Sometimes it’s a shock to realize that I have been working as a psychologist in the legal system for over 35 years. I’ve been a psychologist for longer than that but that was as a school psychologist and psychotherapist. I’m not a lawyer, but I do work closely with them, and you can’t spend decadesContinueContinue reading “Grand Juries, Secret Evidence, and the Comey Case”
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The Northern Bank Heist of 2004
While we were returning to Belfast on the PaddyWagon bus, the driver pointed out the Danske Bank, which used to be the Northern Bank, and told us an interesting story about it. In December 2004, a gang walked away with £26.5 million in cash from Northern Bank’s headquarters just off Belfast’s City Hall. Since then,ContinueContinue reading “The Northern Bank Heist of 2004”
Disoriented in Dublin and Belfast
Let me collect my thoughts. Right now, Kay and I are at one of those airport hotels near the Dublin airport. Not bad, but no place you’d want to hang out for any length of time if you had options. Kay and I have a noonish flight out of here, and since we gain someContinueContinue reading “Disoriented in Dublin and Belfast”
I Lost My Sandwich to Protect America. The Airline Served It Anyway.
On Thursday, after a 2-week trip to Ireland, my wife and I flew back to Boston on Aer Lingus. It’s a pretty easy trip by international flight standards, only about 6 hours in the air. We dropped our big bags and headed for Dublin Airport security screening. You know the drill: frantically empty your pockets;ContinueContinue reading “I Lost My Sandwich to Protect America. The Airline Served It Anyway.”
Dublin Redux
I mentioned that all this travel can be a little disorienting. Yesterday (I think) we all went to do the Trinity College tour, which includes the Book of Kells. The campus is beautiful, and I think it would be a great place to study. It reminded me of the summer semester I did at NewContinueContinue reading “Dublin Redux”
Galway and Beyond
Tomorrow the Mart/Yratas will strike camp and make our way to the Carton House outside Dublin. I am reliably informed by AI that it was first designed and built in the 1700s by the 19th Earl of Kildare, Robert FitzGerald. Galway was fun, but not quite as I remembered it. I recall it being heavilyContinueContinue reading “Galway and Beyond”
Ballyvaughan and Galway
So here’s the deal with Ballyvaughn. 38 years ago, Kay and I flew to London, spent the night, then took the train to Fishguard, Wales, and thence to Wexford, Ireland. It was Kay’s first trip abroad; I had been a few times. We drove all around the country, with stops all around the West Coast.ContinueContinue reading “Ballyvaughan and Galway”
Ireland Day 3 (or 4?): Dingle and Beyond
This has been a long and interesting day. Kay and I met our son, his wife, and the machatunim at a cafe in Killarney for breakfast in downtown Killarney and then headed for the Dingle Peninsula. Jon came with us and handled the driving, and we went to the Gallarus Oratory. I looked it up,ContinueContinue reading “Ireland Day 3 (or 4?): Dingle and Beyond”
Ireland Day 2: The Wonders of Killarney
Day 2 was a wee bit stressful. We arranged to meet my son and his wife at the airport, where we picked up our car. We had rented a Golf Polo, but we were upgraded to a Skoda. It would have been easier to figure out how to operate it if they had included theContinueContinue reading “Ireland Day 2: The Wonders of Killarney”
Off to Ireland: Day 1-Dublin
It’s been a long day. Yesterday, Thursday I think, Kay and I grabbed an Uber to the C&J bus and thence to Boston Logan. We got on the Aer Lingus Airbus for the 6-hour flight to Dublin. Given that it was a relatively short flight, we decided not to cough up for business class. NotContinueContinue reading “Off to Ireland: Day 1-Dublin”
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