― nabiscothingy, Monday, 17 October 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)
That is something the Munster man has not avoided in the past, indeed he has been a part of a see-saw battle for the Ireland No 10 shirt down the years with David Humphreys.
The San Diego-born O'Gara has certainly been winning the fight of late though, being the first-choice since impressing in last year's Six Nations as he helped Ireland win the Triple Crown.
O'Gara shot onto the European stage in the 2000 Heineken Cup as he inspired Munster to the final - and the Irish selectors sat up and took notice.
He was frustrated by injuries and a loss of form in the summer of 2002, allowing Humphreys to edge him out of the Ireland side, but now he is back firing on all cylinders.
A solid goal-kicker, probably only Jonny Wilkinson is better, and a shrewd playmaker, it is great to see the Munster man back where he belongs – on the biggest stage of all.
― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 17 October 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 00:43 (twenty years ago)
― strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 00:45 (twenty years ago)
― O'so Krispie (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:18 (twenty years ago)
― strng hlkngtn: what does it mean? (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)
― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 02:47 (twenty years ago)
-- Forest Pines (il...), October 17th, 2005.
That was a fairly accurate representation of me at Poptimism on Friday night.
Ah well, that's two ILxors who think I'm better looking than the Stottmeister... :-)
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 06:29 (twenty years ago)
― g-kit (g-kit), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 06:50 (twenty years ago)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 07:25 (twenty years ago)
― Anna (Anna), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 14:58 (twenty years ago)
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 15:17 (twenty years ago)
― Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 20 October 2005 10:31 (twenty years ago)
― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 20 October 2005 11:14 (twenty years ago)
― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Thursday, 20 October 2005 13:11 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 20 October 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)
― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)
Part Two: I went home and I was there relaxing on the couch with my hubs and one of our dogs and for some reason Jeff was still there. He was talking in the bathroon when there was a loud knock on the door and 6 people walked in, male and female, and they announced that they were going to kill us. There was a Christmas movie playing on TV that featured singing pieces of asparagus. Jeff suggested I take a butcher knife and slit the throats of our would-be assailants, so I killed them all, one by one. When we had about 6 dead bodies on the floor Jeff said "Well, I better go -- see you guys later" and we had a huge argument about whether or not it was his idea to kill the people and whether or not he owed it to us to help us clean up the mess. The asparagus started singing again and I woke up.
― The Milkmaid (of Human Kindness) (The Milkmaid), Friday, 21 October 2005 13:44 (twenty years ago)
― jdubz (ex machina), Monday, 31 October 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 2 November 2005 14:00 (twenty years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 3 November 2005 15:58 (twenty years ago)
Seemed like it took forever to get out of that place. Do not visit Ned at his Boston home.
― when something smacks of something (dave225.3), Friday, 4 November 2005 12:27 (twenty years ago)
― bird-person-person (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 November 2005 12:57 (twenty years ago)
― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)
― bingo (Chris V), Monday, 7 November 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 7 November 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)
which is interesting, because i've never actually met him.
anyway: he was sitting by the side of the road in a souped-up renault 4, with an american bloke in the passenger seat who i recognised as an ILX0r (fuck knows who it was, though).
i told him i thought his car was topp; he said he hated it. i tried to tell him how you could take all the bodywork panels off and service it yourself, but i woke up before i could finish.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)
it was me!
― g-clit (g-kit), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)
― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)
At one point, the window rolled down a bit and Dan handed me an envelope that contained something very important, but I don't remember what it was now -- some information that was vaguely sexual, I think, but also esoteric & mystical.
― elmo (allocryptic), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:29 (twenty years ago)
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)
smallest dream ever!
― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:32 (twenty years ago)
Was there pistol-whipping involved perchance?
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 16:34 (twenty years ago)
i can't say for sure!
didn't realise it had to be about ILXors, thought it was general.
― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)
― bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)
― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Sunday, 20 November 2005 08:48 (twenty years ago)
― mimi in st. louis (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 20 November 2005 08:52 (twenty years ago)
― nervous (cochere), Sunday, 20 November 2005 08:53 (twenty years ago)
― nervous (cochere), Sunday, 20 November 2005 08:58 (twenty years ago)
― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 24 November 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANY OF THIS MEANS
― nervous (cochere), Thursday, 24 November 2005 23:40 (twenty years ago)
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 24 November 2005 23:49 (twenty years ago)
― nervous (cochere), Friday, 25 November 2005 02:11 (twenty years ago)
The rest of it was pretty standard stress dream, stuff, being naked in public, that kind of thing, but with the added extra stress nightmare of the BEING PHOTOGRAPHED kind. Bah, rub.
― -Stroke-Model (kate), Friday, 25 November 2005 08:55 (twenty years ago)
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 25 November 2005 13:38 (twenty years ago)