Over the past two years, we’ve visited most of the distinct regions of Ireland. Our most significant omission was part of the south-west region of Ireland, mostly County Cork…
Last Dark Grill of the Year
Posted by on March 24th, 2009 in dublin, ireland and mental stateIn 2007, the United States extended daylight savings time by three weeks. Europe did not. We will change our clocks this coming weekend…
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Ireland win Grand Slam in Six Nations
Posted by on March 22nd, 2009 in dublin, ireland and sportsThe year was 1948 when Ireland last won the Grand Slam of the Six Nations Championship…
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Multi-phasic media promotion
Posted by on March 18th, 2009 in consumer, entertainment and irelandIt seems that the movie promotions industry has become ever more sophisticated in their cross-product campaigns…
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
Posted by on March 17th, 2009 in culture, dublin, entertainment and irelandIn just moments, we’ll have a fine Irish breakfast on our way to the big parade. We’ve been in the spirit of things since Sunday, when we went to Big Day Out…
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St Patrick’s Anticipation
Posted by on March 16th, 2009 in culture, dublin, entertainment and irelandOn last year’s Saint Patrick’s Day, we watched part of the parade. …With the cold weather, most of the Irish colour last year came from fantastic hats. The rest of the year, one rarely sees these outside of tourist souvenir shops. …The Marching Illini appeared before us in all their glory. For your pleasure, a very badly shot movie of the moment is available on YouTube.
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White House Diplomacy and the American Idea
Posted by on March 12th, 2009 in politics and usaNo, this isn’t a very late endorsement for Barack Obama. (Will and Anita made personal endorsements during the 2008 campaign…
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Caption This! Round 6
Posted by on March 11th, 2009 in awardIt’s back to ancient Rome with Round Six. It looks like some of our participants are getting close to the goal, so we’ll have to actually create the prize in the next week or so!..
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Dental Disaster
Posted by on March 9th, 2009 in ireland and mental stateAs some of you know, my teeth are not my strongest feature. I’ve been working with our wonderful dentist, Dr. Z, for nearly 20 years…
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Windscreen Frost: a demonstration
Posted by on March 4th, 2009 in culture and irelandMore than a month ago, Anita wrote about the shocking revelation that mere water would remove frost from her windscreen…
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