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So, I wrote two whole pages (and there was much rejoicing!) I could probably be done now if it weren't for the little satans outside jack-hammering away on my balcony. I can't write to jack-hammering (although I noticed when I turned on my stereo - the new Cruxshadows song - at maximum volume they ceased their aural torture).

Here's the first two intro paragraphs and then what I've written so far:

The coexistence of madness with genius, although not scientifically ...

Four legged angels
trust our every move
protecting us from danger
filling us with love

Their needs are so little
their friendship so vast
there's nothing like a doggie kiss
to make a bad day pass

And though your beloved pet
has gone to sleep for now
his little life enriched your own
and that is what really counts.

...

A 24 year old local boy was killed this weekend in Iraq. We live in a small town- the population is less than 400 and so it feels really personal. I just keep crying about it. Maybe it's because I haven't slept much this weekend, but it really is sad that such a young boy had to die over there. He had two children and that makes it worse. What a shame.

I have a friend that is going back in a few months. I hate for him to go. I hate to see his mother with tears in her eyes ...

This tale hearkens back to the bachelor days when I was in my prime at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota as Chief Clerk, Orderly Room for the 321st Civil Engineering Squadron (SAC) circa 1976 or so. It's also the only time I was almost a fugitive from justice all unknowingly.

Now just outside the base is an eye blink town called Emerado which has a very small strip mall mostly taken up with a grocery store and a clothing store and one of the very first comic book shops in North Dakota ...

So i'm back with some more pointless info About Ireland.

* The Normans didnt invade Ireland, they were invited over in 1168 by King Dermot MacMuragh to help him regain some of his kingdom in Leinster. As a reward he gave to the leader of the army Richard DeClare ie. Strongbow the hand of his daughter Aoife.

* Some of the streets in Dublin City centre are still the original names from the viking period. They are also in the same position and length as they were over ...