Wow! what a couple of days it’s been. Since last Friday morning, we (Elly and myself) have…
All in all it could be described as a busy, expensive and exceptionally tiring weekend.
Wow, is it really August since I posted last? Well, seeing as how I know the answer is ‘yes’ that’s a bit of a dumb question really.
Anyhow, how to start back? There is the old reliable ‘what have I been doing?’ format or the ‘ignore it and pretend it never happened?’ format (Well it’s too late for that one now) or how about the ‘come clean with the reason you haven’t been blogging’ format.
Well the last one’s easy, I didn’t feel like it. :p and that’s because a lot has happened in my life since last August. I guess that brings me into the ‘what have I been doing’ format but not for long.
So what have I been doing?
August was spent working, September was spent travelling all over Europe, October was spent visiting mum, November didn’t see an improvement for mum and she passed away peacefully at home on the 11th, December saw a Christmas of adjustment, January until now was in general a bit quiet and mostly about connecting with some old friends online, getting ready for the move into our new home, oh and I went to Creative Camp.
So am I likely to change my posting schedule? Well, let’s just wait and see 
I think I might actually go to a cinema to see this movie.
I was a huge fan of the old cartoon series when I were a lad, so I really hope this doesn’t suck. I’m still bitter about the whole Sly Stallone, Judge Dredd Fiasco, That could have and should have been a monster franchise.
I love the modern world we live in, nothing is your own fault anymore, kill someone it was the video games and heavy metal music’s fault. Park your car on a level crossing and it’s the GPS’s fault.
Seriously, can anyone read that article and tell me how exactly it’s a GPS systems fault that Paula Creely parked her car on a railway crossing between the gates?
What the hell has gone wrong with the world that this girl can misuse a Level crossing and then blame a GPS. Did the GPS tell her to stop in between the gates? was the GPS driving? Is she just stupid? Are the BBC stupid for publishing such a stupid story?
Come on Paula, take some responsibility for your own stupid mistake.
Drunk Driving, that’s so easy to eliminate it baffles me as to why some of the car manufacturers haven’t already implemented it.
A while back I saw a post on the giz about this device and giggled to myself a little, it did seem like a step in the right direction though as most folks who drive and want to play there tunes from there ipod will want an FM transmitter so coupling it with a breathalyser means you don’t have an excuse for not checking before putting that key in the ignition and heading home cause you’ve got an early Dail session in the morning 
But seriously folks, here’s another area where technology could really help. If one of these breathalyser devices was linked to the ignition of your car and you were forced to blow into it before you could start your car, of course if your over the limit your car is immobilised until someone who returns a sufficiently low result takes the test, then at least you’d have to get some sober person to conspire along with your own drunken insanity, and how many people are going to do that for someone?
Maybe these idea’s are a little extreme but they’re both fairer than the current penalty points system, maybe they could be used in conjunction with each other, say you get 6 points for speeding then you have to have the GPS tracker thingy on your car until your points expire, and this is noted on your license so if your stopped at a random checkpoint the garda is notified that you should have this device and can check etc. etc.
Similarly, all convicted drunk drivers would be forced to have the breathalyser ignition system fitted and similar note on there license, in this case I would say permanently. there would still be a need for random checkpoints but it’s gotta be better value for money than having Gardai sitting in hedges?
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