1923 Sligo-born poet WB Yeats awarded Noble prize in literature, The Lake Isle of Inishfree
10:10
The Catholic Patron Saint of the Internet is St Isidore of Seville, a 7th C Bishop and scholar.
12:37
Cyberwar, nuclear war. It's all the one. What it comes down to in the end is looking into the whites of their eyes as you run them through.
16:10
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
- H.L. Mencken
18:21
As every driver of a parked Lexus in false number plates can tell ya, it only takes a second for a window to open and snap shut, and your life can change (or end, in the case of the Lexus driver). Ave Maria. Suddenly you're in heaven or more likely, hell. Adios muchachos.
18:40
The strains of the Big Ben Banjo Band are seeping out of the environmental speakers swamping the city with banjo music. Is it a drum, a thrum or a guitar? Nobody knows. nobody cares because they're going fucking insane.