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I did not expect the parlour to contain toys and games for all ages. I did not expect Conor, the owner, to efficiently advise us regarding the rest of our trip. and I did not dare to expect to spring a hare. But when I told Conor that seeing a hare was what I hoped for, he directed us with careful directions to where we are most likely to find one, and how to go about it in order to get a good look. Now I have photos to match some of the magnificent pictures on the corridor walls of Cappabhaile House.

The Kinsale Ghost tour is a satire on ghost tours, which has been going on for the past 10 years, without the performers having seen another ghost tour. The town folk take part in the tour: passively, at the performers' initiative, or even on their own accord.

The ghost tour itself is an interactive monologue, performed by a great actor. He allows himself the usage of facial expressions of such variety, that usually only babies have. His body is a tool he uses with endless energy. Furthermore, he even speaks clearly enough for non-native-Irish-speakers to follow.

The Kinsale Ghost Tour is an hour of sheer pleasure, drawn from watching a great performance artist on his stage - the streets of Kinsale.

Other authors have used this trick of pond-reflection as well. Hans Christian Andersen's Ugly Duckling sees his own reflection in the water, only to realize that he has turned into a wonderful swan. Selma Lagerlöf's Nils Holgersson checks his image in the swamp water after he his body swells due to ants stings. Lea Goldberg's and Ari Ron's Pluto
even jumps into a pond chasing his own reflection.

All those heroes actually see something. Have any of these authors actually tried looking at their reflection in a pond?

Now I know that it is physically impossible to clearly see your own reflection in a pond. The amount of reflected light off a specular surface is proportional to the viewing angle. It is a Physics law that a five year old could have discovered.

I did not have to perform a mutiny for that, but I just pulled the cord out of the phone, as I need to get things done. I still feel rebellious.

Today, while visiting my parents, my father asked me to turn an unreachable screw under the sink, as he has problems with his leg. It turned out that he wanted to install a Madgal tap. After hours of struggling we managed to release the old tap, and then I anticipated trouble trying to install the new tap without any leakage. I was already working on convincing him to call a plumber, when I realized that Madgal have finally done the right thing: All the tubes that had to be installed in an unreachable point inside the tap were already hooked up in the factory. The tap came with a special easy-grip utility to make turning the invisible screw a work like charm. The only thing was that they were not accurate enough with the production of the screw, so that it could not fit in place - my father had to shave a part of it off to make it fit. But all in all, it was certainly doable.

My parents now have a new tap.

What are they saying? The common thing about women is that they are locked in a situation where they must have the help of a man who will act instead of their father/husband, and bully them into doing things that everyone knows they should do?

Yael tends to ask "why" a lot. Many times, she asks "who is that", followed by "why", which can be interpreted as "why are you called thus". Most of the times, the answers we get are "because the parents thought it was a nice name". Sometimes we get the answer "because the parents knew several people by that name, and they were all nice people".

This kind of reason for giving a name to a child can bring to clustering. Supposing everyone named their children on that basis, then people called "a" would be characterized by having parents who liked people called "a". People called "a" might grow, along the generations, to have a character of an "a" person. Like red-headed people are claimed to have a certain character. This would be a self-sustained situation, as parents who like people of a certain "a" character, and will try raising their child to be of that character, will also like the character of people already named "a". If we add the fact that children tend to imitate some of their parents character traits, or at least their grandparents (in the case of over correction - children hating character traits of parents who hate their own parents' character traits) we may find dynasties of parents and children names "a".

It is considered normal behavior to euthanize animals. They never state their desire. We assume they have no afterlife concept, no religion. The person who asks for the euthanasia is also the person who benefits the most out of it, because this is the same person who no longer needs to take care of a sick, old animal, nor pay expensive doctor bills. Especially as most of the vets do not work under any insurance cover. Many times it is the choice of an expensive operation or death to the animal, and the owner just chooses death.

The logic of those two parallel cases should be related. The judgment we pass should be the same by quality, even if it differs by quantity.

clearly, pets are euthanized for the owners comfort, not for any other reason. Even if this comfort means not having to watch a dying animal. This means that when people are euthanized, it is first of all for the comfort and relief of their family members, who do not have to live the nightmare and wait for it to be over with.

Good bye, Ktifa.