I dont know if anyone has watched this programme but I have to say it was one of the best TV series I have ever seen. Great acting and a fantastic script.

It was set in the west wing of the White House (thus the title) and centered around the lives of the staff and the fictional president - played brilliantly by Martin Sheen in full on JFK mode.

It actually educated me about the US electoral system whilst entertaining me and its one of teh few TV series where I really...

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I love books. Especially signed first editions. For me a book is not just about the words on the pages - its so much more. The touch and smell.

Over the yeras I have built up a small collection of books that are my Pride and Joy - I love collecting books by poets that are todays equivalent of Yeats or Kavanagh and knowing that my kids will get them after im gone.

For my 40th My wife bought me John Montagues Collected poetry in a limited edition signed by the man himself....

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Now I know this is a Multi national site but where I come from Soccer is called football and I have supported Leeds United since I was a Nipper.

Now you may not know much about them and they have had a couple of awful seasons resulting in them starting this season in the third tier of English Football and with minus 15 points due to financial irregualrities due to going into administration. So even if we won all of our first 5 games we would still be on the bottom of the table of...

Bloke

For many years I couldn't touch the stuff but over the last 10 years or so I have developed a taste for it - perhaps its my palatte maturing?

Being Irish you would probably expect me to drink Irish whiskey which to some degree I do but I do have a fondness for scotch - especially a nice single malt.

My favourite Irish is Midleton rare - very smooth from County cork. Any variety of Busmills is also good.

As for Scotch - Talisker, Dalwhinie and Oban would...

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I entered into a series of Road races during the summer in an effort to get fit - and to some degree it worked.

There were a six 2 milers, a 3 miler, a 5km, 8km and a 10km.

I didnt do any training for the 10km and suffered badly but for all the rest I got improved times as I progressed.

Now the local running club is having a winter league of Six 2 milers - its not a particularly tough course but a little boring. I am by no means as fast as I used to be...

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