Boy, the flu can take a lot out of you … har, har, har.
Fortunately, that isn’t me, but Christian Bale in The Machinist. The guy deserves a method acting award just for dropping the weight to physically inhabit the body of a man who hasn’t slept in a year. The first hour and a half [...]

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I unceremoniously celebrated our official six month anniversary in Ireland sick in bed. I suppose standing atop Knocknarea with a stiff wind blowing in my face ultimately got to me. The only good thing about lying flat in bed is that you are restrained to thinking, reading, listening to tunes or watching the tube. (If [...]

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First, there is the difficulty of translating any decent book into a movie. I’ll admit not having read Eragon, though Gabe had. In addition, any film with dragons, sorcerers and epic battles will forever be compared to the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. However, even on its own, Eragon just isn’t a good film. I [...]

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After two birthday cakes and pumpkin pie, we took a trip today to Carrowmore, as well as walking to the summit of Knocknarea.
Carrowmore is the largest cemetary of megalithic stones in Ireland. It was interesting to see the current worn paths of visitors connecting the sites together across the fields. The dolmen in one of [...]

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