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It took over 10 years but one of the lads and myself finally managed to get to see Silver Jews live last night in Cyprus Avenue, Cork. What a gig. Both of us were well impressed. The first time I used amazon.com was back in 1998 to buy their album American Water as I couldn’t [...]

I think I’m well enough to maybe string together a coherent entry! There were certainly a few sick heads around here today after the christening but the whole day and evening went much better than expected. Thank you to all who came and helped make the evening much more enjoyable. And a big thank you [...]

Things here are absolutely chaotic at this very minute. My mother, sister, cousin and Sylwia are running around the place like headless chickens. The dogs have run into my computer room for sanctuary from all the madness. Out in the dining room there is a table with enough food to feed a small army. You [...]

I’ve been inspired by a post on Michele Neylon’s blog about packing in a hurry. I’m sure we all have had similar experiences and I have certainly had quite a few. One still sticks in my mind though. Back in 2000, I was working as a consultant for a Cork based company and most of [...]

Now read the title again and then try singing it to the tune of a certain Johnny Logan song. I can’t believe I just mentioned Johnny Logan here but there you go! I’ve been tagged for another meme. Grandad was tagged by K8  and he has seen fit to pass the memo on to five [...]

Lucas had his 6 week checkup on Monday despite the fact that he was actually 7 weeks old. No fear of him at all. He is 63cm and 13lbs (5.9kg). He has an appointment on Monday next for his first immunisation shots. The last 7 weeks have been like a blur but helped by the [...]

Lots of people are writing about their experiences over the past year. Grannymar has a great post on her blog and Grandad has broken his new year resolution already! As for myself? To call it a mixed year would be an understatement and it was very definitely a year with very marked highs and lows. [...]

Pardon the pun in the title! I was having a few issues with DNS which a few people have notified me about. Kieran wrote about it on his blog and Eoin noticed problems too. Traffic was steadily flowing in so I wasn’t sure if the problem was with my DNS or not. Anyway it appears [...]