Scott Dylan

.co domains what are they for?

Scott Dylan — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:01:10 +0000

This week I purchased www.scottdylan.co i’m not quite sure what the purpose of .co domains are just yet, as far as I can see there isn’t one.

Does anyone have any opinions on .co domains?

Starbucks lack of Plugs!

Scott Dylan — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:55:30 +0000

Why is it that Starbucks in Ireland and the United Kingdom have such a lack of plugs? As a frequent visitor to Starbucks on Dame Street, Dublin I find it quite frustrating that they openly promote Wife access and to bring your laptop along but don’t supply a decent amount of sockets to plug into.

If someone was to visit Starbucks in the United States they would find that there are sockets everywhere, but why not in Europe?! Surely with the steep prices charged for coffees they can afford to put in a few extra sockets for us?

Chris Brown denied UK Entry

Scott Dylan — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:40:10 +0000

So today I hear that Chris Brown was denied a UK touring visa because of his “serious” crime in the United States. And the home office claims that “Public Protection” is more important

So how did so many terrorists get into Britain? And why are we not deporting terrorists after they serve there sentence?

Makes absolutely no sense to me at all!

#DuncansDream – My pledge of £500

Scott Dylan — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:45:36 +0000

Yesterday I logged onto twitter and found a new keyword trending, #DuncansDream which is the brainchild of @DuncanBannatyne.

The idea is that if everyone of his 91,000 followers all followed each other through the trend then each follower would also have 91,000 followers.

I though i’d decide to write a few tweets on #DuncansDream and to my amazement within minutes i’d had 20 new followers, because of this i kind of became addicted to #DuncansDream and ditched Facebook for the day. As I started my day of tweeting on the keyword I decided that I thought I might make it worthwhile for people to follow me.

So today I decided that I would make a pledge! The pledge is that IF by midnight tonight I get 3000 followers then I will donate £500 to cancer research. Since my pledge it seems like the power and dream of #DuncansDream is now determined to make that happen. I currently now have 700 new followers since my pledge and as each minute goes by my inbox seems to pop up with on average 20 new alerts telling me im being followed via #DuncansDream

Dublin Expensive Rental Market

Scott Dylan — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:56:20 +0000

I’ve recently been looking at the rental market in Dublin to find a new place to rent, at the moment I have a reasonably high budget, in England I would probably get a mansion if I wanted for the budget, but in Dublin, Republic of Ireland all I seem to be able to find is small and badly furnished apartments. It seems that Republic of Ireland Landlords have forgotten that there is a recession and are still trying to get top € for there properties.

O2 Text Message Issues

Scott Dylan — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:26:10 +0000

I’m currently in the Republic of Ireland and am on a UK O2 Contract/Bill Pay mobile phone account.

At present i’m able to receive text messages from other O2 users and Vodafone/Orange Pay as you go users but i dont seem to receive texts from anyone on Vodafone or Orange Contracts.

Does anyone know why this is?

Any help would be appreciated.

Gay Pride – the meaning!

Scott Dylan — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:14:32 +0000

Each year in June gays and lesbians prance and parade to celebrate Gay Pride Month. The history of Gay Pride Celebrations began in 1969 in Greenwich Village, New York City at the Stonewall Inn.

At the time, it was common all over the United States for police to raid gay and lesbian bars. While they were purportedly looking for liquor law or other violations, patrons were arrested and dragged off to jail with no legitimate charges. The names of those arrested were often published in the papers and many of those people were fired from their jobs as a result.

In 1969 bars were about the only places gays and lesbians could gather in public. Most times, when the police would raid a bar, the gay and lesbian clientele would try to slip out the back or cower in the corners.

The Stonewall Riots

But on the night of June 27th, 1969 something different happened. When police raided the Stonewall Inn, the butch lesbians and drag queens fought back. The bar patrons threw bottles and rocks at the police. They chanted, “Gay Power!” For several nights crowds grew outside the Stonewall Inn.

Word quickly spread around the country about the gay people who fought back against the police. The event became known as the Stonewall Rebellion or Stonewall Riots. Although there was a small gay rights movement around the country prior to Stonewall, after 1969 the movement changed.

The 1960s was a time of revolution. The Civil Rights Movement was in full swing and people took to the streets to protest the war in Vietnam. It was only a matter of time before gays and lesbians stood up for their rights as well.

Ever since, gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people celebrate pride and call for basic civil rights by commemorating Stonewall. In New York City they march on the last Saturday in June. Across the US and all over the world, gays and lesbians remember the brave men and women of Stonewall every June in Gay Pride celebrations.

