…in Ireland! Yes, I’m off again, this time for a slightly whirlwind tour of the ould country: a day in Dublin, four days in Cobh, and another day in Dublin. We have no particular plan, as such, though I’m determined to stop by Avoca in D…
Sigh - first Beagle 2, and now Spirit. I think the Martians are trying to tell us something.…
Jeremy and I went to see Return of the King for the third time yesterday. I’ve enjoyed it more and more each time I’ve seen it (and I’ve definitively established that my enjoyment of a movie is inversely proportional to the number of peo…
If this isn’t the definition of a Kafkaesque death, I don’t know what is. I’m sure there’s a terrible joke in there somewhere about the Finns being quiet and reserved, but I’ll refrain from making it.…
A week in the Highlands, och, aye.…
The holidays are over, and it’s back to Blighty and back to the daily grind for me. Despite the fact that almost everyone in my family (including me) had a cold at some point over the Christmas holidays, we had a great time in Arizona. There was muc…