Barbara's bleeuugh!: March Date for the Diary

Barbara's bleeuugh!: March Date for the Diary

New Blog

Hi,

I have another blog. One thats much better than this one and a bit more private. HTTP://ORANRYAN.COM

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FAKE BOOK

Today I deactivated my Facebook Account. I had long found it an irritating and telegrammatic method of interacting with friends, and moreover found it more an arena for social competitiveness and careerism than a true social network. People posting their latest publication credits, their successes, and what time they got up in the morning becomes exhausting and mind boggling after a while. Does it really matter? I dont think so. Fb gives the illusion of intimacy, but without the real deal. Its genius lies in its capacity to connect without the interaction. I stayed as long as I did on Facebook because I was nervous about the reaction of my family, who are rather critical of my isolationist tendencies, and worry about my depressive personality. The irony is I trumpeted FB to many, but in the end its more like an addiction than a real addition to ones social life. I will try blogging. At least I know no one will be reading this.

Beginning to realize how complex the world of blogging is. How competitive, how demanding. I really dont know if I am up for it.

 

 

We got a new breed

Just like the old breed

And the new breed

They lived for greed

 

Heard the song by the Who...meet the new boss

                                        Same as the old boss

 

I guess it made me think how our future has been mortgaged to an 80bn EU debt.

 

 

 

Twisted Christmas California Dreamin'

I f that wasn’t enough as part of their Twisted Christmas features, stories and dramas giving a quirky take on the whole Christmas season, Oran Ryan will be sharing credits with such luminaries as Barry Devlin, writer of the soon to be released movie  A kiss for Jed Wood. (Yes! Barry Devlin of Horslips) and the featured writer is the marvellous Lora Lee Lorden Templeton. The show is broadcast live on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and there will be pod casts available, for those so interested.

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fkrcb.org%2Fkrcb-fm-holiday-programs&h=ae641

Heres what KRCB have to say about their Twisted Christmas feature

In a dangerous world full of chaos and uncertainty, it’s good to know that some things can still counted on Twisted Christmas is one of those things, returning again for its eighth unpredictable year. The annual lit-comedy-variety show will once again feature the strangest and funniest holiday stories we could find, read aloud by political satirist Will Durst, Reed Martin (of the Reduced Shakespeare Company), comic Debi Durst, actor John Moran, and more. Listen for a special treat from monologist Josh Kornbluth, and outrageous performances by Doug Jayne (singing the Weirdest Christmas Songs Ever Written). Hosted by North Bay journalist and performer David Templeton, the show will also feature a tribute to Christmas carols by the Twisted Christmas All-Ukulele Orchestra

http://krcb.org

  

Sweet!

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4nSxArk9g8"

Another glorious day in the corps....

The overwhelming sense of distress over our economy, and moreover the sense of our future being mortgaged, as well as the governmental language of 'acting in the best interests of the country' after decades of collusion with investors and the now defunct banking system, has deepened the country's cynicism and anger and sense of being 'had'. In one sense there is a part of me that is not surprised by all that has happened, but another part feels terrible disappointed that Ireland wasted a chance for real prosperity on the pursuit of a kind of vacuous nouveau riche wealth.