I'm back from the Catskills, and cowering in the air conditioning. Wow, it's hot here, especially after a week of 60 degree nights ( Read more... )

Last night we had a birthday party for one of my friends at a Croatian restaurant in Astoria. My friend is Croatian-American, and so obviously I know her from Irish dancing. There were a mix of friends and co-workers there, and two of our mutual friends had come from a band party elsewhere and had brought their instruments in with them, as ( Read more... )

As I'm waiting for my Ork computer with its sublight processor to finally load my caseload, I might as well update LJ ( Read more... )

One of my favorite Christmas songs, so I thought I'd share :)

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No, not John, as one of my facebook friends thought.
A great accordion player and the father of Joanie Madden of "Cherish the Ladies"
I just saw him play with her a few weeks ago. He passed away tonite :(

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1044 words, on a Robin Hood crackfic which is seriously all RA' s fault.

Shall have to finish it tomorrow, as it's midnite and I need to finish this Irish mystery that whatthefaith sent me, so I can make a valiant effort at my book club book over the weekend. The book (irish one tho book club book is pretty good so far too) is very good, the only problem ( Read more... )

The current song eating my brain is Raglan Road, a song to a traditional Irish tune called "The Dawning of the Day", the lyrics are a poem by Patrick Kavanagh.

On Raglan Road on an autumn day I met her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue;
I saw the danger, yet I walked along the enchanted way,
And I said ( Read more... )

( Some samplings of my favorite bands: )

I uploaded this for koalathebear but anyone else who wants it feel to grab.

"Fish and Get Fat" by Gaelic Storm

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