View from Stanford

Hard to believe that so much time has passed since my first and only post. Here I am in Stanford University on student exchange until the end of August. Its hot and I am feeling the heat physically and mentally. Crunch time is here for completion of my PhD Thesis and I am lining up the cards to see how best the material I have can be organised into a coherent whole.

I was inpsired to return to this Blog after a random conversation on the prevalence of (non-malevolent) cursing in Ireland. I curse quite a bit, I suppose, but usually the tone is soft which in Ireland is intended to take out the sting. Anyway, this lead me to take a quick look on the Web for other's experience of cursing in Ireland and I found Joy's blog here.

Its always interesting to see an outside view on your home place and even though I raised an eyebrow or two at some of her experiences, it is an entertaining read.