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Best. Lunchbreak. Ever.

I began in Stephen’s Green Dome, watching the snow fall.

I went down to take some artsy fartsy photographs of the snow-covered Green.

I turned a corner to be see the most evil thing ever – a gang of Dublin teens.

In truth, I’ve never seen so many complete strangers enjoy themselves so much…and so spontaneously.

Ultimately it was so much fun and it was very heartening. Some of the ‘fighters’ had even developed their own unique throwing technique.

Some were happy to just stand back and watch it all go by.

No one seemed to mind me taking photos of them and some even posed.

What were the chances of me escaping without being hit? Ahem, I hadn’t a snowball’s chance in hell. More snow tomorrow please.

(And I know I’m getting a little obsessed with the snow pictures, but who cares – I can’t remember the last time we had this much snow)

From Bock the Robber, this is one of the funniest of all the many Obama thingies going around at the mo. It’s funny ’cause it’s true.

Well, yesterday evening, the DARTs to Greystones were cancelled and traffic was crazy, so we decided to go to the cinema instead. On my short walk down to the IFI, I took these few photos. Dublin can be so beautiful.

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One of the advantages of getting up early and driving in to work is that I get to hear the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show. Gift Grub aside, Ian tends to play some great music and this morning was no different. For the first time in years I got to hear the full unedited 8 and a half minute long version of Don McLean’s American Pie on the radio, rather than the usual abridged version.

The reason? It’s 50 years to the day since the plane crash that took the lives of The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and, of course, Buddy Holly. McLean’s classic 70’s track is dedicated to that day, the day the music died.