From Cork to Toronto

then I suppose this isn't *too* far wrong. Which Programming Language are You?

Not usually one for this stuff - I think I've only done it once before and then, ahem, uninvited. However not only was I tagged by Dunner but the meme actually contained stuff I'd be vaguely interested in sharing about myself - not doing an onward tag though. So... update - I have been reminded by Mrs D that the point of the meme was that some of the answers were supposed to be untrue. I'm too lazy to make stuff up now that I've done it :) a) Four jobs I have had in my life Golf course grounds assistant (summer job) Despatcher of chemical waste for a glue factory. (co-op) Cleaner of Irish bar/disco (pre smoking ban - yuck) Computer systems administrator (current) b) Four movies I would watch over and over again. The Right Stuff Patton Dirty Harry Heat c) Four places I have lived Glasgow Limerick Dublin Toronto d) Four shows I love to watch Rescue Me Weeds Battlestar Galactica House * includes only shows currently running so that unlike the film one below I wouldn...

because if I don't blog after that, it will be because I'll have expired from cardiac arrest... I will be participating in the Bike for Tykes event at the TD Centre Courtyard in Toronto along with some work colleagues. It's in support of Bloorview Kids Rehab so any donations towards my goal figure would be gratefully accepted - Canadian donors get tax receipts :)

I seem to have picked up a certain procrastination since my return from Mexico - apart from updating with pictures of my vacation I haven't really done any blogging except the odd comment here and there. The satellite TV at the resort tended mostly to channels in Spanish which sadly I have maybe 20 words of. Of the few English ones, the CNN coverage during my trip was wall to wall illegal immigrant stuff. In fairness, Lou Dobbs got well boring with hist ranting against the immigrant marches, with a guaranteed daily soapbox to ridicule even those with reasonable compromises to offer. Just because he isn't as offensive as O'Reilly doesn't mean we should use the latter as the outer bounds. I imagine the 0-0 draw between United and Sunderland was as rubbish in English as it was on ESPN in Spanish.

pretty sad I know... but I did want to have my little place in the blogosphere :) Gender : Male Age : (1-18; 19-30; 31-45; 46-60; 60+) 31-45 Nationality : Irish Country of residence : Canada Sexual Orientation : Heterosexual (married) Do you have a disability? No. How would you describe your political philosophy? Fiscal conservative, social liberal Level of education (primary; post-primary; third-level; graduate; professional) Bachelor's degree. If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (Ireland)? FF or PD If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (UK)? Tory or LibDem If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (USA)? "Reagan Democrat" Where do you stand on the EU? I support a Common Market/Europe of nation-states model rather than a Federation. Did you support the invasion of Afghanistan? Yes. Did you support the invasion of Iraq? Yes. I had no confidence in the UN (esp. France) doing anything about...

You are Paul Krugman! You're a brilliant economist with a knack for both making sense of the current economic situation and exposing the Bush administration's lies about it. You somehow came out as the best anti-war writer on the Op-Ed staff. Other economists hate your guts for selling out to the liberals. To hell with 'em. Which New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Are You?

Flu Bleh Two years of flu shots, two years of flu Bleh... UPDATE: At one stage I thought I was going to puke and didn't. But the inclination passed when having reached the bathroom I passed out of hearing range of Eamon Dunphy interviewing Martin McGuinness on a Newstalk106 podcast. Funny that.