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Posted in Personal, Random Wonderfulness, Society, Technology on Jul 18th, 2011
Every family has one. On top of the piano, on the mantelpiece framed by the Irish dancing trophies and the GAA medals, in pride of place on the ‘good dresser’ – the family portrait. That snapshot of how we are right now; all questionable outfits and wonky fringes – a soupcon of family life caught [...]
Posted in Advertising, Blast From the Past, Domestic, Family, Food, Random Wonderfulness on Jun 28th, 2011
Earlier this afternoon, I was browsing mugs, washbags, scented candles and mismatched tea cups and saucers looking for end of year presents for teachers (I know, a whole other post in that) when I noticed a new-look SodaStream, the fizzy drink maker that’s been making a comeback in the States lately. I only got rid [...]
Posted in Blast From the Past, Books, Guest Posters, History, Personal, Random Wonderfulness on May 19th, 2011
My pride in being Irish has taken a beating over the past few years. Government corruption and clerical child abuse shook me to the core. When the recruitment ban on public sector jobs left me unemployed almost two years ago, I emigrated to the UK like so many of my peers. But while there I missed [...]
Posted in Personal, Random Wonderfulness on May 3rd, 2011
I’m getting on, getting sensible, getting worried about what people think… ah, who am I kidding? Even writing that line had me mentally reaching for a pack of Marlboro red and a bottle of Jameson at nine in the morning. Perhaps being young and being bould is one in the same thing to me. Which [...]
Posted in Humour, Media, Random Wonderfulness, Television, Women on Apr 26th, 2011
It might be that I only became hyper-sensitive about female TV characters after I had my own daughter, but I don’t think so. I can’t really remember a time when I wasn’t rolling my eyes over the hair-twirling, doe-eyed, boobalicious depictions of female “empowerment” in popular media, but then again, I am a product of [...]
Posted in Anti Room Group Post, Personal, Random Wonderfulness, Society, Technology, Web Stuff on Apr 4th, 2011
To celebrate our 500th post, we Anti-Roomers share how the internet has changed our lives for the better – and the worse. We’d love to hear your early internet stories, life-changing online experiences and whether you love or loathe the interweb… Anna Carey The first time I went online was in 1994. I had read [...]
Posted in Celebrity, Humour, International, Random Wonderfulness on Mar 22nd, 2011
Easily the funniest thing you will see anywhere on the internet today. Imagine Kate’s delight. I hope she and Wills have bought a full set of these…. The Fairytale Romantic Union of All the Centuries Share this:EmailFacebook
Posted in Blast From the Past, Humour, Media, Personal, Random Wonderfulness on Feb 10th, 2011
I don’t buy magazines anymore. Not at all. Not even for the train. I prefer to read news sites, tweets, pompous novels, and the backs of cornflakes boxes; the only magazines you might find in my house are gaming bible Edge (which I nick from my other half because I’m far too cheap to procure [...]
Posted in Random Wonderfulness, Sport, Television on Jan 7th, 2011
January. Don’t we all just hate it? The dark mornings, the return to dull routine, the lack of cash, the lack of a waistline. But for me, every January there is a small gleam in the darkness, courtesy of the BDO Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships. In our house, this is genuinely one of the [...]
Posted in Anti Room Group Post, Family, Personal, Random Wonderfulness, Relationships on Dec 23rd, 2010
We won’t be posting much over Christmas, so while we’re off eating our own weight in Cadbury’s Roses, watching Doctor Who and Upstairs Downstairs, and trying to stop children and pets climbing the Christmas tree, we’ll leave you with these memories of Christmas past from several of the Anti-Roomers… SINEAD GLEESON There is no other [...]
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