Is it not time for Prides in the United Kingdom and around the world to go back to basics when organising a gay pride instead of commercialising what pride is really about? And stop allowing the media to glorify what the stereotypical gay person is and get them to show what being gay really is? Aren’t we just like everyone else? Normal?! Or are we still considered different in 2010!

100 Things to do in an elevator!!

Scott Dylan — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:51:16 +0000

100 Things to do in an elevator!!
1. Make race car noises when anyone gets on or off.
2. Shake the person’s hand when he/she enter the lift.
3. Congratulate all for being in the same lift with you.
4. Blow your nose and offer to show the contents of your kleenex to other passengers.
5. Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering: “Shut up, all of you just shut UP!”.
6. Whistle the first seven notes of “It’s a Small World” incessantly.
7. Sell Girl Scout cookies.
8. On a long ride, sway side to side at the natural frequency of the elevator.
9. Shave.
10. Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside ask: “Got enough air in there?”
11. Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours upside-down.
12. Stand silent and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off
13. When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act embarrassed when they open by themselves.
14. Lean over to another passenger and whisper: “Noogie patrol coming!”
15. Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you Admiral.
16. One word: Flatulence!
17. On the highest floor, hold the door open and demand that it stay open until you hear the penny you dropped down the shaft go “plink” at the bottom.
18. Do Tai Chi exercises.
19. Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a while, and then announce: “I’ve got new socks on!”
20. When at least 8 people have boarded, moan from the back: “Oh, not now, motion sickness!”
21. Give religious tracts to each passenger.
22. Meow occasionally.
23. Bet the other passengers you can fit a quarter in your nose.
24. Frown and mutter “gotta go, gotta go” then sigh and say “oops!”
25. Show other passengers a wound and ask if it looks infected.
26. Sing “Mary had a little lamb” while continually pushing buttons.
27. Holler “Chutes away!” whenever the elevator descends.
28. Walk on with a cooler that says “human head” on the side.
29. Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce “You’re one of THEM!” and move to the far corner of the elevator.
30. Burp, and then say “mmmm…tasty!”
31. Leave a box between the doors.
32. Ask each passenger getting on if you can push the button for them.
33. Wear a puppet on your hand and talk to other passengers “through” it.
34. Start a sing-along.
35. When the elevator is silent, look around and ask “is that your beeper?”
36. Play the harmonica.
37. Say “Ding!” at each floor.
38. Lean against the button panel.
39. Say “I wonder what all these do” and push the red buttons.
40. Listen to the elevator walls with a stethoscope.
41. Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your “personal space.”
42. Bring a chair along.
43. Take a bite of a sandwich and ask another passenger: “Wanna see wha in muh mouf?”
44. Blow spit bubbles.
45. Pull your gum out of your mouth in long strings.
46. Announce in a demonic voice: “I must find a more suitable host body.”
47. Carry a blanket and clutch it protectively.
48. Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.
49. Wear “X-Ray Specs” and leer suggestively at other passengers.
50. Stare at your thumb and say “I think it’s getting larger.”
51. Announce to the person stood next to you “I really need the toilet. Can I use your bag?”
52. Ask the other passengers “Wouldn’t be great if this lift were to plumment to the floor, what do you think will happen?”
53. Petend to get your leg stuck in the door as it closes
53. Without letting anyone see, press the emergency stop button. Act surprised and start talking to yourself “its ok, it wasnt your fault you killed your family. It was SATAN, damm you SATAN! DAMN YOU!!!” Then press the stop button again and act as if nothing has happened.
54. Scratch yourself excessively saying “****ing headlice. They’re all over me. I knew I shouldn’t have played with that dog so much”
55. Set out a pinic set on the floor and suggest to the other passengers to join you in afternoon tea
56. Break wind and blame it on the person next to you
57. Pretend your are a repair man here to fix the lift. Wait untill its busy and tell everyone to get out of the lift. You get in, get your paper out and sit and relax
58. Start to talk about your sexlife. Tell them that all of your three children were concived in this very lift. And point and say “it was up against that wall”
59. Have sex with your imaginary friend
60. Say you have just won the lottery and you are on your way to collect your winnings. See how many people are listening to you
61. As the lift descends, shout “Bombs away!”
62. Offer to polish their shoes. When they say no, tell them you need the money to feed your ten starving children back home in Estonia
63. Hand out leaflets – “what to do when the lift cable breaks. The ten tips that will keep your body in one pice (although these tips will not save your life, it will make the rescue a bit cleaner, and we wont have to spend ages cleaning the blood of the walls) Hope you will live to do it again!”
64. Perform a striptease
65. Act surprised when it starts to move and say “THE GROUND IS FALLING!”
66. Fake an orgasam when the lift starts to move. Announce that it was your best ever
67. Let your mobile phone ring – dont anwser it.
68. Walk in to the lift with a clear bottle of apple juice. Start drinking and say “ah, theres nothing like your own urine to quench your first. Does anyone want some?”
69. Say “this new g-sring is really starting to hurt.” Then attempt to adjust it.
70. Walk into the lift and say “this reminds me of being burried alive. Ah those were the days”
71. Suggest to the other passengers that you all should play a game of twister. Then get out the board and lie it on the floor
72. Paint the walls of the lift.
73. On entering, ask the passengers if they want to be your friend. Burst into tears if they say no.
74. Stop the lift and say “twenty years in prison for murdering the whole family, and I get stuck in a lift after being out for two hours. Just my luck!”

