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Apparently Jimmy is on attempt 670 of quitting smoking. Wanker.

I’ve adjusted our WordPress server in an attempt to block trackback spams. It involves tricking the server to inject a comment into a post, used primarily to throw up a bunch of product plugs and ad links. Gah. Some folks have put a lot of effort into combating this sort of junk. The goal is to give us all some sort of shelter from the commercial-ridden world we live in. I wonder if this post will be the equivalent of cutting an artery to beckon the sharks?

My mother sent me a cool link to a list of places in and around Dublin who stay open 24-hours a day.

I need to get a few more birth certificates, cause in Ireland they require a birth cert with freaking everything you apply for. While looking online for how to to it, I found the Massachusetts Registry of Vital Stats. What a massive rip off! If I want a certified copy of my birth cert, it’s *at least* $28. Each. Man, Ireland only charges like 6 euro, and even with the exchange rate, it’s not *that* expensive. I’m too scared to go find out how much California charges for a copy of our wedding cert.