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Ardboe Cross Excursion

September 23rd, 2007 No Comments

My posting is pathetic. Pathetic, I tell you! I have another post in my drafts folder that discusses this at more length. In the meantime, let's talk about this week!

Chance started feeling puny on Tuesday, and I've picked up the same bug. It's pretty rotten - sinus headache and sore throat. Chance has a [...]

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The first weekend excursion, part 3: Glenarm and Cushendun

September 7th, 2007 No Comments

Glenarm was our first of the Glen villages. We saw a sign for a "castle tea garden", which, when the situation warrants, apparently translates to desperate American parents as "bathrooms are here". Blithely ignoring Ginger's "this place looks kind of closed", I swung into the parking lot. After getting out and wandering around a bit, [...]

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The first weekend excursion, part 2: Larne and Ballygalley

September 5th, 2007 1 Comment

So this post is covering events now more than two weeks out of date, but I have been shamed into posting. I mean, I'm in Ireland!!! When was the last time G Love was in Ireland, huh?

Now of course all you purists out there are saying "he's not in Ireland, he's in Northern Ireland - [...]

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The first weekend excursion, part 1: Carrickfergus

August 26th, 2007 No Comments

Yesterday (Saturday) was the first day since the family's been here that Paxton's felt well enough to get out a bit. We started out the day by checking out the St. George's Market. I managed to miss last weekend's market - Friday at work, but Saturday I was just lazy. But today we got there [...]

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Test post for Picasaweb link

August 19th, 2007 Comments Off

If I did this right, you're seeing a picture of the Lagan river, looking upstream, taken from the east end of the Albert bridge. The building on the right is the executive apartment I'm in until the end of the month - my bedroom window is the right-most top porthole.

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