Since I'm posting pix from Facebook... I also have this one I liked and posted the other day.


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I suddenly got asked to go to Belfast, and then asked to stay here until tomorrow just in case.  So after working, I went over to the Titanic museum to have a wee look around.... just the parts that were free, tho, 'cause I'm cheap.

In Ireland again, just outside Dublin, for work... just like last week.  And again, unfortunately, too busy to look around very much.  Will travel back home via ferry from Belfast tomorrow ( Read more... )

...and here are the latest newsworthy inductees to my "Newsmakers Hall of Fame"...

Prince Philip Jan 6
Iran Jan 13
Thierry Henry Jan 17
Mitt Romney Jan 20

Syria Feb 19

RMS Titanic Apr 13

100 years since the Titanic hit that iceberg... Here's a memorial in Dock Park, Dumfries honouring a few local people who perished.


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A few times in the past week, I've gone to Dock Park in Dumfries to walk the dog...  There's a memorial there to two Dumfries natives who died when the Titanic went down, which is sort of interesting.

Here's part of a description of the monument from a website (the Encyclopedia Titanica):

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