Thursday, August 17, 2006

Finally a few moments to blog! Where do I begin, well my Xbox360 decided to die the other day, must say Im not impressed at all. Tried all the cures around the net, but none work. So Im without that, and if truth be told, Ill always squeeze in a round of something on it at least a few times a week. Im looking at 10 days at least for it to be fixed, but there may be another solution...we'll see what happens!!!!

Ive always been a motorsport fan and the whole mod car scene has always caught my eye. Its only recently I bought a decent car, and have the car buzz more than ever. Last Saturday, herself was gone off to Ennis and I had a whole day and night to scratch me arse. Through the wonderful people at A&E up the country, I swung 2 tickets and packed a buddy into the car and headed off for Slam 06, in Punchestown. Bar the AA route planner advising to exit at Junction 7 on the M7, which didnt exist, either that or Im blind all went well and I got to that famous racecourse after about 3 hours of driving! It was the first time I was at a show like this, so I dont know how good or bad it was, as I have nothing to compare it against! Whatever the case I really enjoyed it, plenty of good looking cars and the chance to rub myself off a Hummer and a few Ferrari's. The latest round of the ProDrift IRL was going on as well. I never saw drifting in my life, and I know there were an awful lot of listeners talking about it in the past. It totally blew me away, and I have to say Im now addicted. Roll on the next rounds!!! No scobes or their mobiles, a few half naked women and decent chips, what more could I have asked for!

Thats about my lot for now, Ive been extremely busy organising my entires for the PPI Radio awards, which is one of the main reasons Ive not been blogging away. Anyways, this is my stand in producer, Don


Laters!
Update coming later on.....

Monday, August 14, 2006

Slam Expo 06

Sunday, August 13, 2006

I ended up at the Slam Expo in Punchestown yesterday. Really, really enjoyed the drifting and the day itself! Check the pics below and my photoblog for loads more!

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Friday, August 11, 2006

Simple Really!

There is little or no point in my going into a big long winded rant about last nights show. For anyone with half a brain, actually a quarter of a brain...hang on a duracell battery in your skull acting as a brain, you will know that condoms save lives and stop the risk of contracting a selection of STIS. Anybody that thinks different needs to be seen to by a group of men in white coats, driving a Ford Transit van.

Wearing Condoms = No dick falling off incidents or unwanted carpet crawlers.

Not Wearing Condoms = Dick exploding and lots of ankle biters.

As any of the condom makers will explain, no contraception is 100% fool proof, but as a text read last night, wearing a condom is like wearing a seatbelt! Its good practice!!!!! Im in no way qualified to lecture teenage listeners on the show, and Im no genuis, but for christs sake use a condom. Teenagers need to be armed up with the knowledge, and its the schools are falling flat on their big holes by not providing an adequate sex awareness class! And alot of parents cant seem to handle the fact of their kids might well be out doing the deed, with no knowledge. Then when they get pregnant, all hell breaks loose. Why, are the parents pissed at their daughter for getting up the duff, or pissed off that they were too shy to explain the ins and outs of sex and what a condom is for! Case closed, and I promised I wouldnt rant!

Anyway thats it for me, Im off to the SlamExpo tomorrow so check out the blog and the photo blog Sunday or late Saturday night for some pics!

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Bottle insertions and being on the other side of the ditch, all cropped up last night in a jammed pack show! I gotta say I was more thrashed than usual after getting off the air last night, twas pretty intense as a man once said somewhere in Skibereen.

I dont have a great deal of time on my hands at the moment, but the following is from todays Indo

A MAN who drank six litres of cider at a party went on to steal a goat and take it on a joyride, a court heard. Drunken Carl Anthony Myles took a shine to 11-month-old Snowy as he walked home from a party last month. Neath magistrates' court heard that, after leading the goat from a local smallholding, Myles put it in the back of a Volvo car belonging to a farmer Huw Leyshon who lived nearby. He was apprehended by Mr Leyshon after crashing his car into a tractor. Snowy died two days later.

With that, Im going to leave the blog update till tomorrow when my head is properly screwed on!

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Thats it now, well until the October bank holiday weekend anyways. Bank Holidays are great, the roads are jammed, the shops are packed and your better off staying inside waiting for it to end. Yesterday was no different. We decided to take a spin to Kinsale just after lunchtime, for the lack of something to do. We reached the turnoff for the old head (yes the one with all the signposts) and to my utter amazement the traffic was backed up this far. I was aware of a short cut into the town, so after a 6.7 turn and 15 minutes of driving through back roads, boreens and farm yards we ended up in the middle of a parade of cars in Kinsale. Well, that was my inital thought, but it was traffic. This time the traffic was backed up all over and in all my wisdom I decided to do another 6.7 turn, only this time it was between 2 parked cars on either side of the road and it turned out to be a 17.3 point turn. The 3 bikers that were behind me werent that impressed with my turning ability and kept scowling. I had a good mind to drive over them, but as the car is relatively new, I didnt want to incur the cost of a repair job. Innishannon went whizzing by, as did Ballinadee. After 3 hours and the most long winded journey we ended up in Clonakilty and drove around the town and headed for home. Wonderful. It was only late last night that I discovered that there was a regatta in Kinsale. It might be an idea in future, for any towns that are having a regatte, to have a big billboard, or even a sign on the outskirts of the town. Nohing to complicated, just something that reads "If you want to come into the town, please abandon your car in an orderly fashion and walk"

Saturday morning I decided to have a deli cooked breakfast, but by the time I got out of bed, it was a lunch I ended up having. Now Im a liberal guy at the best of times, but the sight of a scantily clad couple "being in love" at the deli counter was almost enough for me to offer the back seat of the car. She was dressed in a short shorts, which was about a full dinner away from the toe of the camel, and a skimpy top. Nothing wrong there I hear you say. He was dressed in the ankle shorts and those marvellous sleeveless t-shirts that read Diadora or something. His Celtic tatoo was in full display as was his was "designer stubble" that he must have been growing since 1995. The hugging, the arse grabbing and the full on squeezing started as they approached the counter. He decided to order the aphrodisiac roll, which consisted of eggs, mayo, egg mayonaise and onions. Lovely, that'll set the mood all right. She just ordered an onion or something, obviously afraid that her man might trade her up if she got anything resembling a normal lunch. Well with the stubble thats being growing for 11 years, I couldnt blame her. Not long after this deli love fest they left to go home, or go behind a bush. He probably gorged himself on his egg and onion mush roll, while she watched with hungry eyes, after eating her onion. I would think not long after that, they had sex, which would have been quite memorable. What with her stomach roaring from hunger and his egg and onion combo breath! Theres a time and place for all the above carry on, but for christs sake if your going to try and get it on in a deli, at least take off your clothes......and keep off the bread rolls!