Oscar talkIt has already started ahead of this month's Golden Globes. It's all Colin Firth this, and True Grit (Coen brothers) that
'Upstairs Downstairs'As much as we loved Downton Abbey, the Beeb has the edge in period drama. Hurry up and make some more please
Fiverr.comA site where people offer to do something for you (draw you a cartoon, or read your Tarot Cards via webcam), for a fiver
AstronomyThanks to the unlikely pairing of Professor Brian Cox and Dara O'Briain on BBC's Stargazing, we're hooked
Petite TreatsCupcakes to sell your soul for, and they're 100 per cent vegan, see petitetreats.ie
James FrancoProlific actor, director, screenwriter, novelist, painter. Geez. Expect to see his name a lot this year . . .
The SalesAll the good stuff is gone, unless you're on the look out for a mint green bra that could double as elephant ear-muffs
The not-so-grand retourDidn't you feel like the country was on hold this week? Schools still closed and traffic weirdly non-existent? Waiting, waiting . . . but for what, exactly?
New Year's resolutions.Did you break them already? Or did you just forget to come up with any this year?
GruelSad news that the much-loved, arty eaterie on Dublin's Dame Street is closed
Excessive retweetingThis applies to unfunny jokes or offers of free tickets to gigs in cities you don't live in, as well as retweeting nice things people have said about you