75. Get back to nature – go in naked
76. Pretend to be the pilot of the lift, speach into a headset “this is lift number 1, ready for decent to 1st floor. Waiting for permission to depart, over”
77. Announce in a computer like voice “this lift will self destruct in 5 4 3 2 …..oh heres my floor”
78. Serve tea and coffee
79. Take shoes off before entering, Look shocked and disgusted when the others dont
80. Act like the sergent of the lift. Order people around. Tell them to get in line.
81. Suggest to the other people that your should play musical statues. Bring a tape recorder along too
82. Teach the people french. Dont let them leave till they get it right
83. As you are coming to the end of the journey, get enmotional and have a group hug. Tell them that you will never forget them.
84. Insist, the lift ride costs £2.50
85. Describe in detail, how you’re “hung like a horse”
86. Pretend to be a flight attendant (particularly affective if you are dressed like one), instruct the passengers on what to do in an emergency
87. Yodel
88. Bring out a magnifying glass, closey inspect the other passengers skin and say “ooh, look at your pores”
89. Sing “I know a song that will get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get, get, get on your nerves” Over and over again.
90. Ask the others “Do you mind if I do my eminem impression?”, then bring out a chainsaw and a mask.
91. Try breakdancing
92. Bring out a fake toy gun and shout to the person next to you “you lookin’ at me?”
93. Challenge the guy stood next to you to a “thumb war”.
94. Explain your ideas of world domination to the wall.
95. Force people to read to Kama Sutra while asking “do you wanna try this one?”
96. Dress up in a long, black cloak with a hood, stare and in a deep voice announce “it is time…”
97. Pretend to see a spider, repeatedly and violently stamp on the floor while screaming “Die you bastard, die DIIEEE!”
98. While the doors are opening, hurriedly whisper, “Hide it…quick!” then whistle innocently.
99. If anyone brushes against you, recoil and holler “Bad touch!”
100. Wave hands wildly at invisible flies buzzing around your head.

Explosion at MI5, The Palace Barracks, Hollywood, NI

Scott Dylan — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:15:13 +0000

An explosion was heard at the MI5 Headquarters, The Palace Barracks in Northern Ireland just now, no casualties reported, reports are that residence across Belfast heard the blast. Residence near the Palace Barracks are being evacuated.

Reports that the bomb was driven to the Barracks via a Hijacked Taxi while the taxi driver and his family where held hostage.

Reports are that it was a car bomb that went off at the rear of the Barracks.

Blast seems to have been timed to coincide with the precise moment that policing and justice powers devolved from Westminster to Stormont and the launch of the Department of Justice NI website

Review: La Boca, Belfast, Art Exhibition

Scott Dylan — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:00:36 +0000

As part of International Women’s Day (8th March 2010), I went along to La Boca a nice little Argentine style restaurant based on Fountain Street in Belfast which was hosting an art exhibition featuring works by artists Liz Carrasco (Mexico), Veronica Borchi (Italy), Katia Popoff(Chile) and Helen Warner(England).

During the night La Boca was giving away free wine to all guests as we not only enjoyed viewing the artworks but also live music provided by a Latin American singer Anai from Argentina also interacted with the guests, we was also entertained by one of the artists of the night (Veronica Borchi) who gave us a acapella version of Summertime.

I also understand that Liz Carrasco managed to sell a few of her pieces during the night.

I would recommend anyone who has an interest in Art, or wants to experience an Argentinean night out to go along to La Boca.