One thing that find frustrating about colgaffneyis is that members seem quite happy to repeat generalities about the past (sometimes quite implausible) without checking the historical facts. I have a pretty good BS detector, and it frequently goes off in our camp. Here is a draft of the latest result of this. I will be publishing it in colgaffneyis newsletter. Whether anyone will read it and pay attention is uncertain. However, I have already started work on debunking another Clann myth.
Author Archives: gmcdavid
A good decision
Iriish Class–Monday Night, October 6, 2008
Irish Class, October 3, 2008
Rang Gaeilge, an 6ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2008
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Listening exercise. I did very poorly at this, but the discussion
afterwards was informative.
Happy Birthday!
To c_nocturnum. Have a good one!
Words of Wisdom
“I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.”—Poul Anderson
Brought to mind by some of the planning for colgaffneyis events this weekend.
Irish Class–Monday Night, September 29, 2008
Palin peeve
She Has NO IDEA How Much This Irritates Me. I agree with beamjockey.
Walk the Talk
English at Minnesota (pdf). Article about my mother on page 9.
Catherine the Great
I saw the PBS show last night. I thought it was really good, although the second part dragged a bit compared to the first “57 minutes of scheming and vindictiveness” about how she came to the throne.
BTW, the horse myth is totally fictional.
The new dollar bill
From Modern Art Obsession via Monastic Musings.