Paul Hewson is an unremarkable-looking Irishman who, at 49 years of age, insists on being called Bono. You may have heard of him. He’s in a popular music band called You Too. Their 16-date American tour last year raked in an average of $7.7million per show (massively questionable numbers pinched from here). Their 2005 Vertigo tour grossed $389million, a figure that will probably be dwarfed by the current tour when it ends later this year. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s that time of year again. Time for reflection. Time, perhaps, for feeling guilty after the excesses of the past couple of weeks. It’s time for a new start. Yep, it’s time for new year’s resolutions.
But does anyone actually bother? I get the impression that most people talk about new year’s resolutions, but few ever actually see them through to any kind of outcome. Read the rest of this entry »
Irony
In literary terms irony (also called dramatic irony or tragic irony) is a technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character’s words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
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This is a trust exercise.
An actual conversation last week: Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve found a more annoying celebrity. Amanda Holden. Read the rest of this entry »
