The known universe in 6 minutes – and this week’s header image on le craic

Well, it’s been a busy week. The days have pretty much been complete blurs of noise and activity as the Christmas shopping season reaches its peak. Internet activity has been virtually non existent as a consequence.

Only caught up with what’s been happening in the world today & yesterday. I didn’t miss the news. I revelled in being completely and blissfully unaware of it all. Staying in a hotel for the week close to work was a bit of a novelty. An iPhone with some newly downloaded audiobooks and comedy podcasts provided my nightly entertainment.

Reality moment during the week came from a grandmother who arrived looking to get something done with photograph of her 10 minute old grandson. The photograph was on mobile phone having been sent by her daughter early on Friday morning.

I told her I could make up some prints of the image but the quality wouldn’t be great. I said : “But sure, you’ll be able to get better photographs later on when he’s a bit older”

“No, I won’t be able to. He died an hour later.”

And in an instant, not only did I wish the ground would swallow me up right there and then for saying the wrong thing, but I also realised how ridiculously trivial are my own troubles in comparison to that woman and her grieving daughter.