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Sometimes, it’s the right thing to do
All the bad press today about the bonuses paid to AIG executives has reminded the Crone of two encounters she had one day last fall. Directors from public companies–some bailed out and some not–were discussing executive compensation with Obama’s Pay Czar. … Continue reading
See you at El Cid
The Crone has had a wonderful day in San Diego, thanks to Craig and Danny. Craig picked her up at the hotel in his cab this morning and got chatting on the way to the swap meet. “Why d’you want to … Continue reading
Posted in Crone in America, Culture with the Crone, food, The Traveling Crone, yard sale
Tagged Balbao park, Belfast, Blarney Crone, El Cid, Fish Tacos, George W Bush, Goldman Sachs, Ireland, Irish, Moors, Northern Ireland, Obama, Prado, Prime Ministers Questions, san diego, Sangria, shipyard, Shrimp Relleno, swap meet, whiskey
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Ten Years To Remember
The papers and tv channels are full of retrospectives of the first 10 years of the century–the noughties. Those who care for the official record can check out the decade in three minutes here but the Crone offers her own stand-out … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas with the Crone, Cooking with the Crone, Culture with the Crone, diet, food, friendship, Gangsta Hansel & Ghetto Gretel, itchy ankle, The Traveling Crone, yard sale
Tagged acrylic nails, Best addresses, Blarney Crone, blog, christmas, coming home, Continental airlines, Crab Dip, dental implant, diets, gift wrapping, Halloween, Hansel and Gretel, hot sauce, Hurricane Isabel, iphone, itchy ankle, Jessica Lipnack, Judy Kelly Long and Foster, Lee Hamilton, Lexulous, New Zealand, Obama, parking tickets, pigs feet, plumbers, r&b, Rockville Pike, Roger Wilkins, Sally Katzen, St Patrick's Day, Ted Kennedyu, Thanksgiving, the caddy, The Dresden, the noughties, the outer banks, tight ass, Titus Andronicus, Tom and Mike, USA, vacations, Washington DC, yard sales
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Some pictures and a thousand words
The Crone’s good friend from high school was in town at the weekend. The former Nymph O’Maniac now goes by her married name, Mistress Lube, and lives in Oklahoma. The Crone and she have known each other for nearly 40 years … Continue reading
Posted in Culture with the Crone, friendship, Uncategorized
Tagged 50th birthday, Chinatown, friendship, health care reform, high heel boots, high school, Lincoln Memorial, lube, mistress, Nymph O'Maniac, Obama, Oklahoma, photography, politics, public option, Sarah Palin, schoofriend, Washington DC
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More of other people’s junk
When the Blarney Crone last blogged, at about lunchtime yesterday, she was feeling pretty pleased with her day’s purchases–a charming selection of household items, which, if not exactly essentials, were at least a) small b)clean and c) cheap. Then she … Continue reading
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Tagged armchairs, auction, Blarney Crone, broom, junk, Kiwanis, Obama, pouffe, Salvation Army Store, Sothebys, Stimulus package, wardrobe, wiing chairs, yard sale
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For Thanksgiving, humble pie
The Crone remembers a time when Tony Blair was popular. It was early summer 1997 and the then UK premier was newly elected and selecting his cabinet. A friend of the Crone’s, someone then about the age the Crone is now, … Continue reading
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Tagged America, blessings of liberty, cabinet, Capitol, common defence, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, establish justice, Fed, form a more perfect union, general welfate, idea of America, insure domestic tranquility, land of opportunity, life liberty and pursuit of happiness, new administration, new world, Obama, policy, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving08, Tony Blair, transition team, UK, US, we the people
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Who would sing at your inauguration?
The Crone would have to go for Christy Moore, Jennifer Hudson, and, for old time’s sake, Donny Osmond. She highly recommends Ms Hudson to President-elect Obama, particularly if paired with someone surprising like Willie Nelson. Now, who would you have … Continue reading
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Tagged Blarney Crone, Christy Moore, Donny Osmond, inauguration, Jennifer Hudson, Obama, President-elect, Willie Nelson
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Obamarama
Millions of words have been written about the election results last Tuesday, and millions more will be written about the Obama administration, but the Crone, now she has recovered from feeling grumpy and left out because she doesn’t have a … Continue reading
