So, why did I just renew my subscription again? Bleedin' ghost-town around here so it is.

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To ward off panics, financial media organizations are keeping Unhappy Talk to a minimum. "We're very careful not to throw words around like 'meltdown' and 'free fall,' " CNN correspondent Ali Velshi, who is getting mucho face time thanks to the meltdown and free fall, told the New York Times. The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal is engaging ( Read more... )

I have seen 24/878 (2%) of all UNESCO World Heritage Sites( Read more... )

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• 1000km in total, all inside the Arctic Circle.
  
• It's an extraordinarily cyclist-friendly nation. Motorists held up busy roads, just to let me cross on my bike.
  
• 24 hour daylight is a nice novelty, but you still need to sleep 8 hours a day.
  
• The weather is ok! 50% sunshine, no rain, average 15 degrees C in the daytime.
  
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I think it was some time after the Asian tsunami, and when I realised that I was no longer too hard up for cash, that I made a decision. What I decided was that any time I saw a news report describing some disaster that killed or caused injury and distress to 1000s, but didn't actually affect me at all - like the Burma cyclone in the news at the ( Read more... )

So, today I finally got my dental implant inserted.. and it went well. If you feel like being grossed out, have a look at an example procedure on youtube (login required).

Now, let's hope I've seen the last of my dental mishaps.

Just one example of why Irish Times Crosaire crosswords are so laugh-out-loud enjoyable...

Clue: Praise be to God this will water the girl, by the sound of it (7)
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.. to one of the greatest pianists of all time.

Oscar Peterson (1925 - 2007)