What's going up and what's going down this week.
GOING UP
Commemorative stampsFirst The Irish Times gets its own stamp, and now The Simpsons is getting its own stamp in the US.
Han Yang Korean Barbecue, Parnell Street, DublinYummy, juicy meat for less than the price of a paperback.
Mitch Hedberg"An escalator can never break; it can only become stairs." Possibly the funniest man ever to appear on YouTube.
Ice CubeThe rapper whose idea of a good time is "a breakfast with no hog" pays a rare visit to these shores at Dublin's Tripod tomorrow night.
ObjectifiedFrom the makers of Helvetica comes this documentary about good design – the trailer, of course, is beautiful.
Getting engagedNow Donncha O'Callaghan, alas, is spoken for.
GOING DOWN
Facebookquizzes Which Jane Austen heroine are you? How pretentious is that?
Infectious: Stay AwayA fate-tempting choice of name for new exhibition at Trinity's Science Gallery.
Runny eggsBreakfast at Matt the Thresher's in Birdhill en route to the Munster match seemed ideal until we got three rashers for €5.95 (!) and scrambled eggs that just didn't taste like eggs at all.
Star warsThe Americans on the International Space Station have banned the Russians from using their toilet, according to one astronaut. Can't we all just get along?
With thanks to Michael Freeman
