<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>stanleyrumm.com</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com</link>
	<description>This is not a blog. This is a NON-BLOG.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 09:23:35 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Barry Lyndon Duel Scene Found</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1782</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1782#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I spoke a little while back about what makes Barry Lyndon such a great film and about the (first) duel scene in particular. Well at long last I have visited this very location in Templemichael Co. Waterford (well actually just outside Youghal Co. Cork) and returned with some interesting photographs of this still-tranquil location. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1782</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Umbrellas of Cherbourg -My Kind of Anti-War Movie</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1779</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1779#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 15:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; There is something self-defeatist about movies that purport to be anti-war spending 90 minutes bathing in blood and comradeship. Violence is its own advertisement. Showing more of it in order to lessen it is akin to invading a country in the name of peace. Furthermore, like a closet-gay spending an inordinate amount of time [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1779</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Valentino</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1746</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1746#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Digression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1746</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. My son, almost 7, yesterday said the following to his mother (names removed to protect reputations): &#160; &#160; &#8220;&#60;x&#62; (a girl in his class) said to me WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE? &#8230;.but she forgot to say PSYCHE! &#8230;Then &#60;y&#62; said WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE? Then &#60;z&#62; said WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE? [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1746</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What makes Barry Lyndon a Great Film?</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1654</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1654#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1654</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. It&#8217;s kind of a slow movie, granted, but Barry Lyndon is lovely to look at, to sink into and to soak up. It&#8217;s a 3-hour 18th century bath. Made with complete care. Music, visuals, scene-development, plot and camera movement blend together like a ballet (no I&#8217;m not into ballet either). I know that might [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1654</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dexter -The Fall of The Western Empire</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1640</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1640#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THEORY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1640</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. Can I stick my head above the parapet and say I believe the whole concept of the TV series &#8220;Dexter&#8221; is deplorable and symptomatic of the decline of western civilisation? Well I&#8217;ve said it. . True I&#8217;ve only seen one episode (and it was very well written), but I really don&#8217;t want to ever [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1640</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Bag For Life</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1619</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1619#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THEORY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THING]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1619</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. . &#160; Remember this bag? . &#160; . It was introduced by Super Valu supermarkets (in Ireland) prior to the introduction of the Plastic Bag levy in 2002. . During the build-up to the new tax everybody complained. It would never work and it would drive people away from the shops, businesses argued. . [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1619</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dog Mark</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1614</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1614#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Digression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1614</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. One of the kids had done something but I wasn&#8217;t sure which one. I knew they&#8217;d only blame each other if I asked. So I called them and said &#8220;I&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;m going to have to put the dog down.&#8221; . &#8220;NNNnnnnnnnoooooOOOOOO!&#8221; screamed the six year old, with tears in his eyes. . &#8220;Yes,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1614</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Very Long Engagement</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1544</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1544#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1544</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. Rest assured, there are no plot spoilers in the following images or the review. . &#160; . Being in the right frame of mind of a wet and windy Sunday afternoon I decided to rewatch A Very Long Engagement recently. This was possibly my fifth viewing and it still didn&#8217;t fail to move, entertain, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1544</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Tyranny of Consensus</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1017</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1017#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Digression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. Say you find yourself in a large indian tent on the American plains circa 1880 and everyone is sitting around a large fire, passing a pipe from one to another&#8230; When it gets to you, would you point and deride the people for passing on their vile fumes? . I know it&#8217;s a silly [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1017</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Would you do the lotto if&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1522</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1522#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Digression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THEORY]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1522</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. Odds on winning the Irish lotto (45 numbers to choose from): 1 in 8,145,060 &#160; . &#160; Odds on being involved in a fatal accident in one of the world&#8217;s Top 25 airlines with the best accident rates: 1 in 9.2 million (according to planecrashinfo.com). . Obviously the second rate could change depending on the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1522</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fire, slightly out of hand</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1513</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1513#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THING]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1513</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. . It began like all the best plans, with an idea. There was an ugly dead broken-looking overgrown lump of a massive plant in the garden. It used to look like long palm-tree stems waving from a single tropical clump of a windy afternoon. Now it was an old, used, dense, dry, flopped-out giant [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1513</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Bit of a Whine</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1507</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1507#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Digression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine in ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine prices]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. . I&#8217;m not a wine know-all by any means. I&#8217;ve been drinking red (mainly) now for a number of years, but not in outlandish amounts (I swear). A bottle a week, at times -if that. I haven&#8217;t made notes on what I like or dislike, but I thought I&#8217;d relate my findings on the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1507</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>HTC Desire Review</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1493</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1493#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hazard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Hazard is a new member of the stanleyrumm.com team and should be along here more often to discuss techy things, or anything else that takes his fancy. Or not. . In an ingenious plan along reverse-engineering lines Hazard is being paid in monkeys, so we&#8217;re expecting peanuts from [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1493</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Direction: Tech Reviews</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1487</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1487#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. It&#8217;s been a while since anything was posted here. Sorry for that. But now I&#8217;m happy to announce a new addition to the dumping ground that is stanleyrumm.com: Tech Reviews. . These reviews will feature products that are in use by our reviewers for quite a while -not quick impressions from a convention centre or [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1487</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Simple Solution #8: Irish Dáil Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1471</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1471#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StanleyRumm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simple Solution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THEORY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THING]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?p=1471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[. . THE PROBLEM: The Irish house of Parliament (the Dáil) is in a mess. There&#8217;s a massive job ahead to be done, but time and again politicians are voted into power based on their ability to bring investment or at least a little positive attention to their local area, rather than having an ability [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stanleyrumm.com/?feed=rss2&#038;p=1471</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

