Michael Scott: the thinking man's chameleon!

"Sometimes I'll start a sentence and I won't even know where it's going..."

Leinster Rugby: its a long way from there to here..

Leinster's jersey has gone from this..


.. fast forward to this..


.. then this..


..to this & this..

.. but now THIS!?


Sacre bleu this is bad.. Still, at least we have the consolation of being Champions of Europe to make up for this shortcoming!!

How to be a good dictator: dress like Michael Jackson...

this story from TMZ.com is Off The Wall!!



Gotham Chopra - friend of MJ - has claimed that the release of North-Korean-imprisoned prisoners Laura Ling and Euna Lee hinged on one question: Is Kim Jong Il a "Thriller" fan? Chopra, also a friend of both American reporters, says Jackson called him three weeks ago asking how he could help. Jackson thought Jong Il would let them go if he talked to him ... provided the North Korean leader was a fan.

One reason why Michael thought Jong Il could be a devotee: "You know, he wears jackets like mine."

Gotham told Jackson he'd look into it -- but Michael died before the plan could get off the ground.

A Short History of the Irish Diaspora

Found this satirical clip in Ronan Carr's 2000 short film Coolockland:



Loosely described as "a film noir pastiche of soaring Dublin property values and Irish society's obsession with celebrity culture", Coolockland meets somewhere between a weird dream about the Anglo-Irish literary canon and a lampooning of Sin City (before it was even made!)..

Clint Dempsey: Coolness personified

After his crafty performances in both the "EPL" for Fulham and in the Confederations Cup for Team USA of late, Clint Dempsey's stock has risen enormously from bit-part yank to hard-grafting lynchpin in any side he plays in. In fact, he is the embodiment of the sea-change in US football in recent years, no longer afraid to stick it to world-beaters and deploying an ethic of grit and balance that Trapattoni would be proud of!

And just when you thought Andy Cole was the best (i.e. only) rap artist to emerge from a Craven Cottage dressing room, this NikeSoccer video crops up to show us that Clint Dempsey has got the vocal delivery to match his on-pitch credentials: