Loans and Lawyers

What has student loan consolidation or Houston criminal attorney got to do with writing?
I come from a very traditional background and as someone who tries to make a living writing that’s a hard acknowledgement to make. It’s also equally difficult to know what it is about yourself that hangs onto an outdated world view.
Mine is […]

Hegre Nudes and Porn For Women

Shocked by the behaviour of Edison Chen and his photos, somewhat perturbed by Britney Spears, disinterested in Pamela Andersen but intrigued by why Paris Hilton has to show off in public, I tried today to find the porn site I referenced earlier. In vain. I just couldn’t find it - the name had Twilight in […]

Cars

I’m taking a short course in how search engines work and in the case of google how they tie search into ads. This is self taught. For as long as BMW cars was on the front page I got car ads and unbeknown to me I have car fans who read this blog - at […]

Paris Hilton and Edison Chen

It seems the Edison Chen photo scandal might well be a true story and the reason is he and his girlfriends were seeking a Paris Hilton moment. Yes, so the theory goes, they thought that emulating Paris Hilton’s sex video would bring them similar notoriety and fame.
Chen and the gals finally made it to CNN […]

Panorama Doesn’t Understand the Drama

So last night it was Panorama. Quite a night Monday, with Dispatches on C4, Q and A on RTE and Pano on the Beeb.
Panorama’s story was torture by British troops in iraq. Introduced by Jeremey Vine with words to the effect “if what we’re saying in this programme is true”…. what? When did someone do […]

Edison Chen Again

I had a horrible feeling trawling through the gossip sites covering the Edison Chen photo scandal - particularly Hollywood Grind which is now on my must-read list though not on my feeds - that maybe Edison Chen didn’t exist.
What if the Edison Chen photo scandal is a monumental fake?
Evidence in favour comes in the […]

Observing the Detail

We used to be an Observer household. I mean as children that’s what the parents bought. I have my problems with the Irish Times - yesterday the paper began a six part investigation of the relationship between the Arts and society.
“… there is a parallel argument that the future of the arts is in […]

Edison Chen and His Camera

This blog doesn’t qualify as a gossip monger though sites like The Blemish are certainly fun reads. Nonetheless the Edison Chen story is intriguing. For those who didn’t catch it let me tell you where I picked up on the gossip - the Financial Times today.
The FT’s South China correspondent had a dig at Chen’s […]

Bollywood

I happen to be an apathetic fan of Indian culture and their movies. I know apathetic and fan don’t mix too well and I’m curious myself about how little effort I put into pursuing this interest, particularly as every man knows Indian women are extraordinarily beautiful. As a fan also of Busby Berekley movies, why […]

Blemishes Rise Fast

Sifting through the Alexa returns yesterday my eye was caught by the fast rising The Blemish. The Blemish bills itself as a comedic look at celebrity. Ina sad kinda way I find most celebrity funny. The Blemish is cutting - Paris Hilton trying to be seductive in a large champagne glass and one celeb leaving […]

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