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The last couple of years I've been going on "Traincations." Where I go off somewhere and immerse myself in something, a facet...

I hadn't been to New York before. My friends that have been have raved about it.  I arrived just before midnight in JFK. I had printed...

The highlights of L.A. and Hollywood were: 1.      The service, breakfast and tours organised by the hostel 2.      The Warner Bros Stu...

Dear Diary [Edit: The following was mainly written two four weeks ago... I ain't ain't changing it now] The words of the day ar...

I tried, for about 60s, to think of a funny title for this, but, as you all can see, I came up dry and my PhD training kicked in... So ...

This evening, I got the bejaysus scared out of me. I've used the same Laundr-O-Mat a couple of times. There are no indications of ...

The Irish have been doing it for a long time - Potato famine, economic recessions, boredom, warrants... any reason will do. My great gr...

My name is Máirtín McNamara. I used to be an undergraduate until... "We've got a graduation for you. Your postgraded." When yo...

[Blogger's note: I had intended to write this series up before I left Dublin, but I forgot about it until I was taking pictures off of m...

Last week, Brian left his car lights on all day, while he was in college. It goes without saying. 1 Shortly after he left the office, he ...

So, snow. For the first time, since I was a pudgy little boy in my shell overalls and wellies scooping snow around my father's work-van...

Apologies for the looooooooonng delay, folks; I decided on [does quotation gesture with index and middle fingers] me time (in an American ...

... and later on I did Lion vs Tiger with Kevin [I am the Lion :) ] full screen

We were in a demo last weekend for the Dun Laoghaire World Culture's Festival, I did Louhan Sanzhan while Barry did something else [ ful...

Myself and Brian arrived in Zurich without ado. In short order, we were settled into our seats on the train, gazing out the window at sun-ki...

The Desert Our last morning in Merrakech, our driver Mustafa collected us to go to the desert. A friendly chap, he was speaking to us wit...

Merrakech is an old city. It has been around in one form or another for nearly 1,000 years. There are miles and miles of stalls, they offer...

Essaouira It is known for its Medina. Orson Welles shot scenes of his version of Othello in and around it. Jimi Hendrix wrote Castles Made...