Although I’m no longer in a history course, there are some elements of historical training which I can never quite get rid of.  The heady excitement when I discover some piece of forgotten lore, or even a book with slightly yellow pages (telephone directories not included) is something that I don’t think I’ll ever recover from.  A mental tic left over from a time when my life felt at least a little bit academic.  It is with this excitement, this urge to revisit the old, which pushes me to dust off this blog and once again try to valiantly chronicle my life for the one or maybe two people on this planet who actually care.
But then again, this too comes with its own problems.  For one, I have to try an think of something to talk about, without giving away too much personal information, ever aware that there are at ...
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This was one of these "25 Random Facts About You" chain things which tend to circulate on places like Facebook (where I picked up this partciular STD [Social Transcript of Digression]).  I don't normally indulge the internet with my thoughts on these, but I was asked to specifically by a friend to do this one, so I put a little effort in, and thought I may as well put it up here along with on Facebook.  If anyone reading this wants to do their own set of 25 facts about themselves, then please feel free to.  If it's any of my Wet Towel comrades, they have their own blogs where they can post them, and if you're some random person who's stumbled onto this page and has been seized with the urge to waste their precious time, then fill it out, send it to me, and I'll post it here ...
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And so, another year has passed. We've seen a lot in these last 365 days, and while much of it was incredibly, incredibly memorable, I find that nothing I write could ever be as eloquent and tasteful as a good old song and dance routine!!

But of course,the biggest thing which the year 2008 has given us would be, without a doubt, the website www.thewettowels.com It's been a wild ride so far, with well over 12 visitors coming to the site. We feel that, given the nature of the cosmos and the alignment of the planets, we can attract almost as many people again next year!

But of course, this is a new year, and with a new year comes the dreaded new year's resolution! You all know the drill, you promise to go to the gym and try to get rid of that belly that's slowly growing after all the chinese ...

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Should I be worried that it's approaching 5 in the morning and I got a mere 2 hours sleep last night, and have yet to go to bed tonight/this morning?  Should I be worried that I'm surrounded by junk food, and as I write this am chowing down on Oreos?  Should I be concerned that the only reason my eyes are still open is the enormous amount of sugar rushing through my system?  Should I be reflecting on my life and how it has led me to this moment?  Or should I be complaining that Kate Nash is on the radio, and I had earlier been savagly attacked for my taste in music (I nearly wrapped a chair around the head of a dear friend when he asked why I had put on a 40 minute long session of elevator music.  It was only Tubular fucking Bells!!  One of the ...
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I have to be in class in about 5 minutes, but I thought I'd sit down and try to hammer out some sort of vague blog just because I haven't in forever and a day.

So, good news!  Today the bus I was on had NO drug addicts on it!  This may suprise the occasional Irish reader (not so much any Americans, as it seems to be the widespread view that the ONLY people who ride buses in the States are drug addicts), but the bus I get does not run to the nicest areas, and it's a rare trip which does not involve a junkie hunched over at the back of the bus.  Or, if you're really unlucky, leaning over your sholder, asking if you "have a ligh' mate?"  But today I got on the bus and for the first time I can remember, the back of the bus was ...
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