Travel/Photography: Kilmainham Gaol

Taken at the Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin. The place has a notorious history as many Irish revolutionaries, including the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, were imprisoned and executed here.

Line(s) of the Day #Friends

Ross: I went to the tanning place your wife suggested.
Chandler: Was that place the sun?

David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry in the hugely popular Friends (1994 – 2004). Though it only won six Emmys, the show launched the career of the six previously unknown actors, spawned countless memorable phrases, inspired copycat hairstyles and promoted a way of living that your friends could be your family.

Line(s) of the Day #NotGoingOut

Line(s) of the Day #TheElephantMan

I am not an elephant! I am not an animal! I am a human being! I am a man!

John Merrick (John Hurt) in the biography The Elephant Man (1980), which tells the story of a heavily disfigured man’s struggle to be accepted into Victorian society. Directed by David Lynch in only his second film, it was nominated for eight Oscars, but was unsuccessful in all of them.

Awards/Notifications: 1,000 Posts

A big milestone for my blog as I just found out that I just passed 1,000 posts. I just wanted to thank you all for your continued interest and support. One of the great joys of setting up this blog has been interacting with you guys and seeing how your own sites have evolved.

Line(s) of the Day #CookieMonster

Today me will live in the moment unless it’s unpleasant in which case me will eat a cookie.

Delightful advice from the Cookie Monster, who is never knowingly seen without his favourite food.

Line(s) of the Day #Dilbert

Dilbert really is one of the funniest cartoons strips about. It started in 1989 and is widely recognised for its satirical content, mocking the heavily bureaucratic office management culture.

Travel/Photography: Colourful Ivy

This was the façade of one of the restaurants when I was in Dublin. I really liked how the colourful ivy changes an ordinary wall into something so eye-catching.

Gr8at: Memorable figures from the Wax Museum

I had planned on doing a wider description of Dublin’s Wax Museum, especially after I previously did an introductory style piece. But although the museum includes information about Irish history, its politics and its many famous writers, it will always be a very visual place and so my post will focus on that too. Below are a mix of musicians and very fictional entertaining characters, including the fifth James Bond, a boy wizard, the King of Pop and a very hairy Wolfman. How good do you think they are?

Things to See: Guinness Storehouse

Guinness is one of Ireland’s most famous and long-standing exports, brewed in almost 60 countries and available in over 120 countries. No surprise then, that the Guinness Storehouse, filled with history of how “dark stuff”, is Ireland’s most popular tourist attraction. There was no way I was going to Dublin without seeing it.