The one with a little Bada Bing!

Sunday night in the U.S. saw the last ever episode of the Sopranos. Classed as one of the greatest television series of all time, Tony and co will never see the light of day again. Last night on the show I played an "exclusive" piece of audio featuring the last scene of the episode in question. Unfortunately, anytime I played this audio it seemed to have some static interference at the most inappropriate time...cough...cough. Incidentally, Cork Talks Back ended last night the same way as the Sopranos ended. I wont say no more, as I know theres lots of fans out there waiting to see the finale for themselves! It is going to be hard to avoid the ending as its allover the net, with every blogger, journalist and serial porn down loader rabbiting on about it. But, there is no denying that the Sopranos will long be unchallenged as the greatest tv show of all time. Even better than Glenroe and dare I say it, even better than Bracken. I only got into the show about 2-3 years ago after KC and Colm kept harping on about it. It became an addiction, watching 3, 4, 5 even 6 episodes a night after getting home from the show. You couldnt ask for any more from a tv show as far as Im concerned. It had everything, granted 1 or 2 seasons werent as hot as they could have been, but no one cared because Tony, Sil, Chrissy, Paulie, Bobby and everyone else became extended members of the family!

The one where we should all spare a thought for Paris

As mentioned in the title, please spare a thought for poor Paris.....................yeah, right. Just in case the weather takes a dive for the worst, the above pic should brighten your day!

The one with nothing in the title

Well, the exams are off to their usual start. Egg frying temperatures. Even if you woke up from a coma and looked out the window, you'd realize it's exam time. Something Im going to be playing out later on, will be the exam experiences of some of the Red crew.

Personally, for me I absolutely hated it. I hated the atmosphere, I hated the examiners, I hated the way the place smelt. I understand what everyone is going through. I see where the hundreds of callers and texters are coming from, when its a topic on the show. The one thing I did figure out though, was, and I say this every year, DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE. Dont get sucked into the whole thing and I know its hard not to. But if you do and start believing the hype thats when mistakes and panic kicks in. Its an exam, its a public exam. Yes they're important and No, they're not the be all to end all. That said, it doesnt mean you scratch your arse for 5 or 6 years. I screwed up my Leaving first time round. I think at the time you needed to pass 5 subjects, Im sure its the same now but Im open to correction. Anyway, I managed to scrape 4 and that was it. To anyone that wasnt in the know ie parents I told them I passed it. But you can only pull the wool over peoples eyes for so long. So I repeated and dj'd through the whole thing. While not the best move, I did occasionally open a book and on the second attempt I done alright. I didnt get enough to go to college, but I had no aspirations to go to college at that time. I hadnt a notion of what I wanted. I was veering toward computer science for a long time but in the end I just couldnt motivate myself enough to do it.
The point Im making here, is if all goes pear shaped over the next 2 weeks, theres plenty of options open to you, repeating being one of many. So best of luck to everyone!

The one with Diet Water

Yup, as mentioned last night....

The one with Halo 3 and its Irish connection

As most of you know Ive been getting me hole kicked with the Halo 3 beta for the last while, as many others have as well. Roll on release date!!!! Theres an Irish connection to boot as well, something the music fans can appreciate to boot.

Check what Im on about here

Anyway, have a nice Saturday. Im off to get some bullets in me arse again.......................YES!!! in the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The one about Big Bollocks

Well not exactly about super large baby factories, but none the less, Big Brother is back on the screens from last night. Oh joy. More nobodies wandering around a pretty manky house. Some will have sex on camera with each other to boost their popularity, some will have sex with each other off camera and some will have sex with themselves. Great, riveting TV.

From a research perspective, I flicked it on earlier on just to have a nose as its going to be a topic on the show later on. Well, the oul wan of the divine. Give me strength. You have 2 twins who are promising to share a man between them, or something along those lines. You some bloke (I think) with pink hair and thats about all I could stomach. But as with any season of Big Brother, the best thing about it, is the wonderful censorship. If I really wanted to hear birds chirping or frogs farting Ill go out in my own garden and sit down, open a slice pan and have instant Big Brother censorship. Can the stuff the superstar contestants are saying be really that bad? Is there a fear that one of them might say something good about David Gest? Is there a fear that one of them might say something bad about the Queen (One is not amused!!!!)? Is there a fear that one of them will say something intelligent? Im sure by now, you've figured out Im not a fan of Big Brother.

The one on a Sunny evening

Below you can catch some of the fantastic bikes from the Ireland Bike Week. In typical Kerry fashion, as soon as we got out of the car, it started raining. Then after that, it started pissing. It didnt put a dampner on the festivites though. Absolutely savage atmosphere in the Gleneagle / Brehon car parks. Stalls, decent chips n curry and the shit hot sound of hundreds of Harley Davidsons. Well worth the trip to the Kingdom, granted getting to bed at 4am the night before didnt help the situation.

So what else is going on I hear at least 2 of you ask? Well as usual, nothing. After the excursion on Saturday morning, I struggled to stay awake for Pirates of The Caribbean 3. That said, I enjoyed it sort of. Lots going on and far too much for my knackered brain to take in at the time. A running time of 2 hours 45 didnt help either. Obviously a movie to check out when one isnt feeling tired. "Dya hear him la, with his posh words!!!!"

Fresh Pasta was made over the weekend as well. Little did I think it would taste so different. Amazing! Pasta machine, 6 eggs, Strong flour, drop of water, bit of elbow grease and 4 well fed adults. Everyone still alive to boot. After the Pasta making experience, I lifted the fridge and horsed it out the window, set fire to the couch and put stuff into the dishwasher. This rock 'n roll lifestyle is hectic at times.

Fancy getting your name up in lights? Well get it on the blog anyway. As often as I can and as often as I get them Ill post up any emails that come to me either asking questions or whatever.

Right thats it! Dont forget to fire your "questions" to me oul email!

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