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The scoop, in snippets 2006 July 20 21:21

Posted by diamond in : Cycling, Health, Random , 6 comments

Train to dublin yesterday, passed field of magpies sitting on sheep, met atlas and drusilla for dinner, atlas paid (thanks -), met dredg ‘n stewie ‘n ann ‘n madduck, stayed in grand canal hotel, slept ~8 hours, had 3 interviews, 2 by video-conference with zurich, all went well, enjoyable, learned stuff, maybe one more phone interview, should hear back within a week, lunch with dredg ‘n stewie ‘n madduck ‘n conall, google will cover the cost of train+hotel+food (yay), train back to limerick was like a sauna, near 100% humidity, high 20’s temp, sheets of sweat pouring off, went for a cycle when i got home, 24.94km @ 29.23kmph, new record avg speed -)

*Update*
Oh yeah, there was partaking of the free ice-cream in google. Mmmmm -)

*Update part deux*
This just in from cheez: “In this weather flies tend to lay eggs in the wool of sheep which haven’t been shorn. These eggs turn into maggots, a healthy feast for magpies. Magpies are pretty much the only bird which is cheeky enough to stay on the sheeps back”. Awesome -)

In an attempt to staunch

Posted by diamond in : Random , 2 comments

the flow of “So, how did it go?” questions, here is the answer: it went well. All clear? -)