Inadequate Apology

Unfortunately the closest words to 'blog' that have been occupying my mind of late have been 'slog' and 'grog'.

I'm busy busy busy at work, and am at the moment trying to devote as much time as possible to a special Heritage Week evening tour of the jail that will be devoted entirely to the history of execution in the place, which is, let me tell you, considerable. The tour will go through six sites of execution (and discuss two other local ones where the jail's prisoners met their end), a number of methods including various varieties of hanging, death by firing squad and burning at the stake. It should cover everything from the history, processes and characters; to the philosophy and the social effects of execution in Kilmainham gaol and generally. It's on the 9th of September and it's free, but you do need a ticket, so get in touch if you want to come to this gruesome (and well-researched) spectacle.

I've been also pretty sick lately since Kiva's cocktail party - the cocktail delights of which seemed to have had a straw-camel's-back-breaking effect on one of my teeth which reduced me to a whimpering, pathetic and swollen sight for an entire week thanks to some ineffectual emergency dental appointments. Less said about that the better, I think.

Finally I've been partying. The biggest episode of which was my four-day sober bender in the UK. Damn antibiotics. Great time though.

Well anyway, I just thought I'd explain my conspicuous absence from the blog-world. I should probably warn you that the next significant blog here will probably be all about hanging - so keep on checking obsessively for that one!