While attempting to set up an Irish bank account, I remembered another crucial piece of official documentation I needed but had completely forgotten about: the PPS (Personal Public Service) number. This is akin to the American Social Security number, and like a SSN, you need one in order to do most things having to do [...]
After the multi-year, $1,000+ madness involved in getting an American green card (permission to live and work in the States essentially indefinitely), I had a difficult time accepting that the analogous process in Ireland would be so much simpler as to create a divide by zero error while comparing the two. I could not wrap [...]
Leprecon XXX was on at the weekend. I have lost the charger for my camera, and so for the first time in a few years, I have not uploaded hundreds of photos of the event. I now regret not making a better effort to charge the camera battery.
Instead, you can have a written account.
I’m currently vacillating on the Palin choice. She still seems like a cynical, slightly ridiculous choice of Bush in a skirt. On the other hand, while progressive pundits tut manfully and talk about the more honorable choice of Biden, there’s little comfort in claiming the moral high-ground from second place (again).
In the interim, I have [...]
If a speech depends on nothing else, it depends on the crowd receiving it. The best thing about the speech I gave on Friday night was that I was facing not my usual crowd of stoney-faced academics, yearning for a coffee break, but a jubilant, recently-fed crowd with ready access to alcohol.
Perhaps I should [...]