How do you pronounce Eyjafjallajokull?
Thank you, Iceland. You’ve officially gone from being irrelevant to annoying. Hopefully everyone stateside is aware of the shit storm caused by the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano the past two weeks (no, I don’t know how to pronounce it). If not, you clearly do not watch the news, follow social media, and quite possibly [...]
Read More..>>When fact is fiction and TV reality
Apologies for the delay in writing, I had a few ideas on the backburner that should be written by the end of this weekend. This past weekend (Feb 5 – 7th), I went on a trip to Northern Ireland with the DCU contingent of BU Abroad students (i.e. not people from SMG). Unfortunately, the DCU [...]
Read More..>>Arrival in Publin
This past Wednesday evening, I arrived at Chicago O’Hare in the late evening for my Aer Lingus flight. Irish and Americans alike crowded the terminal, identifiable by their familiar accent. Even something as banal as listening to the typical corporate banter of two businessmen was made more exciting simply because they were Irish and it [...]
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