World Vegetarian Day 2015

September 13, 2015 / Oran Ryan

Its an honour to speak on something this close to my heart. I am looking forward to it and to listen to these other very learned speakers. Its looking rather like an excellent day. Do drop by on Sunday 27th September St Andrews resource Centre 114-116 Pearse St. Dublin 2.

No Belief Systems Remain Unharmed by These Blogs

March 31, 2015April 2, 2015 / Oran Ryan

I believe in blogging. I am often shocked what other bloggers endure in order to keep on blogging, in a forum wherein one supposedly can engage in some kind of free expression. The most obvious one is that of the Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi who was recently sentenced to 1000 lashes in Saudi Arabia for ‘cybercrime’ … Continue reading No Belief Systems Remain Unharmed by These Blogs

THEY READ EVERYTHING

January 6, 2015January 6, 2015 / Oran Ryan

GOOGLE’s BOOKWORMING EXPERIMENTS AND AI DEVELOPMENT I love reading. I read about 3 books a week. I know many people who read more, much more. Reading and writing goes back about thirty thousand years. The act of scribbling things down in various formats, from stone walls to tablets to wax to wood to paper to … Continue reading THEY READ EVERYTHING

Notes Scribbled in Dejection in JC’s Cake & Cafe Shop Newtownmountkennedy

October 11, 2014August 16, 2015 / Oran Ryan

When you are stuck in a Cafe in Newtownmountkennedy an hour or two before an appointment, one can become intolerably bored. Being a bit of a bore myself, I start talking to complete strangers, who for the most part have come in for a quiet time by themselves and don’t want a strange hairy talkative … Continue reading Notes Scribbled in Dejection in JC’s Cake & Cafe Shop Newtownmountkennedy

Sarah Lundberg 1968-2014

August 2, 2014December 26, 2024 / Oran Ryan / 5 Comments

Sarah Lundberg: writer, historian, animal rights activist, humanitarian, feminist, vegetarian, environmentalist, archivist, publisher, animal rescuer, talker extraordinaire – was my spouse for twenty years, my friend for twenty four years and my lover for twenty two years. Sarah Sunflower Lundberg (born Brenda – she changed her name) was known primarily as the founder of the … Continue reading Sarah Lundberg 1968-2014