 03:29 pm
If Feminism is about equality and choice, then why are young women more insecure than ever? I would have thought that by now, the whole how you dress thing would be the very least feminism would have ...
There's a Great Stretch in the Evenings 2 Feb 2013 | 05:11 am
Of all the Irish sayings, the title of my blog post is the one that lifts my heart the most. There is such optimism in the air right now. The feeling that we've survived the worst of the winter and a...
New Year and Film Bloat 2 Jan 2013 | 05:40 am
It seems sad to admit that lately, one of the deciders for me when choosing a movie is its length. For example, The Hobbit's backside numbing, twitch inducing three hour length, has kept me firmly aw...
J K Rowling's Casual Vacancy 3 Dec 2012 | 06:16 pm
J.K. Rowling's offering of adult fiction was an irresistible draw. After the unmatcheable magic (oops) of the Harry Potter series, with its well rounded, believeable characters who grew darker and m...
The influence of Katie Taylor 4 Nov 2012 | 01:08 am
One of the highlights of this summer was Katie Taylor's historically awe-inspiring win in London 2012 Olympics. While I've never been a fan of boxing - it's just too close to blatantly violent behav...
