IT sounds rude — to have ‘done a selfie’. It means a photograph you take of yourself, usually with a camera-phone (not to be confused with ‘selkie’, which is a photo of herself taken by a mythical, seal-like creature, once she assumes human form, goes on land and gets her first camera phone). It’s in the news because of the 100 women whose photos were stolen by hackers.

FOR me, it’s all about the back-gardens. Yes, I know the ‘ice-bucket challenge’ is about raising awareness and money for motor neurone disease, but it’s also about good-natured peer pressure and the awesome power of ‘viral’.

AFTER last week’s paean to oddness I realise that it’s not practical for everyone to be odd and proud. I forget that I have a bit more leeway.

Today I wore sandals with long trousers and it’s only a matter of time before the white socks join the party

IT is a singular moment. A man taking a bath notices how the water surges over the side as he sits in. He runs through the streets naked shouting Eureka. I have found it.

DEFICITS are falling, employment rising, pints are €8 — we must be getting a new boom. It’ll need a name, I suppose. Let’s hope it’s a good name or at least better than the last one.

GAH! Too late! The message on the page reads: THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED! Now I feel left out. I could have been in at the start but now I’m pressing my nose against the glass as the funders and the fundees smile inside.

IT WAS tough on Joe McHugh last week. Not a wet second into the job and already people were questioning his abilities.

I REMEMBER a few things from studying physics in school: How a fridge and headphones work and that the short questions in Section A were very handy for marks so make sure you do a good job on them, lads. One of the most memorable concepts was a bit more obscure — the moment of inertia.

About 14 months ago, I realised there comes a time in a man’s life when he gets too old for this hell raiser existence — when he wants to settle down and grow food for his table.