Posted in slice-o-life on December 30th, 2004 No Comments »
From the terms and restrictions of a package cruise on Expedia’s web site: “This cruise line requires that passengers younger than 255 years old be accompanied by an adult 25 years or older in the same cabin.”
Posted in slice-o-life on December 21st, 2004 No Comments »
Last night, sitting on the floor, attempting to convince Cian to put his pajamas on. He running circles around me and hooting with delight, me sharing an exasperated look with Shannon.
Suddenly, an idea forms.
“Know Cian, no peace,” I say to her. She cracks up.
Cian looks delighted.
“Know Cian! No peace!” he yells.
“No Cian! [...]
Posted in climbing on December 19th, 2004 No Comments »
I’ve decided that there’s no reason to wait until January to start obsessing about climbing again. For the past several months, I’ve become increasingly discouraged as my climbing ability has slowly slipped backwards.
Last weekend, I went to Pinnacles with the usual suspects and didn’t feel like leading anything, not even a 5.9. This [...]
Posted in slice-o-life on December 14th, 2004 No Comments »
In the coffee shop this morning:
“I’ll have a latte and a scone, please.”
“You’re Irish, right?”
“I am.”
“Yeah–all the Irish buy scones.”
Posted in slice-o-life on December 6th, 2004 No Comments »
We’ve been visiting Ireland for the past week and a bit, to see family, friends, and attend Siobhán and Jonathan’s wedding. My visits back here amount to annual impressionistic snapshots of how the country has changed.
I am infinitely grateful for the government’s workplace smoking ban. It is now possible to go to a pub for [...]
Posted in slice-o-life on December 5th, 2004 No Comments »
It’s 5am Irish time as I write this. I am tired, almost ready to finally go asleep. This is the first Ireland visit where I haven’t even tried to adjust, or more importantly to get the wee fella to adjust, to the 8-hour time difference.
Frankly, this approach doesn’t work well. Either I [...]
