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Blogging Ireland

Results Are In

The shortlist for the Irish Blog Awards was announced just after midnight last night and if I had of realised it I would have been shamelessly lurking on Damien’s site waiting for the post. As it was I woke up this morning and logged on and lo and behold Gingerpixel has made the shortlist for Best Photoblog! I’m chuffed and deli-rah. Thanks again to everyone who took the time to vote for me and congratulations to all the other nominees.

I’ll be getting my outside clothes out of storage and making my way to Buswells on March 11th.

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Voting Ends Today

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First off thanks to everyone who has voted for me. According to the Irish Blog Awards site there has been over 1000 votes cast in total so far and one of those lucky people will receive a Samsung s500i i-model phone for their trouble. Voting is still open but today, the 17th, is the last day so if you like what you see here, and you fancy your chances of winning the phone, follow this link and cast your vote.

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Blogging Ireland

Political Meme

OK, Cahony has tagged me for Fiona’s meme. This is where you all get to see just how little I know about politics:

Gender: Female

Age: (1-18; 19-30; 31-45; 46-60; 60+) 31-45

Nationality: Irish

Country of residence: Ireland

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Do you have a disability?: No

How would you describe your political philosophy?: I guess I’m all over the place. In some things I’d be conservative, in others quite liberal. I like to think I take each issue as it comes and that I don’t come down on one side or the other just because it would be the acceptable Conservative or Liberal viewpoint.

Level of education (primary; post-primary; third-level; graduate; professional): Third-level

If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (Ireland)?: I never vote for parties here. I would vote more for individual candidates or independents and not worry about their parties. To be brutally honest I don’t know what the difference is between any of the Irish parties and I don’t think I’m alone in that.

If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (UK)?: I voted Labour when I lived there and probably would again.

If you were to vote on party lines which party would you choose (USA)?: I would be more likely to vote Conservative but with the present administration I’d have to rethink that.

Where do you stand on the EU?: It’s been great for Ireland and it paid my way through college. Other than that…shrug.

Did you support the invasion of Afghanistan?: No.

Did you support the invasion of Iraq?: No.

Do you continue to support either or both of those conflicts?: I don’t know much about what’s going on in Afghanistan these days so I don’t know about that one. I think the Iraq situation is a big mess and it wouldn’t be solved by just withdrawing and leaving them in it.

What do you believe is the single biggest issue facing Irish politics?: Overcoming all the baggage of years of corruption and becoming truly accountable to the Irish people rather than the sort of old-boys club we’ve had in the past.

What do you believe is the single biggest issue facing European politics?: erm, pass.

What do you believe is the single biggest issue facing international politics?: Terrorism in all its forms.

Are you, have you ever been, and do you ever wish to be involved in politics in a party political manner?: No, never, I can’t see it happening.

Who would you have voted for in the past US Presidential Election?: Probably would have voted for Kerry just because I would never have voted for Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney.

I don’t think I’ll tag anyone with this one, I’ve been thinking about my own answers since yesterday and it’s embarrassed me that I don’t have a clearer understanding of Irish political parties. If there was a general election tomorrow I’d have no idea who to vote for. If anyone who reads this blog feels the urge feel free to do the meme and let me know. I’d love to read your answers.

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Blogging Ireland

Irish Blog Awards

Well slap me sideways I’ve been nominated! I certainly didn’t expect that to happen but it’s made my day. Thanks for whichever one of you did that, haha. I’m down under the Best Photo Blog category and I can’t see me making the cut with the likes of Rymus and North Atlantic Skyline and Redmum in there. Still the cliché is true, it’s enough to just be nominated…ah, who am I kidding…vote for meeee!

This is the link for voting in any of the categories, the main site has information on the shindig which will be MCed by “Rick O’Shea” in Buswells on March the 11th, and the whole thing is being organised by Damien Mulley who has put a huge amount of work into it all.

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Blogging Tutorials and Reviews

Better Than TV

The father of Art Lad (whose art blog I have linked to for awhile now), also has a blog that I enjoy reading called Somewhere on the Masthead. Magazine Man (as he calls himself) has a way of making the ordinary life stuff very funny. At the moment he is embroiled in a dispute with his neighbour (who he calls Mrs Belfry) because she is accusing him of allowing his dog to do its business in her garden without cleaning it up.

It started with a doorstep confrontation, then “Crazy Lady” used her car to try to intimidate MM’s wife and 4-year-old daughter while they were out for a walk and finally an unpleasant “gift” was deposited at their door. It makes for very funny reading even though what this woman is doing is pretty scary.

But Magazine Man has a plan and I for one can’t wait to read how it all turns out.