So you've been thinking about getting a tattoo removed for a while now. Google has brought you to youtube where you've ended up watching lots of cool videos of tattoos getting zapped by laser. Viola! All gone! That looks easy!...
continue readingPun intended : you may or may not remember that I have a particular interest in memory. If you read this post you can see why my interest would be piqued by a review of a book called "Moonwalking with Einstein...
continue readingThe response to Facebook updates always reminds me of some topics that I get to thinking about now and then: Different people learn new things, and adapt to new things, in very different ways. People are as different to each...
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On census day PLEASE don't say you drive a Morris Minor unless you really do. Because then you're forcing the rest of us into Morris Minors whether we like it or not. And a lot of us really don't want...
continue readingLunch time. Full tide at Clontarf bay. Spotted lots of fish; large Roach right in against the wall swimming in couples and threesomes. Busy shoals of silvery fry trying to stay away from the Roach, and even some jumpers farther...
continue readingDegas trotted off to the ballet school once more. He'd sketched the dancers hundreds of times now. And crafted many paintings. But to say he was infatuated with the dancers was a façade of sorts. It was the dance teacher...
continue readingIf the sun on my face wasn't good enough reason to be sprightly, having an appointment; some business to attend to, while hurriedly strolling down a dusty backstreet in Spain, felt quite good and purposeful. I could almost imagine that...
continue readingDerek "Crosaire" Crozier died over the weekend. I made sure to get a paper yesterday and was determined to finish it but alas I didn't quite make it. No other crossword comes close to the elegance of the Crosaire. But...
continue readingI've been meaning to check out audiobooks for years and now I'm hooked, obsessed even. I got a nice birthday present of an ipod nano and some itunes vouchers on a recent birthday, so I bought an audiobook instead of...
continue readingNot sure this makes for an interesting blog post but it'll take my mind off it for the next ten minutes. I've had the most horrible few days and nights. Started getting a pain in my tooth on Friday. It...
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