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Protected: Whatever you like doing, do it! 17 Aug 2012 | 10:56 pm
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1 to 100 years 2 Aug 2012 | 09:25 pm
This is a wonderful video from the 1 to 100 years project produced during this European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations. The project “1 to 100 Years” consisted of photographin...
Apple, the man with the mop & flying to the moon 3 Jul 2012 | 12:26 am
I read an interesting article in the New York Times about Apple’s retail workers in the United States. The opening paragraphs set the tone for the piece. One employee in the Salem, New Hampshire stor...
We just want to buy some chicken wings, mister. 16 May 2012 | 01:43 am
The Irish Examiner reports on a case of a 7 year-old child collapsing in a Cork school due to severe undernourishment. It makes for shocking reading. My mind goes back a few years to the “boom times”...
Becoming an orphan.. 15 May 2012 | 03:18 am
It was Mother’s Day in the USA yesterday. I read this piece in The New York Times by Timothy Egan and it’s a truly beautiful and eloquent tribute to his mother. I started to read it to my partner on ...
What colour are the eyes of travellers in Ireland? 11 May 2012 | 02:03 am
This article is also on Facebook as a note. The Cork Independent editorial today makes for sad reading. The piece is about the video of a horse and cart race on a main road in Cork which has gained a...
I forgot my phone on Saturday and I survived 9 May 2012 | 02:17 am
Saturday morning 11.15am, I join the M50 Southbound headed to Wicklow. 10 minutes later it dawns on me that I forgot to bring my phone. I say phone, but I really mean the device that has everything – ...
There’s no such thing as a stranger.. 5 May 2012 | 02:24 am
I really like this piece by Alain De Botton. It’s very helpful to think of another person this way when arguments and disagreements arise. This piece is also shared as a note on Facebook if you want t...
Bealtaine Festival asks : “What kind of old would you like to be?” 1 May 2012 | 04:56 am
I really like this series of videos put together by the Bealtaine Festival. The question is asked – “What kind of old would you like to be?” This response by Deirdre Walsh is one that stood out for m...
Why you shouldn’t care how many days a man spends shaving in his lifetime 24 Apr 2012 | 01:48 am
This statistic popped up on my Twitter stream recently : “Over the course of a lifetime, the average man will spend 125 days shaving”. In my head I hear the time devil scream: “Stop wasting your tim...
