So apparently polar bears come from Ireland.

I really wish science had figured this out while Lost was still on, because one of my early theories was that the Island was the lost city of Atlantis and this would have helped it along. Why, you ask? Because some people think that Ireland is Atlantis.* And in case theat site seems disreputable to ( Read more... )

IFC is doing a four-part series of documentaries called Henry Rollins: Uncut, airing Friday nights throughout November. I wish I'd found out earlier, but I learned about it through a post Rollins made to his blog at the Huffington Post about tonight's doc focused on Northern Ireland. Rollins was performing in Belfast and took some extra time to ( Read more... )

In honor of it being almost St. Patrick's Day, some Irish fun!

This joke reminded me of my dad, because it's exactly how he talks:
Paddy and Murphy are walking around looking for work when Paddy sees a sign, "Tree fellers wanted". Paddy says to Murphy, "Its a pity theres only two of us!"(If you don't get it... well, you probably don't know anyone ( Read more... )