More Camp Claddagh Photos!

Here's a few more pictures of me doing caricatures for Camp Claddagh, the Galway branch of the Chernobyl Children's Project. It's nice to see me in a photo for once! Check out their website for more information and if you can please make a donation to:

AIB Acct no 23453-032

Sort code 93-72-23

IBAN: IE43 AIBK 9372 2323 4530 32

HSE Cartoon Strip

This is the cartoon strip I used to do for the Health Service Executive's western publication Health Links, the McSlaintes and O'Tinns. You can see more of these cartoons in the publications section of my website.

Where have all my smoker friends gone?

Smoking cartoon t-shirts now available!

Yesterday I had 187 visitors, mostly from the above smoking cartoon via the original post on smoking that featured the cartoon. Most visitors were from American and Canadian universities. The visitor numbers have dropped way off today. Maybe I've inspired a mass quitting!

Come back, I'm worried about ye!

City Council to recycle water bottles for free.

From Galway Water Crisis:

FREE RECYCLING OF WATER BOTTLES WILL BE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. Just put them in clear plastic bags and put them out at your normal day/time. This was announced at the 23 April meeting of the City Council in a letter to the councillors from the manager.
Here is an excerpt of the city manager’s letter:
This issue of disposing of the bottles is primarily bulk and not weight. The best advice is to squash the bottles after removing the caps. This allows a reduction in bulk in the green bin and also allows the refuse freighter to compact the bottles more efficiently.
The following measures are being put into place:
(i) Bottles which are put in clear bags will be collected with green bins as per normal collection dates. It is important that water bottles are not mixed up with other waste to facilitate recycling. Free clear bags will be made available from the Environment Department, City Hall, on request.
(ii) A container will be available in Sandy Road Depot from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturday to facilitate this collection of plastic bottles.

Also let me give a plug to the Galway Wants Water forum, which has been set up to give Galwegians a voice in the current crisis.

Feeling thirsty?

Galway Water Crisis Protest

Following on from my last post, The Looking Glass has asked me to post on a protest that's happening over the water fiasco:

"Protest going ahead Monday 23 April. Assemble at City Hall, College road from 6pm. Please text people about this and ask them to pass it on. Also can you copy and paste this and post it as a bulletin yourselves. Its crucial we get large numbers of people at this protest. Thanks"

See you there and bring your own water!

Catching Bird Flu on the Internet...

My earlier post on peace-keeping chickens has shown up on a bird flu aggregator. It's an ill wind that a Google Adsense entrepeneur doesn't make an aggregator out of to make a killing on modern paranoia. And I'll bet that they make an avian killing on this one. It's dripping with the paraphenalia of paranoia: face masks for your kids, supplements, and, um, DVDs. Which reminds me of a joke I just made up:
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Well it couldn't because the road was full of people who were statistically more likely to die from road traffic accidents than bird flu.
Boom boom. Buck boock.

Smoking Ban

Smoking cartoon t-shirts now available!

UPDATE: If you'd like to help me push this smoking cartoon to the top spot in Google image searches PLEASE CLICK HERE!

This image is one of the most viewed on my website, for some reason. I think many people are looking for ways to stop smoking at this time of year. There are also a few countries that are on the verge of introducing smoking bans. I personally thought the smoking ban was great as I used to work frequently in nightclubs throughout the country as a stilt performer with the lads and lasses in the Grooveyard, and would spend most of Sunday trying to wheeze my way back to health only to do it all over again the next weekend. I've heard from a number of smokers that they've developed the habit of going outside for a smoke in their own homes!