I’m sure many of you will be aware of the Vanessa Riddle appeal which has featured in the comments page in recent weeks. Vanessa was diagnosed with a form of childhood cancer in 2009 but after extensive and difficult treatment received the all clear 17 months ago. Last month her parents received news that she had suffered a relapse and that no suitable treatment was available in the UK. Treatment is available in Philadelphia at a cost of £500,000.
Although the diagnosis is only a few weeks old the fundraising effort to send Vanessa to Philadelphia has already raised over £137k with increasing numbers of people becoming aware of the need on a daily basis (CQN’er, Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan is not a man to be denied).
To help raise awareness and funds, Taggsybhoy has booked Jury’s Inn, Glasgow, two nights next month, one of which, Saturday 11th February, he will hold a Music Quiz for the CQN community, with all proceeds going to the Vanessa Riddle Appeal. You may have heard mention of the appeal but if you have not caught the details take a moment to update yourself here. Getting involved is as part of your Celtic heritage as green and white hoops. Don’t forget to book for the quiz, there’s a limit of 70 people for the room so you can’t turn up unannounced. We’re home to the Highanders that day.
Issue 6 of CQN Magazine is currently being prepared; drop me a line if you would like to advertise, celticquicknews@gmail.com.
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Gordon Smith : director of football.
“I watched the game and I thought Jaager was meant to be playing. But he wasn’t there and I don’t know where he’s gone. You’d better ask Ally about that.”
don’t ya just love him. sportsound is just not the same without him. haste ye back Gordhun
UC
Cheers Vhman
I have to say, the craic on here the past week or so has been magic. Much better than the constant in-fighting that was prevailent up until a couple of weeks ago surrounding the Rangers Tax Case, which was driving me to distraction – not the RTC itself as another poster claimed I had said.
As each new embarrassing report about the Huns and their hilarious transfer dealings and their growing financial and legal problems hits the blogosphere, the instant humorous reactions by many on CQN are a joy to behold.
Keep it up ghuys.
I am loving it.
:-)
Barrach Obampot says:
25 January, 2012 at 07:42
Morning CQN from a dreich Hebrides.
Depends what you are looking for 5star Lowly Hotel, or Premier Inn , there are two near the MEN,.or Crowne Plaza.
Manchester is not a huge town centre so any hotel is within a mile.
Email me for advice on any you see.
jimmcgougan@live.com
Barrach, he knows about you’re request and will be on soon.
BacktoworkCSC
V
Barrach Obampot says:
25 January, 2012 at 07:42
http://www.abodehotels.co.uk/manchester/about
http://www.malmaison.com/hotels/manchester/manchester-mal.aspx
.
I’d prefer Abode as you can then eat at Michael Caines.
Both within a mile.
I have recently scribbled a piece on manchester eateries if you
need that.
Thanks googybhoy.
I’m waiting to get tickets for an event at the Manchester Arena, and once I’ve hopefully got them, I’ll be in touch.
HH
Some say he instructed Usain Bolt to get a move on
and that he told Tony Robbins to get a life
All we know is he’s Victor Wanyama.
Thanks whitedoghunch, any help appreciated.
HH
Barrach Obampot says:
25 January, 2012 at 08:20
this was a mix a of places for a friend to take clients around M16
El Rincon de Rafa
off St Johns Street, 244 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4BQ, England
Can’t find thier website
http://www.gauchorestaurants.co.uk/restaurants/restaurant.php?id=manchester
http://www.onionring.co.uk/websiteholder.asp?RID=3606§ion=Restaurants
http://www.aumbryrestaurant.co.uk/
http://www.australasia.uk.com/
http://www.sapporo.co.uk/
BUT all said and done go and see Michael. i can sort out private dining good room rates etc
http://www.abodehotels.co.uk/manchester/mc-dining
There’s a guy on the Chris Evans Show just finished singing and he was a cross between Amy Winehouse and Paulo Nutini.
Who was it please?
BSR- is that an ole music quiz question?
1/ Dick Byrne, the great musical chameleon de nos jours
2/Paolo Winehouse
3/Mo Bangura
4/All of the above.
Barrach -are you goin’ to see the ole BS and the ESB?
Dontbrattbakkinanger
I’m going to see HH the Dalai Lama
:-)
Bournesouprecipe
Was it Amy Nutini or Paulo Winehouse?
or Plan B
I was sent this, I found it topical and interesting.
To the narcissist, the Internet is an alluring and irresistible combination of playground and hunting grounds, the gathering place of numerous potential Sources of Narcissistic Supply, a world where false identities are the norm and mind games the bon ton. And it is beyond the reach of the law, the pale of social norms, the strictures of civilized conduct.
