It’s the start of the Mid-Term break and myself and the father are off to Carlow to visit my sister and her husband for the weekend.

Back Monday …. all going well.

Have a good one my reader friends!

Class Size:

• Irish classes are already the second highest in Europe. Next year, your child’s class could be even more crowded.

English Language Teachers:

• Hundreds of English language teachers will go in schools. The only help most newcomer children will now get is in an already over-crowded class. This will affect all pupils.

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No thanks …. we don’t need an IBM, a Minolta, an Aficio or any other type of photocopier!

Stop sending me ‘offers’ …. they automatically win a trip to the recycling bin!

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Happy Birthday Pelé ~ 68 today!

Tom Crean (1877-1938) was born on a farm near the village Annascaul in Co. Kerry.

At the age of 15 he joined the British Navy and ended up being on three of the four major British Antarctic expeditions:

1. The “Discovery” (1901 – 1904)
2. The “Terra Nova” (1910 – 1913)
3. The “Endurance” (1914 – 1916)

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Thomas Edison lit us up with a workable electric light in his workshop on this day in 1879!

Now John Gormley wants us to embrace those new fangled CFL bulbs.

Thanks Mr. Edison and good night!

John Denver (1943-1997)

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The Persistence of Memory (1931)

Salvador Dali

Surrealism ~ bizarre dream imagery

Dali ~ I love his work!

“My life burned inside me. Even such as it was, it was the only record of me, and it was my only creation, and something in me would not accept that it was insignificant.” ~ Nuala O’Faolain

OK …. great legs!

(Behind the scenes of the new Littlewoods Direct TV ad launching their new winter collection)