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Parting is such sweet sorrow.

We're going on vacation! … and there isn't any internet. We're renting a house in the Poconos for the next week. Maybe I'll take up drinking coffee so I have an excuse to find a Starbucks or Panera Bread that offers free wifi.  But at any rate, there's a very real possibility that you won't hear from me at all, not even email, until the 25th. Just so you know.

I'll have my iPhone and fully intend to hit up BrightKite and/or Twitter occasionally… but that very well may be all of the internetting I do for the next week.

Which is kind of ironic, if you think about it, because I was (kind of) hoping to spend part of the vacation sorting through pictures and catching up on blogging and whatnot.

Anyway, have fun this week. Try not to burn the house down. And no parties. And definitely no girls. Be good. Bye!

It kind of snuck up on me — sorry for the short notice. Tomorrow, June 14th, is World Blood Donor Day. I implore you to put aside your fears and your laziness, and go give the gift of life. It doesn't take much of your free time, in the grand scheme of things it really doesn't hurt all that much, and you usually get juice and cookies to boot. So what are you waiting for? A personal invitation?

And don't fret if you missed it. I'm sure they'll be happy to take your blood anyway. You're just not eligible to be part of the cool-kids-who-donated-blood-on-world-blood-donor-day-club. That's all.

Of course, if you're like me and you can't donate blood for medical reasons, you can always leave a comment and try to find someone to trade you for their good deed. Since my cousin Kevin took me up on that offer, instead of donating blood, I'm going to spend some time tomorrow getting in touch with the American Cancer Society to see how I can help out, for him.

At the very least, you can help spread the word!

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Megans parents got me a desk calendar with pictures of Ireland for Christmas. I keep it on my desk at work, hence the crappy cell phone picture. Tuesday's was this picture of Torc Waterfall, in Killarney National Park, Killarney, County Kerry:

I can easily and honestly say we've been there! In fact, we almost died less than 10 minutes before we saw it, and then I took this picture (and a bunch more!).