Month: February 2007

Just read this article in a local newspaper. Now it must have been a very slow news day but the criticism of what is, after all, a harmless piece of fun is plain silly. Is it more “retarded” to publish such a book for the purposes of entertainment and financial reward than it is to generate publicity for the book by making negative comments on radio and in the press?
I’m still trying to figure out whether this guy is for real and has a genuine issue with Cian’s Wateford Slang Dictionary or whether it’s a publicity stunt. I’m assured the outrage is genuine.
Perhaps Vincent O’ Toole, this self-styled champion of the Waterfordian intelligentsia, should have a look at his own hotel which in my arrogant opinion features some noteworthy crimes against architecture. That would be a more useful contribution to improving the city than than this guff and handbags.
Those who take everything too seriously can’t be taken seriously themselves.

OK, there has GOT to be someone in the Arc Labs nerdier than I am. Another illustrious contender fell at the last hurdle. Having written REFERENCE books on Perl, MOF surely garners an extra 5 points giving him an impressive score of 101/100. OK, nice try but no cigar. I guess Doggs is my last hope although Richard is another very strong contender with a Maths degree and a fondness of writing “well-documented CSV parsers” ™ Please take this mantle away 🙂