le craic’s Friday Eyedrops
Writing by aj@lecraic on Friday, 13 of June , 2008 at 6:39 am
Walking down to the polling station this evening along a route known locally as the mass path, the smell of Elderflower was on the wind and it’s a smell that I really like. It reminds me of the long summer holidays as a child and the elderflower cordial we drank as refreshment. I also recall that elderflower steeped in water and then put in the fridge made a good sunburn soother.
If you’ve never tasted an Elderflower drink before, you really should give it a try - very refreshing. Some recipes here and tons more if you do a search on your favourite search engine.
Popbitch has a snippet about Brian McFadden’s foray into the world of radio down under. Here’s what they have to say :
“Ex-Westlifer Brian McFadden is now living in Sydney. He recently guest co-hosted a big breakfast radio show. It was reported that he was 30 minutes late, had three instances of ‘dead air’ in an hour and played the same song twice in 30 mins.”
The same song twice in 30 minutes - not a problem Brian, you’d fit right in on 98fm.
New series of Top Gear is “coming soon” - no one seems to know when though. Love this promo for it.
Bonus video (not embedded), office worker totally freaks out.
Picked up a magazine the other morning because it stood out on the shelf. Hadn’t a clue what it was, but I like the graphic on the front. It’s called Adbusters and their website is here.
It’s very different (it has no advertising at all) - and doesn’t have the formal structure of a magazine. It’s full of eye catching graphics, photographs and articles. One of the articles is entitled East Meets West and features the artwork of a Chinese Born artist called Yang Liu. She was raised in Germany and her art depicts the cultural differences between East and West.
Here’s an example entitled “View of Self” - blue is West, Red is East. There are lots more here - all very interesting and thought provoking. Which one catches your eye?
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Comment by Thriftcriminal
Made Friday, 13 of June , 2008 at 9:04 am
Mmmm elderflower. My Aunt and my daughter made some last year, good stuff. The berries have good anti-viral properties I have been told.
TOP GEAR—YES YES YES!
SO, the small chap in the red square, is he concealing a knife and off to rent a truck then? I know, poor taste, in fairness we could all do with subverting our own desires for the good of society as a whole over here in the west. But at least some European countries have got the right idea and have a DECLINING population (limited resources people, stop rutting, buy a dog)
Comment by Grannymar
Made Friday, 13 of June , 2008 at 10:27 am
Q Which do I like?
A The red one! Simple.
Comment by Ursula
Made Friday, 13 of June , 2008 at 10:38 am
You know, AJ, among all the other things I like about you, it’s that you don’t use your blog to tell the world and its dog that you cut your toenails this morning.
Your elderflower tale almost made my eyes water with fond memories of bygone days when sunburn was just a fact of life.
Thanks for making me smile on all fronts - and I thought it was Friday, 13th.
U
Comment by aj@lecraic
Made Friday, 13 of June , 2008 at 8:09 pm
Thrift : Yep, the planet can’t sustain the population it has now, never mind the future.
I hear you Grannymar - there’s a lot of the red ones on the linked page that I prefer as well.
Ursula, only just getting a chance now to reply to your comment - thanks so much, I’m glad it brought a smile 
