tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57929702023-10-29T12:04:06.016+00:00What do you describe it as? A blog from Ireland.....http://www.blogger.com/profile/09960715355277200261noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792970.post-1164040741142518742006-11-20T16:33:00.000+00:002006-11-20T16:39:01.143+00:00

Just finished reading "Carry Me Down", by M.J. Hyland. This book is one that leaves you thinking about it long after you've put the book down. Some of the images portrayed in the book have haunting quality which lingers for some time after finsihing the book. The attempted murder by John, the books central character, of his Mother is strange and leaves the reader with a dislike for John, who up

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Okay so two months later, I decide I better post something here.Baby Berries is due to arrive Monday. We sit at home each evening waiting for the Tsunami to arrive (waters to break). Mrs. B can't sleep, sit or walk without discomfort and neither of us is sure what to expect.But that aside, we cannot wait to see our baby!!Tags: DaBerries Baby

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Right, I'm still trying to reduce my outgoings everywhere I can. So I moved onto my credit card today. I have a balance on my card that rolls over from month to month. It's not huge but big enough that it is going to take me a while to get it down. It's a little hangover from our honeymoon. The card has been retired to the drawer until it's gone. So I rang my provider today who charge an APR of

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Following on from my enquiries with my mortgage provider I've started a review of my finances. You'd be amazed where you waste money. Three years ago we bought a TV, DVD player and video for €700. We were about to move into our new house, so money was tight. In order to keep the cost down we decided, in our wisdom, to finance the purchase over 48 months with the stores finance provider. I just

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I took an SSIA out back in April of 2002. I decided back then in my wisdom to contribute the maximum to the scheme of €254 per month. My SSIA is due to mature next May. So what do you do with a bundle of cash that you never had in your pocket to begin with? What do you do with the monthly contribution of €254 that you haven't missed for five years? Well, I heard Eddie Hobbbs say you should pay

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Some images from Paris July '06Tags: DaBerries Travel Paris Photos

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Seeing as how the wife is pregnant I decided we'd better book us some quality time away before the baby arrives and before she can no longer travel. Going away on a spur of the moment will require military precision from November on. That and the fact that we only have 14 more weekends before our lives are turned upside down prompted me to book a weekend in Paris for the both of us.Okay so I'm

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I recently bought The People's Act of Love by James Meek. It was on some bestseller's list, the The New York Times I think. To say that this book is slow going is to be kind to the author. It's like watching paint dry and then sitting down again to watch the second coat dry. Really poor read, which left me thinking that the folks over at The Times need to start reading some of the crap on their

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I'm tired of the same old pub scene. So yesterday I got online and got some tickets to see The Frames live at the Marquee in Cork on Friday night. After all isn't that what the summer is about?Tags: DaBerries Music

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So after a long absence here's the latest update;1. Turned another year older May 12th2. Got married3. Went on honeymoon4. Came back to work after 3.5 weeks off (horrible)5. Found out I'm going to be a Dad (It may come as a shock to some because apparently some of you thought I was a chick:-)Needless to say it's been a busy year!!

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Now these are some funny ads from AppleTags: DaBerries Apple

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Yesterday I mentioned that I was given a monster truck instead of the car I ordered by Hertz. Well, wonder of all wonders tonight I think I got caught for speeding by one of the roadside cameras. I was doing 38-39 in a 35 zone. The reason I know this is because they have one of those odometers at the side of the road that I was busy looking at while braking when the camera took a candid shot of

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I'm officially knackered! A week of traveling in and out of different time zones is not good for the body. I'm back in the CA this week following my visits to L.A., Chicago and and a quick two day stop in South Bend IN. This week see's me in the Bay Area until Thursday. At least I get to stay in the same hotel room for more than two nights though, which can only be a bonus. It's official, United

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In Chicago for St. Patricks Day. Went out last night and ripped it up big-style with one of my suppliers. Couldn't eat until about 2 o'clock today. I can just barely type. I need to learn how to drink again, although I'm putting the extent of my hangover down to being Jet lagged following two horrendous days of travel that saw me fly into LA from London and back to Chicago in 48 hours. I'm

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Gavin is looking to raise funds for his cousin Victor who sustained a serious spinal injury whilst playing rugby with Longford RFC in October of 2005. Having played rugby for most of my life, I can appreciate the seriousness of such an injury. I remember whilst still quite young being carted off to hospital in a neck brace on a backboard following an injury sustained at the bottom of a scrum.

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From time to time I get what my family calls "The Latest Get Rich Quick" idea into my head. I become obsessed with the idea until it eventually goes out of mind or until I prove to myself that it can't be done. So my latest one is that you can make yourself a millionaire by building just six houses. Something similar to the £1 million property experiment. The difference here though is I think you

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Looking at March I'm going to be a very busy boy. My schedule at work is choca-block. March 14th I'm in L.A. Following day, leave L.A. and head to Chicago where I manage to stay until March 20th. Then I leave for South Bend IN for a day. From there it's back west to San Francisco for three days before heading back to Ireland and a two day pre-marriage course in Cork. Okay so the course at the end

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I've recently started reading the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series of books by Paul Howard. Hilarious!! Having attended a school on the Southside of Dublin that was part of the whole Leinster Schools Senior Cup gig, I got such a kick out of these books. They're so close to the truth that it's uncanny. Guy's or should I say "Goys" I went to school with actually carried on like this and if I'm to be

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Just looking at the last time I made an entry here. Over a month ago. I’ve been busy dealing with things that I need to deal with privately.Major renovations are under way at my house. Pre-wedding decorating it would seem is a pre-requisite. So last weekend was spent painting the dining room. Who thought duck egg blue and china clay were colours? Not me anyway. In my mind one is an egg and one is

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After a blogging blooper, a string of e-mails and a little encouragement, I'm guesting over here today

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Today should be a day of celebrations. I got my new desk diary. As I transferred all of my frequently used notes to the back pages of my new desk diary I couldn’t help but notice a note I made for January 5th 2006 in the year planner. It was a note I’d made sometime in August. It screamed at me from inside it’s little box. It simply read 21st. Today would have been my youngest brothers 21st

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Reading this post kind of encapsulates how I feel about a Christmas this year, but for different reasons. Christmas used to be a great time in our house, a time for family. The one day of the year where we all knew where we'd be and what we would be doing at different times in the the day. It's an operation of military precision, presents, breakfast, Mass, cousins visit us, drinks in the

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I just downloaded Jose Gonzalez's album, Veneer, from the iTunesmusic store. Not a bad album. I heard this the other night at a house party and knew one of the songs from the now famed Sony Bravia ad.On first impressions, the rest of the album is equally as good it would seem. Can't wait to listen to it properly on the way home tonight.

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I sent my iPod Nano back today. I tried to turn it on the other morning and it froze. Nothing for it. Got in touch with the Applestore and I returned it and will have a new one within whatever number of business days it takes to replace these things. Aside from which the thing was scratched all over. I bought the Nano tubes on a recent business trip to San Francisco and they seemed to do the job.

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I've spent the last few weeks becoming completely detached from my life. I mean I’m living it, but it’s a case of going through the motions. I go to work come home and sit in the armchair in quiet contemplation of a lot of things I’m struggling to deal with. I know myself I’m becoming distant, but it’s something I can’t help. At times I fall apart. Thankfully there is someone there to pick up the

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