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Posing as a Dubliner

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. Thoughts and ramblings from an Oregonian in Dublin.

03 Sep '06

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Glasnevin Cemetery

I spent most of today in the Glasnevin Cemetery. It was far from gloomy. The cemetery lies north of where I live in the Phibsboro district, only about a 15 min bike ride. The cemetery is located in next to … Read More

02 Sep '06

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Mission possible

Mission 1: find hatI’ve decided a hat is a must have because it is sooooo windy on the Quays. Around 2pm i hopped on my bike and headed down to the Market Arcade. I we expecting an all day battle … Read More

30 Aug '06

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29 Aug '06

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I went the other way…

I went for a walk tonite after dinner. I headed north, I usually head south because that’s towards town. But to the northwest is Phoenix Park, the largest park in all of Europe. The park is so large that it … Read More

28 Aug '06

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football?

Football here is not soccer like in the rest of Europe. This weekend there was a huge football game, Dublin VS. Mayo in the All Ireland SFC semi-finals. So what is Gaelic Football? I have no idea, it looks like … Read More

27 Aug '06

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The coast

Today we headed down to Dun Laoghaire for the Festival of World Cultures. We hopped on the DART for a 30min train ride there, cheap too only 3.50 round trip. When we got there, it was a festival much like … Read More

26 Aug '06

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entertainment

last nite went well, after work a few of us headed over to O’Neills for a few drinks and a dinner of chips (come on, fries) and little wieners on toothpicks. It was a good time, at 8:10 Treasa and … Read More

24 Aug '06

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where i live…

By the way, this is my house…for the next few months at least…

The “garden”The living roomMy room

There’s also a great kitchen with very tall counters and cupboards

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24 Aug '06

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I’m very impressionable.

I’ve been reading a lot of Tom Robbins (what’s new). He always inspires the best imagery.

Anywho.

Things are going swimmingly here. I had meetings all day today mainly with manufacturing type business men. The majority of our … Read More

22 Aug '06

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Preach it Tom…

Things. Things attach themselves like leeches to the human soul, then they bleed out the sweetness and the music and the primordial joy of being unencumbered upon the land. People feel tremendous pressure to settle down in some sort of … Read More

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