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 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 [...]
Posted in slice-o-life on October 30th, 2004 No Comments »
Or, a vignette into life with a precocious not-yet-three-year-old.
The cast: Dad (30), child (2), Mom (young and beautiful).
The setting: Mom and child are watching grizzly bears fishing on TV.
Dad (to child): “Would you like to go to the grocery store?”
Satanic cherub: “Go away. Stop annoying us. We need our privacy. We need to watch these [...]
Posted in slice-o-life on October 26th, 2004 No Comments »
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While driving home from the climbing gym last night, I listened to some of British Jihad, a public radio documentary about the rise of radical Islam in Britain.
While most of the show was unsurprising, it was utterly bizarre to hear one of Michael Goldfarb’s interviewees introduced as Khalid Kelly, a Dubliner who had converted to [...]
Posted in slice-o-life on October 6th, 2004 No Comments »
At Zeitgeist last night with Nat, Rael, Cory, James and Bill, I regurgitated a quip to the effect of “I, for one, welcome our robot masters.” Cory offered the corrected version with “I, for one, welcome our new robot masters.”
Which got me to thinking a typically inane thought: why was this phrase stuck in [...]
