Just before everything went completely to...

Late afternoon sun on the Tyrhennian, from the hills above S. Marinella 2014

Christmas eve hiking & running, enjoying my new hair.

Mike Matt and a few friends for dinner, Conclave week 2013

Winnie, before her illness. In fact, she was already showing signs, but I put it down to age. 

At home. 

The Abdicator's last day on the job: last Angelus

First sign something was wrong: it was too soon. Two days, 4 ballots. 

No s___, I was there. 

I keep thinking I should just move back to S. Marinella. But I guess you can't turn back time. 

Flashback

When I was fifteen, I left home and was made a ward of the state. In effect, this meant that no one was supervising me, or really ever would again. It was 1981, and my rule was simple: if you could get away with it, you should. This meant, of course, one had to experiment a lot to see what was possible.


Applying this rule, I figured if I could get into a club, it meant I was old enough.

My moral life has developed a bit since then, but in many ways, this still the basic gist.



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I win

So, I figure I totally won the "Better Weekend than You" prize.


This is what my weekend sounded like.

Towards the end, someone asked me, "So, which part of the conference did you like best?"

I said, "The Ceili!"

I think I was supposed to say which speaker I liked...



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Irish person fun-fact

The Irish have a second person plural.

I heard it all weekend. They say "Ye" for when they're talking to a group.

No kidding.



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It's just like England,

only without all those annoying English people.


Hilary + Guinness


x fun Irish people


x Ceili band


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Pro-lifers

= Smiley-face


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Got here just in time

A flood warning has been issued as the remnants of Hurricane Thomas head for Irish shores.



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Note to self

Never get Japanese food in Dublin again.



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