From the monthly archives:

November 2006

Being an expat

November 25, 2006

Tweet I forget that I am. It only hits me from time to time when I overhear some conversations about people that are coming into the country and the “damage” they cause, to the expectation of the citizens and the “culture”. I am perhaps a little unforgiving when I hear this in Ireland, so many [...]

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Back on Forgiveness

November 24, 2006

Tweet I find this quite important – as I don’t want to pass through life sub-consciously blaming others for what I don’t get, get in so many ways. Therefore the philosophical dictionary this morning – “To forgive someone is to hold him or her excused from an offence, even in ones thoughts, while still acknowledging [...]

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What is Fear?

November 22, 2006

Tweet This is the best description of fear that I have ever come across. It is from the book Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I have looked for a website belonging to Yann to link to from here, if you know of one let me know and I will add a link to his [...]

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Job Hunting

November 20, 2006

TweetBack at that place again – looking for a job – the looking for a job, for me, is always harder than the job itself. Between agencies and filling in application forms – arh my head hurts. I can normally do the jobs fine and they sometimes even end up being fun – but right [...]

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Forgiveness

November 18, 2006

TweetI had a thought. What if I have to forgive? What I mean is this; what if something from long ago still bothers me and that person has not changed or is even dead, and to get over or past this hurt or to be happier in life now – I have to forgive, how [...]

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St Dismas

November 17, 2006

TweetSaint Dismas (sometimes spelled Dysmas, Dimas, or even Dumas), also known as the Good Thief, is the name given to one of the thieves who was crucified alongside Christ according to the Gospel of Luke 23:39-43: And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, “If thou be Christ, save thyself and [...]

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Yeah – they have it right – Hello World

November 16, 2006

TweetWhy write a blog? Is it just people with too much time on their hands and really nothing better to do? Do you want to be heard? We all do to some extent. So why bother. Advertising is one. Let people know what you are doing and see if they will pay you to do [...]

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