I’m not even sure when I first took notice of Michelle Monaghan. It might have been some bullshit tv show or movie early in her career. I know a mark was made in Gone Baby Gone before I was bulldozed by her in Trucker. Those are among my top five films from this beautiful and talented actress of Irish and German descent. In no particular order Trucker 2008 – I’ve seen a lot of 18-wheelers on the road, but I’ve never seen any of them driven by a gal like this. Michelle’s character in this gritty flick drives, drinks and sexes. And what more is there, really? I haven’t seen an actress look that good in a wife-beater since Sarah Michelle Gellar in “Buffy.”…
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Gus wants to shovel
Today in Chicago we had our first snow of the winter (finally). This pic was from a few years ago after a pretty good storm and I was reminded of it today. Gus is a Chicago dog, owned by my cop brother. I was watching Gus and when I went out to shovel, he grabbed it from me and ran off with it in his mouth. Maybe he wanted to shovel the snow himself, but I think he just didn’t want me to do it. He pretty much just ran around the yard with it. This is one of the pics I took. I never saw anything like this. Good dog, Gus.
Cheers.
A few more random snaps from Dublin…
"Gavin" - Backpacker Pub Crawl
Carlsburg - a short respite from Guinness at Oliver St. John Grogarty's.
The Cliffs - an out of Dublin trip
Ha'Penny Bridge (over the River - yep - Liffey!) in the rain at night
Backpacker Pub Crawl - Gavin, the leader, two gals and some doofs in the back.
A pint of the black stuff at one of my favorites, The Long Stone Pub
The crawl: On a whim I decided to join the Backpacker Pub Crawl. I recommend it over whatever they tell you in the travel brochure. You meet some interesting folks, many who are hostel-dwellers, and it’s a good time at some interesting pubs. You meet at Trinity College and someone like Gavin (I forget his name, but he looks like a Gavin) will lead the way. Good times, good drink.
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