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When our eyes met across three small tables in that quaint, trendy café in Dublin, all the stories I had ever heard about “foreign men” came to mind and, let me tell you, I was intrigued. He was about my age and he had that “I haven’t spent my life in a cow town” look. It was a look that made me wish I had put a little more effort into my appearance that morning BUT, because he was...

I planned to stay up for the Celtics game last night, but after watching just a few minutes, the game looked like it would be over before it really began! The Lakers took a big lead early on, so I went to bed.But something must have triggered in my brain, because I woke up with just about 5 minutes left in the game -- the perfect time to watch one of the most incredible comebacks in NBA...

Cokie, you're so cool. You made a lasting impact on my life, and taught me that strong women can succeed in journalism and still have a family. I read your books "We Are Our Mother's Daughters" and "Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation" when I was in high school, and they changed the way I looked at my future. They also changed the way I looked at the women in my life -- my mother,...

Friday. The whole country was in a very good mood after yesterday's worldcup soccer game, as my country wan in our group, and it was no surprise there were a lot of smiles in the supermarket where we did our groceries. A couple of about forty came in at the same time as we did. He was extremely happy and hummed a bit, while going through the lanes with his cart. Cheerfully he asked her what to...

While visiting the priest, we watched the caged birds mate as we sat in the room for tea and cake was served. My mother did try not to laugh and failed so loud. I looked for proof the birds were both of different gender As we sat in the room for tea and cake was served the mating birds both fell off of their stick and died . The priest began to cry so bad, that we should leave. My mother...