I’m certain I have spoken about it before, but the one morning ritual I miss from the States was watching CBS Sunday Morning each week. Such great television. That ritual takes the form of Sunday Miscellany here in Ireland on RTE Radio 1. Just under an hour of spoken word and music. To set the [...]

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I heard a fleeting snippet of news on the radio that a “broadband bill” had been defeated in the Senate. I never heard another word or could I find any headlines on the Internet. Between battling with my own dropped connections, I managed to find links to the Bill.
Targets for every household to have minimum [...]

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On Friday night, Gabe went to his first disco. I was a ’steward’ out in the parking lot checking for tickets and screening for alcohol. That was a treat from 9PM-12AM on a cold crisp night in February. At least it was dry.
I’ll sum up the evening by saying how happy I am to have [...]

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We had our first snow of the season. It was just below freezing and a flurry of activity left a nice dusting everywhere. The temperature didn’t last and neither did the snow, mostly all wiped away by a hard rain over the evening.
Gabe and I had traveled up to Enniskillen in Northern Ireland. I believe [...]

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A few people have asked whether we celebrate Thanksgiving this side of the pond. We do indeed, even though we didn’t get around to it last year. However, the feast this year consisted of a perfectly cooked turkey with Lisa’s famous stuffing, pumpkin pie baked from scratch, and I even put some Steeler DVDs [...]

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