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March 2009

Do Catholics Commit More Crimes?

March 31, 2009

I read this interesting article in the Irish Times.  At the end of the article I was left asking myself – Do Catholics Commit more crimes than Protestants?   I see little evidence that this is true – it is easy to compare the crime rates between the UK and here – but hold on, there [...]

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I Had a Low News Week

March 24, 2009

So following up from my last post where I was saying, (complaining), how tired I was – I decided that the world did not deserve me and I went into hiding for a week.  Well that is what it felt like – I turned off the computer, switched off the news, bought no newspapers, went [...]

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So Many People Are Tired

March 16, 2009

I feel like I have tired for a long, long time.  I find it hard to remember the last time I was brimming full of energy.  Last September I think – and that in itself answers one of my questions.
I did not feel this tiredness until I was 27.  At that point in my life [...]

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Marley, Me, and Piss on Dublins Streets

March 14, 2009
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Went off to the cinema last night to see Marley & Me, it is a nice easy feel good movie that has many of the women in the audience going ahhh quite often.  I must say, much to my surprise, I didn’t hate it.  In fact I enjoyed the movie.
Marley and Me follows many traditional [...]

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Banff Canada

March 4, 2009

This was the first place we stayed in the Rockies, Banff is one of the most expensive places in Canada to stay, more expensive than a bloody good hotel in Vancouver – this surprised me.  I thought we would head into the countryside and hotels would be cheaper and the areas would be quite quiet. [...]

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