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Monday Night Irish Class, September 15, 2008
Irish Class, September 15, 2008
Irish Class, September 15, 2008
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Living History
From Bad Astronomy:
….there’s something cool about old’ [tele]scopes. It’s hard to imagine any other scientific instrument in any other field that can still produce good quality data after more than 100 years.
The weekend
Great people. Terrible weather.
Maybe more tomorrow….
Weekend plans
Preparation for Muster
A really good story
To infinity and beyond: A sparkling survival story
The boy sounds a lot like our son Tom: Very autistic, almost totally nonverbal, and fascinated by Disney movies.
Monday Night Irish Class, September 8, 2008
Irish Class, September 8, 2008
Irish Class, September 8, 2008
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Our new instructor is Wes Koster.
Predictably, we started with:
Céard a rinne sibh ar feadh an tsamhraidh?
What did you do during the summer?
Céard a rinne sibh na laethanta saoire?
What did you do in the free days
When my turn came, I answered the second question, only exaggerating slightly:
Ní raibh laethanta saoire agam. Bhí mé an gnotach san oifig.
I did not have
free days. I was very busy in the office.
Genes and war
The Large Hadron Collider is running!
Turn-On (See this article if necessary).