My my, didn’t realise it was SO long since I updated the header image.

This one from my trip to NYC. I like to call it Reflections on Broadway because it’s the street signs reflected – get it ? Clever boy aren’t I?

The news that Lorraine Keane is the face of Garnier Nutrisse in Ireland totally passed me by. She joins the ranks Davina McCall and Sarah Jessica Parker in the role. A national poll to find Ireland’s favourite hair colour resulted in “Intense Red” coming out on top.

Eagle eyed Tweeter, Irish Times Journalist and author of new book “The Irish and Other Foreigners” (which I bought yesterday – review to follow) Shane Hegarty, spotted Lorraine beaming down from a billboard near Gormanston alongside an ad for McDonald’s milkshakes.

We’re lucky to have this image as he nearly crashed his bike into a ditch upon seeing it!

The only thing making the X Factor watchable this year is John and Edward. If this performance doesn’t put a smile on your face then you are a rock.

Surely the Reality TV moment of the year. Classic stuff

Mentioned earlier in the week the Google had special logos to celeberate the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street and the fact Google.ie didn’t feature any of the characters.

Seems Google decided to celebrate something far more important. Yes, it’s 20 years of Dustin the Turkey. Hard to believe that he’s been on the go that long and gets immortalised on Google.ie.

He also gets a one hour TV programme tomorrow on RTE1. Twenty Years A Pluckin’ starts at 6.30 pm and RTE.ie has an interview with the baggy necked one himself too.

Have to love the Sun headline for the news that 80’s Page 3 model Samantha Fox has signed up for I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

She’s getting £60k to appear and there’s bound to be big interest in seeing her in the jungle.

Funny comment on the Sun’s website as well :

“I liked Sam fox and was a shame she went lesbo, but she once was a worthy celeb and she is right for the job. Osbourne on the other hand is an idiot!.”

What would John Waters say about that I wonder?

Not relishing the oul cup of tea and toast as much any more. Not since Fruitfield quit manufacturing in Ireland and moved production to the UK. Old Time Irish marmalade just isn’t the same – they have definitely changed the recipe/cooking process. It’s not chunky enough and doesn’t have the same orangey tang as before. They say on the website that:

The Fruitfield Jam & Marmalade recipes can be traced all the way back to 1853 when the Lamb Brothers started making Jams & Marmalades for the Irish market. At the time, their slogan was “Greater purity means finer flavour” and “The Taste Tells” Over 150 years on, the mantras developed by the Lamb brothers are still true with only the freshest fruit and the utmost care being used in every stage of the manufacturing process.

Well, they’ve sold out.  150 years of fine marmalade making in Ireland ruined by transferring over to a big uncaring factory in England. The Irish took more care making it of course. Home made fires with big cast iron pots of bubbling goodness out in the Tallaght plant. The smell of sugar and oranges was legendary and could be detected for miles around. And now it’s all gone, never to return. The black cat has turned feral and stalks the night in search of a hearth to lay her weary head but she finds no welcome.

It’s a sad state of affairs and one that Jacob Fruitfield should fix.

Thought this video was a spoof until I spied a packet of crisps with the book cover on the front. Now I just have to have Mr. Tayto’s book – The Man Inside the Jacket.

Actually, this is genius marketing from Tayto – I passed by the local bookshop last night and they had two big posters in the window advertising it. This will sell in huge numbers for Christmas as it is priced at €5.99 and perfect for a stocking filler. Available from all good bookshops countrywide.

Had a glance to see did Amazon.co.uk have it – and they do too. Thought it was funny to see the list of related items people bought. Not much of a stretch of the imagination to see Bertie as Mr. Tayto!

I may have said this before but “I think I’ve seen it all now”.

Available from Suck UK. Note: If you buy these, please have someone give you a good kick up the arse.

It’s not fair. Google.ie aren’t giving us the special Sesame Street Google logo to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the programme. Google UK has the Cookie Monster today.

Lots of places had Big Birds legs yesterday. And there are lots of others too.

Was a big big fan of  Sesame Street back in the day. Vivid recollections of watching it on TV to the smell of mother baking in the kitchen and me running out to tell her today’s letter and number. Cookie monster used to scare me a bit.

Sunny days indeed.