High wind caused one of the oldest trees in the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin to fall at around 8.20am on the morning of the 31st December 2009. The tree was on top of the rockery in the Gardens.

We spent the weekend in Istanbul in Turkey. I got to practice my negotiation skills in the Grand Bazaar. We took a boat from Europe to Asia and we walked for miles exploring the sites. It is a very interesting city. Well worth a visit.

Need to:

Reduce stress?

Restore a state of relaxation?

Improves blood circulation?

Increases energy levels?

Speed healing?

Relieve pain?

Increase blood circulation?

Improve posture?

Prevent insomnia?

All or any of the above?

If so, and you are in the Dublin, Ireland area I can highly recommend Prishela Row.

I just got back from San Francisco. It was cloudy in the city all the time but not in Marin County. I took this picture of the Golden Gate Bridge.

I read these recently and thought they were funny...

Request

In the local the other day there were two lads playing guitar. After they finished a song someone shouted to them;

"here do ye's do requests"

They said they did

"Well **** off cause your bleeding brutal"

Overheard on Wednesday, 26th September 2007 - Clonliffe House by sheriff2



Like a needle in a haystack...

I regularly have a coffee in a coffee-shop on D'Olier Street and it takes me past this nice, softly-spoken bloke from Dublin Bus. I think he must be a supervisor or something. One day, I overheard him talking calmly into his walkie-talkie: "And tell us. By any chance, did you ever find that bus?"

Overheard on Tuesday, 25th September 2007 - D'Olier Street by Anonymous

Thinking about the recent events in Burma, the question: is democracy a basic human right occurred to me.

I would say that it is. If so, what are the implications of this?

What do you think?

These are pictures of the actual Delorean from Back to the Future. I took these in Universal Studios in Los Angeles in 2003 but am only getting around to posting them now.

I was in NY for work and as always took a number of photos. Here are some of the more interesting ones:

The Apple store in NY, wonderful flagship store, great bold architecture and some great products and technology inside:



Central park, of course:



Ground zero: