Fortune has named Pyra one of the Cool Companies of 2002
Month: June 2002
Kinda cool idea…more thoughts later maybe.
Playing away.
I have Spider-Man for my GameCube. I will be offline. That is all.
White House orders CIA to kill Saddam
THE CIA has launched a covert operation aimed at toppling Saddam Hussein and has been given express permission by the White House to capture the Iraqi leader and, if necessary, kill him.
According to a report in yesterday’s Washington Post which was partially confirmed by the Senate majority leader, Tom Daschle, President Bush signed an order earlier this year directing the CIA to use “all available tools” to overthrow the Iraq leadership.
These include the supply of money, weapons, equipment, training and intelligence information to Iraqi opposition groups; greater efforts to collect information from within the Iraqi government, especially its military and security services; and authorisation to deploy joint CIA and US Special Forces teams to take out specific targets.
Erin Go Bragh
Ireland were all the things we expected. Brave, passionate and unrelenting.
Niigata. Chiba. Yokohama. Seoul. Suwon. And home tomorrow. Their eyes will meet and in their heads the battle cry for the past few weeks will echo again. No regrets.
Still defiant, honour intact, we were so, so proud to be Irish.
Suddenly, through the stillness of a beautiful South Korean night, thousands of voices, thick with emotion, surrendered to the moment. It started quietly, then built to a deafening chorus, suffused with gratitude and pride, spine tingling in its passion. “Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart … And you’ll never walk alone … YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE…”
For they have been a credit to Ireland, and we will be proud and happy to see them return.
Sayonara Japan. Annyeonghigyeseyo, South Korea. Welcome home, lads.
“For a small country like Ireland to get as far as they did in this World Cup is a real achievement,” he said. “The whole world knows Ireland are a team to be reckoned with and if it wasn’t for the penalties you would always fancy Ireland to beat more teams and keep progressing.”
Jack Charlton
Buffy
Current rumor has Mark Metcalf contracted for season 7. With Joss stating this will be “Buffy: Year One” (nice reference there) that could be kinda cool.
oh and…
there are a spectacular number of cute Irish girls in London. There were quite a lot in the pub today, there is just something special about a cute girl wearing an Ireland top. 🙂
We are out.
So that is it. Ireland are out of the World Cup. This morning I met a group of friends and we went into Waxy’s in Piccadilly circus. We were early enough to get really good seats. The place was hugely hot but no-one really cared.
Anyways we lost on penalties at the end which was a damn shame. Spain got a solid goal in the 8th minute and we weren’t doing great. A lot of good chances were laid to waste. The first penalty we missed was terrible, and to miss on the rebound was horrible. There was such an air of depression in the pub when that happened, it took a few minutes for spirits to revive. When Keane was fouled in the box the entire place exploded. The shouting only got louder seconds later when he put it in. I’m fairly hoarse at the moment and my throat hurts. We looked so much stronger in the golden goal extra time and then came the penalties.
The linesman is a new national hero for Ireland. The cheering when one of Spain’s goals was disallowed for offside was wonderful. They seemd to be playing offside a hell of a lot.
Anyways the atmosphere in the pub was just amazing and is easily the best and only testament to sporting events. The sheer pride of everyone there and the ecstasy and in the end despair was just amazing to be a part of. Roll on 2006.
I meant to post this last night but it kinda sums up a lot of feelings.
Here is an extract from the Johnny Vaughan show at the weekend – for those of you who missed it:
JV: Ardal, you’re a Celtic Fan and a big Ireland fan obviously.
Many congratulations on the late goal against the Germans (cue much cheering among predominantly English audience).
AO: Cheers Jonny, it was a great occasion for us (cue more subdued cheering this time).
JV: So Ardle, could you please answer this burning question – why, given that we English are always delighted to see the Irish team do well, do the Irish fans dislike the English so much?!!’ (cue a inquisitive ‘yeah?’ from the audience).
AO: Well, Jonny I’d say that was more down to the 500 years of repression to which you’ve subjected our people and that fact that you still occupy 6 counties in our country than anything else.”
Today.
So during the match I did some shopping. It was very quiet as expected and good for shopping. I headed into town to meet up with a friend and after a quick sidetrip for a couple of comics we went around to Waxys to escape from the bloody English. Anyways by about 3.30 the whole idea of not drinking was gone. We had a few pints in Waxys and then grabbed some food. Next up was the Porterhouse where we spent a few hours drinking and enjoying the sights. It was all fun. Tomorrow morning is early into town to meet up with a group of people and watch the match. How fun, add a hangover to that and it should be great.