The Heelers Diaries
the fantasy world of ireland's greatest living poet
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- Name: heelers
- Location: Kilcullen (Phone 087 7790766), County Kildare, Ireland
Friday, November 20, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
russian for beginners
Verily beautiful though the russian language is, its beauty is a lifelong quest
Gracious and glorious are the musicalities of the russian language
Exuding warmth in icy mysteriousness
Nurturing your spirit towards strange fantastical visions
In time she may prove a harsh mistress
Alas
The russian language will seduce you
As though she has waited many years only for you
Right up until the moment you met
And if you are true to her
She will smile on you sometimes
Only to withdraw her favour at a whim
Virtue is poor reward for this
Alas
the waiting
my blushes
the monica leech laugh in
the prime minister of australia apologises
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
apologia pro atheismus mea
from the heelers emails
From: Antonella Gentile
Heelers to Antonella...
----- Original Message -----
----- Original Message -----From: James HealyTo: james delaneySent: 07 May 2009 00:54Subject: from IrelandHey Jim.Glad you liked the latest bit of waxing poetical!I thought The Heelers Diaries needed lightening up.Still teaching a few English lessons to overseas students in Dublin. Rather pleased with them. I could get good at this!An acquaintance of mine called Rowena is having some problems at the moment. Her doctors have put her on medication for depression. She doesn't want to be on medication. I suspect she might be right. Other friends think she should take the medication no questions asked. But I think the answer is probably somewhere else.If you're talking to the Lord put in a word for her Jim.God's blessings to you.James
Antonella to Heelers.
Oh James, you misunderstood me. I didn't mean to be offensive. I do want to meet you again. If you don't want to, I will understand.
Antonella
Monday, November 16, 2009
interlude
to the overthrow
a rooskie in dublin
ON PAINTING - 1
Ever wondered, standing in an art gallery on a sunny Sunday, why does one painting cost X whereas one next to it – even a bigger one - costs X/10? Yeah, I keep wondering too. Sometimes, I try to ponder how much time it'd take me to make something similar. Rarely does the result of my calculations justify the indicated price.
It's not just the technical skill that effects the price. As much as I like painting "realistic stuff", it is not really a challenge. Once I make my mind up on all that there is to be captured on my canvas, executing the plan is only a matter of time. There is no rush as there are no doubts about the outcome. The whole process is pretty relaxing. It's a bit like washing dishes really. And – I like washing dishes. But I wouldn't charge too much for that.
On the other hand, more "artistic" staff – and I mean any artwork which is not a classic portrait/landscape (and much of the image is left to chance) - demand constant decision-making. The artist has to somehow justify the existence of such work. Not to the viewers, but to him/herself. It's much harder to define when the piece is "done". In the absence of a clearly defined desired result, the only guidance the creator has is a "gut feeling", that says: "Err..it looks and feels a bit better now…oops, a bit worse now…". Often, in the middle of such "feeling your way", it looks like there was a murder on canvas. It's important not to lose heart, as once the "murder" stage is over, it's all down hill from there. In this case, the painting experience is more like a novel with its twists and turns, losses and victories.
Thus, I can understand why some artists would value some paintings more – even though the latter looks like a puddle of colours. It'd cost them to find a way to make this puddle feel right for them. It's not a story of a whatever image on the canvas, it's a much more intimate story of the painter's creative adventure.
who is roland emmerich and why is he trying to help al qaeda
When I saw Independence Day it occurred to me that the director appeared to enjoy showing the destruction of iconic landmarks in the western world.
I was concerned that his depictions could be incitement to terrorism for Jihadis.
It is interesting to note that the lead actors in Independence Day (Will Smith, Jeff Goldblume and Bill Pullman) who so heroically fought against non existent space aliens in that movie, have been much shyer about taking a stand against the very real Muslim Jihad terror army that threatens all our freedoms at the moment.
In fact these brave actors have spent the years since Nine Eleven sitting at home in their plush Hollywood pent houses, making snide remarks about President Bush.
I only saw a few minutes of Godzilla.
It starred Ferris Bueller.
Ferris also has been about as useful in the War On Terror as a reticent Jeff Goldblume on a bad hair day.
It seemed to me that in Godzilla director Emmerich was deliberately contriving set pieces where American soldiers were killed in humiliating ways.
I was disquieted by these representations.
They were not subtle.
I was not surprised a few years ago when Emmerich released The Day After Tomorrow which was a film intended to uphold failed Presidential candidate Al Gore's cretinous ideas that the weather is our real enemy and not the Muslim terror armies committing mass murder in our midst.
Now Emmerich has released another apocalyptic disaster movie entitled 2012.
The left wing Guardian newspaper and Mr Niall O'Dowd writing in The Star have pointed out that 2012 features a lot of destruction directed towards Christian icons and Christian people such as when the huge statue towering above Rio De Janeiro collapses, or the Vatican is destroyed, or fireballs engulf Christians praying with the Pope.
I am not a fan of the Guardian or the Star or Niall O'Dowd.
But at least in this instance they have pointed out a truth other newspapers and writers have been content to ignore.
There are no scenes of destruction and death involving the Muslim religion, Muslim buildings or Muslim people in the trailers for 2012.
This is not an accident.
Roland Emmerich is a director whose sole purpose for the past ten years has been to anaesthetise and distract the Free World with defeatist spectacles while giving succour any way he can to Al Qaeda.
The Guardian points out that Roland Emmerich's plush pent house apartment contains admiring portraits of mass murderers Chairman Mao and Saddam Hussein. It also contains caricatures sneering at Catholicism.
There's a clue there somewhere.
Roland Emmerich an enemy of freedom and an ally of Al Qaeda.
The movie 2012 is Al Qaeda propaganda.