Monthly Archives: December 2009

Top 10 Moments on Inis Meain

1. Arrive at cottage late at night. The only heat source is the small stove in the living room. Unable to light a fire (run out of matches), so bundle up in ...

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Reading Notebook #1: You Can Write Well & Behave Badly

From "Slang-Whanger" by Arthur Krystal in New Yorker (May 18, 2009) We don't for a moment believe that Hazlitt is inept, or unattractive, or capable of behaving like a lunatic. You can't write well and behave badly. But, of course, you can, and Hazlitt did. He cheated on his wife, alienated ...

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Immigration Officers and the Meaning of Existence

I wasn't expecting trouble when I passed through immigration at the Dublin airport. I'm American, I'm privileged, and I look like I spend a lot of time reading indoors. I was the second person standing ...

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My First Post (From Ireland)

On December 16, I left the United States for a 2-week vacation in Ireland. A key objective while I'm here (in the quiet and remote Aran Islands) is to rebuild my homepage. Good progress today.

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