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17 Apr 09 My Irish Citizenship Application went through!

So after many months of waiting and many returned letters, I finally got through the consulate today and was told that my FBR (Foreign Birth Registry) request for Irish Citizenship has gone through! Now I must patiently wait 8-10 months for a letter that tells me what she told me on the phone. Hurray!

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11 Apr 09 Official Currency of Somalia Changed to Dubloon (DUB)

 

I went to go and check on the GDP per Capita of the “Republic of Somalia” today and discovered that their currency has been changed from the Somalia Shilling to the  international Pirates’ Currency, the “Dubloon” (DUB).
Somalia Wikipedia Vandalised New Currency

Somalia Wikipedia Vandalised New Currency

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05 Apr 09 My Grandmother’s Irish Passport.

Today my mother was going through the safe-deposit box and she found my grandmother’s Irish passport. Issued in 1949.

My grandmother, Mary Margaret Creed.

My grandmother, Mary Margaret Creed.

 

Front of my grandmother's passport, issued 1949.

Front of my grandmother's passport, issued 1949.

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26 Mar 09 This is Joanne Quinn

You may know her from my stories of the English gymnast who dies on average once a month. She’s very adament about having a blog post about her. So I’ve dedicated this post to her, because I know she’s going to love it so much that she buys me a plane ticket to Manchester. Which would be fantastic.

26 Mar 09 Covester is insanely cool.

I’ll take this opportunity to show off my covester account. It let’s you track other people’s trades online and mirror their strategy. I followed TIM Pennystocks for a while and didn’t do nearly as well as he had promised. When I returned back to my core strategy I bought GE at around 5ish a share :D . Anyway here’s my covester button:

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19 Mar 09 Oviedo Chickens, Popeye’s, and Facebook.

So Today I went to update my Facebook status to celebrate Saint Joseph’s day, and to the side I saw a photo of a chicken. I thought to myself, wow, that photo looks familiar. Holy hell I took that photo! Well it turns out facebook makes the world a much smaller place. I had posted the below photo onto the Oviedo, FL Wikipedia article. From there being Creative Commons it was picked up for a Facebook group celebrating Oviedo chickens. Anyway, I’m glad that my photo went to a good cause and I’m going to go ahead and post it here for the world to enjoy the irony of it.

Lack of Self Preservation Instinct

Lack of Self Preservation Instinct

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06 Mar 09 Red Sox vs Marlins Spring Training

Hanging out with Brett from CS!

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03 Mar 09 Lou Dobbs, Reds in Space!

I think Lou Dobbs has gone too far, it’s not the 80s! Referring to the nation of China and it’s 1.3 billion as ‘the reds’ may be a bit dated. I barely caught this photo as it was transitioning to the next frame, which was of course a giant Chinese flag draped over Lou Dobb’s face.

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26 Feb 09 Gmail Stickers!

My stickers from Gmail have arrived! Gmail was giving them away for free for a few weeks over here. Now I just have to figure out where to put them.

Gmail Stickers!

Gmail Stickers!