Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it the superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. Thomas Paine, Common Sense. Friday, August 22, 2014. What I did on my summer vacation.

Sunday, May 9, 2010. Requiem for an Old Blog. For my adventures in Italy for the next year. If you would like to be added to the blogroll, just say the word. Feedback, comments and deconstructive criticism are also welcome. Friday, May 7, 2010. Pikachu, I choose you! Math puns are the first sine of madness. This is what happens when you start a pun war with two dogged wordmongers.

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Since their major immigration in the mid-1800s, Irish-Americans are still the largest ethnic group in Chicago. Throughout the city, signs of their influence is present with parades, a green river. Gaelic festivals and countless Irish pubs.