The somatic finds cyber-sex and cyber-relationships aplenty. The cerebral claims false accomplishments, fake skills, erudition and talents. They might claim to be accomplished writers or even poet. Both, if minimally communicative, end up at the instantly gratifying epicenter of a cult of fans, followers, stalkers, erotomaniacs, denigrators, and plain nuts. The constant attention and attendant quasi-celebrity feed and sustain their grandiose fantasies and inflated self-image. They might claim to be accomplished writers or even poet; multi-lingual is often a boast they purport and attempt to validate with weak and watery translations from less than fluent cyber-translators. Latin appears to be the elusive language closest to the heart of the narcissist. Why? Perhaps Theatre?
The Internet is an extension of the real-life Narcissistic Pathological Space but without its risks, injuries, and disappointments. In the virtual universe of the Web, the narcissist vanishes and reappears with ease, often adopting a myriad aliases and nicknames. He (or she) can thus fend off criticism, abuse, disagreement, and disapproval effectively and in real time – and, simultaneously, preserve the precarious balance of his infantile personality. Narcissists are, therefore, prone to Internet addiction.
The positive characteristics of the Net are largely lost on the narcissist. He is not keen on expanding his horizons, fostering true relationships, or getting in real contact with other people. The narcissist is forever the provincial because he filters everything through the narrow lens of his addiction. He measures others – and idealizes or devalues them – according to one criterion only: how useful they might be as Sources of Narcissistic Supply.
The Internet is an egalitarian medium where people are judged by the consistency and quality of their contributions rather than by the content or bombast of their claims. But the narcissist is driven to distracting discomfiture by a lack of clear and commonly accepted hierarchy (with himself at the pinnacle). He fervently and aggressively tries to impose the “natural order” – either by monopolizing the interaction or, if that fails, by becoming a major disruptive influence, often adopting multiple personas in a calculated campaign of sensationalism and manipulation. The narcissist is amused, and their vanity waxed, that others see through the veils of deceit but admission of transgression would self-soil their cultured insidiousness and is therefore anathematic in the extreme to long serving ‘me-me-me’ addicts.
But the Internet may also be the closest many narcissists get to psychodynamic therapy. Because it is still largely text-based, the Web is populated by disembodied entities. By interacting with these intermittent, unpredictable, ultimately unknowable, ephemeral, and ethereal voices – the narcissist is compelled to project unto them his own experiences, fears, hopes, and prejudices.
Transference (and counter-transference) is quite common on the Net and the narcissist’s defence mechanisms – notably projection and Projective Identification – are frequently aroused. The therapeutic process is set in motion by the – unbridled, uncensored, and brutally honest – reactions to the narcissist’s repertory of antics, pretensions, delusions, and fantasies.
The narcissist – ever the intimidating bully – is not accustomed to such resistance. Initially, it may heighten and sharpen his paranoia and lead him to compensate by extending and deepening his grandiosity. Some narcissists withdraw altogether, reverting to the schizoid posture. Others become openly antisocial and seek to subvert, sabotage, and destroy the online sources of their frustration. A few retreat and confine themselves to the company of adoring sycophants and unquestioning groupies.
But a long exposure to the culture of the Net – irreverent, skeptical, and populist – usually exerts a beneficial effect even on the staunchest and most rigid narcissist. Far less convinced of his own superiority and infallibility, the online narcissist mellows and begins – hesitantly – to listen to others and to collaborate with them.
Ultimately, most neo-narcissists – those who are not too schizoid and who shun any face to face social contact with any of their on-line peers – tire of the virtual reality that is cyberspace. The typical narcissist needs “tangible” narcissistic supply. He craves attention from real, live, people, flesh and blood. He strives to see in their eyes their admiration and adulation, the awe and fear that he inspires, the approval and affirmation that he elicits.
There is no substitute to human contact, even for the narcissist. Many narcissists try to carry online relationships they nurtured into their logical extension and conclusion offline. Other burst upon the cyber scene intermittently, vanishing for long months, only to dive back in and reappear, reinvigorated. Reality beckons and few narcissists resist its siren call
“what’s that you say Skip?
-Trouble at Asbestox……..?
…Senior bods not communicating……? Snafu’s and kerfuffles aplenty but it’s all hush-hush on the meeja front????
-Hunbelievable Skip!
….A case of the Right hand not knowing what the Red hand is doing????”
