01 JULY 2003
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Subject: Kind of, but not really, an ode to Dublin. Date: 01 July 2003 From: James Clark
"When I leave town now I never tell my people where I am going. If I did, I would lose all my pleasure." Job Satisfaction
The statue is looking over to his childhood home (now the American College) where his father - who was famous in his own right - had his surgery. Your Man Oscar has a good plaque commemorating his life in Dublin. 
How great to be known as a wit in your job description. There is another plaque in Dublin which I thought had an interesting job combination as well. 
Good ole St. John Gogarty. What a ternary of job titles. I bet you couldn't find anyone today that matches the description Surgeon, Poet and Statesman. As you might have gathered, I like good job titles. Everytime I fill out an immigration card I am always tempted to write something in the Profession box like "Man of leisure", "Captain of Industry" or even "Jetset Playboy". The guys at customs though freak me out and as the plane descends I start getting the sweats à la Midnight Express. I double check myself to make sure I didn't accidently tape 20 blocks of hash to my person that morning as I wipe the sweat from my hands. I don't know why, they just make me nervous. In the end I fill out the occupation box with something boring like "Office Clerk". It's true what the Romans did say... ..."In Vino Veritas" More Coat of ArmsI noted as I was leaving that County Dublin has a coat of arms that is almost up there with Derry in the worlds coolest coat of arms category. Its burning castle motif is surely rooted in its marauding Viking beginnings, but is it appropriate in this day and age to be displaying it with Dublin Airport captioned around it?
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