darragh murray

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Well, according to the New Zealand Prime Minister.
Sir Edmund is dead! And the New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark had this to say.
“Sir Ed described himself as an average New Zealander with modest abilities. In reality, he was a colossus.”
Hrm, the original meaning of the word Colossus is defined as an ‘exceptionally large statue’, i.e [...]

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Nintendo Wii, History Masters

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

You might have noticed that as of late I’ve been posting here a bit more regularly than usual. However the last week has been full of activities that have prevented me from writing – moving house, running training courses, doing tax, and playing Nintendo Wii. I got my hands on a copy of the new [...]

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Bernie Banton

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Bernie Banton dies. It is all a bit sad, really.

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There’s No Place Like Home

Monday, October 1st, 2007

My mother recently travelled back to her home town - Carndonagh, County Donegal, Ireland - for an extended three month visit to visit family and friends. While she was there, she attended a local school reunion, andthe local rag happened to interview her regarding her diaspora to Australia 25 or so years ago.
You can [...]

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Quote of The Week - Valley Fiesta

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Taken from local street press, Timeoff talking about those who attended the Valley Feista in Brisbane over the weekend.

“A sea of dumb, boorish social retards has flooded Fortitude Valley tonight, so The Troubadour [a local music venue - ed] feels like a sanctuary, a place to hide from the nauseating scenes outside.”

So true.

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Aside - Slightly disturbing

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Hrm. The fact that my blog appears on http://www.host2play.com/all.sql, which seems to be an sql script for some sort of host for online gambling site, disturbs me. Why must people use their SQL powers for evil instead of good?

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