Step forward MR G Smith…. your peepil need you, lets be hearing ye’, loud and “clear”.
There is an open goal with your name on it.
BSR
Must be A Nuthouse
Kittoch
8.16
Kwality.
BSR @ 8.47
I think it may have been the solo debut by ‘H’ from Steps.
Does that get me in a team?
A grey, blustery, chilly, but still dry morning here in North Ayrshire.
Ciao—–
Note the wee flurry of posts re those tight trousered purveyors of Hobbit Rock—Led Zeppelin . Each to their own etc ——but –
Genuine Question –
Did they ever pay for what they stole from – ??????????????
Spirit
Bukka White
Blind Willie Johnson
Moby Grape
Howling Wolf
Sleepy John Este.
I could go on –
Pay your taxes / Pay your dues CSC –Way down south . Sunny -high teens.
South of Tunis
I am of the opinion that Led Zep should only ever have recorded instrumentals because the lyrics are less coherent than Janet Street Porter speaking French.
A 6th year adolescent poet would have been embarrassed by Stairway to Heaven.
Bustles in your hedgerow???
SofTunis- ‘Good Artists Borrow, Great Artists Steal’, as ole Pablo said.
I think they did acknowledge, or were forced to acknowledge, where they got their ideas from.
Certainly the writing credits on ‘Whole Lotta Love’ and ‘Babe you’re Gonna leave me’ were corrected.
But then the history of popular music is littered with songs being pinched, hi-jacked and lifted from their original creators.
“And in a further bizarre twist, bewildered full-back Enar Jaager fled back to Estonia fearing his dreams of a deal are dead – even though he was expected to play in a closed-door bounce game against Carlisle.
Instead, it was Murray who turned up while Jaager jetted out of Glasgow without a contract offer, despite McCoist confirming publicly he wants the free agent signed up for at least the rest of the season.”
Did not know Murray was a full back….
DontPatmadug says:
25 January, 2012 at 09:30
I guess Estonian trialist Enar Jaager didn’t want to pay the asking price.
bankiebhoy1 says:
25 January, 2012 at 09:14
As you say,
Kwality.
Does David Murray have the moves like Jaager?
SFTB @ 9.29
I think the lyrics might have been inspired by the amount of “exotic cheroots” they enjoyed…
I do agree re instrumentals every year on hoilday in portugal I am treated to a fine rendition of stairway on the pan pipes by a group of travelling peruvian musicains,mighty fine it is too..it is usually after a fine fish meal accompanied by lovely wines and of course one or two of the local ports..which of course may also explain my mellow mood.
“moveslike jagger”CSC
stop sniggering at the back at the front loaded transfer warchest!!!!
Missus Green fell out with me last night just cos I asked her politely to “get thon STV off ma telly”.
Pathetic indeeed! How dare she!
ITV993 CSC.
Kit
Could you maybe précis that for us and highlight it’s relevance…:-)
Tom McLaughlin says:
25 January, 2012 at 08:11
I have to say, the craic on here the past week or so has been magic.
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Talking about the craic,I do hope you did not take offence
when I called you a ‘beach bum from down under with a
dodgy ticker’after you won the quiz on Friday night.?
HAIL HAIL :o)
Perhaps the new ” out of the box thinking” re signing on fees being paid by players to sign for “the mighttttty glasgow rangers” by the MBB and WFPLG might not have the universal appeal they thought it might have ?
Why would a former “millionaire” chairman [no longer attached in any way to the club]drive all the way from Edinburgh,where there are some mighty fine doctors private hospitalsand pioneering university medical departments and NHs hospitals to see a football doctor?
Tom likes sand as well as craic I’m guessing.
Maybe not at the same time tho.
I have a comment at 08.33 waiting moderation.
Could somebody clear it as it has info for another poster
ta
SFTB
As we all know, becuase we have been repeatedly told by an obliging meeja, that when wee davie gets ’em on the dancefloor he always gets his man……
Imagine that, eh?
(Mibbe he should have taken the boys from HSBC to Clatty Pats instead of his ‘impressive, oak-panneled suite of offices in Edinburgh’………..)
HH
universal appeal?
more like universal credit when you can’t earn over £500.00 per week..
that might just about suit their budget….
Magnus:
Ah! it’s just a wee bit of a broken mirror for the huns to gaze into and ponder. Its relevance is subjective to each and any dependant on how hard and how long they reflect, if at all. In essence unless you are a marauding hun with ill intent it is about as relevant on a Celtic Site as the baseball scores or the lyrics to Led Zepplin songs.
But I’m sure some will make some sense from it.