A lovely posting on talk.origins which gives some idea ot the timescales involved in evolutionary processes ( Read more... )

G, P and I took the bus up to Derry, arriving Friday afternoon ( Read more... )

We buried my uncle Franny in Dardallstown cemetery in Dublin on Wednesday ( Read more... )

I'm in Finland at the moment and I've just got this email from Peadar ( Read more... )

... but not as fit as I should be ( Read more... )

The following is from a book by Stanislaw Lem called "The Cyberiad: Fables ( Read more... )

I've been promising myself a new bike for ages and it was delivered today ( Read more... )

7th Century Irish poetry, no less ( Read more... )

Anita and her three-year-old son Emiliano were deported to Poland on Friday ( Read more... )

Well, now that the kids are grown and gone, or half gone in P case, it's time to put on an extension! We have been planning it for years but always managed to find an excuse for not doing it ( Read more... )