Facebook is taking over my life

I'm spending an inordinate amount of time on the social networking site Facebook. I've got in touch with old school and college friends and other people I haven't seen for years through it. It's starting to get addictive.

Will you become my cyberbuddy?

Thesis update

I managed to write 500 words for my thesis this evening. It's mostly bollocks, though.

Legend finally calls it a day with the Arsenal

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has decided to leave his club of eight years and sign for FC Barcelona. I'm sad to see him go. He is our all-time leading goalscorer and has brought great joy to Gooners everywhere with his sublime talent. However, he wasn't a good captain and, by all accounts, had become a destabilising force in the dressing room. I do think £16 million is a bargain. He was valued at nearly twice that a year ago. Anyway, I'd like to wish him all the best at his new club.

He has scored many great goals for the Arsenal, but the one he scored against Liverpool in April 2004 has to be my favourite.

Balbriggan Library

I'm not long back from my local library in Balbriggan, which I joined today. I have to say that I'm mightily impressed. For a medium-sized library, it's pretty good. It has a decent selection of books, CDs, DVDs, etc.

I joined on the off chance that I'd get one decent book to help me write my thesis. However, I came away with seven! I probably could have got more, but I couldn't be arsed looking for any more. Now they may not be all integral to the argument of my thesis, but two look very useful: Israel in History: The Jewish State in Comparative Perspective by Derek J. Penslar, and State Building: Governance and World Order in the Twenty-First Century by Francis Fukyama (of The End of History fame). Whether I get round to reading them is another thing.