{"id":66,"date":"2010-05-08T15:54:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T15:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/?p=66"},"modified":"2010-05-08T15:57:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T15:57:13","slug":"springtime-eruptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/2010\/05\/08\/springtime-eruptions","title":{"rendered":"Springtime eruptions"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I finished the last post about springtime but as you will probably know when you’ve read it the volcanic eruption in Iceland brought all European, and British flight to a standstill.\u00c2\u00a0 Yeah, I know sunshine, springtime, travel…NOT.\u00c2\u00a0 It was interesting to watch BBC’s coverage of the flight ban, day after day of where the ash cloud was and sound bites from upset travelers.\u00c2\u00a0 Train trips and ferry rides were the saviors for many.<\/p>\n

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Current Ash Cloud Location<\/p><\/div>\n

I am glad that I didn’t book a flight during this time like I had initially planned to, I would have been one of those disappointed, frustrated travelers.\u00c2\u00a0 Since I wrote the first section you just read another ash plume has been released and all flights out of Ireland and Scotland were canceled.\u00c2\u00a0 I had the fortune to fly out to Dublin the morning after the ash release and get stuck.<\/p>\n

If you’re gonna get stuck somewhere Dublin’s a good place.\u00c2\u00a0 I did loads of site seeing and shopping.\u00c2\u00a0 Had a ball then returned to Liverpool the next day.\u00c2\u00a0 No damage at all.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course the ominous ash cloud continues to loom overhead currently wreaking havoc on Spanish airports, looks like Portugal and South of France are next.<\/p>\n

It’s been interesting to watch the election unfold here.\u00c2\u00a0 As it stands today a deal has yet to be struck to determine who gets to be prime minister.\u00c2\u00a0 There is the first hung parliament since 1974 which is good for the Scotts and Welsh parties.\u00c2\u00a0 They have a better chance of having issues addressed and not being ignored.\u00c2\u00a0 A friend and I were discussing how ironic it has been to watch\u00c2\u00a0 a conservative candidate,\u00c2\u00a0 David Cameron, a Tory, use liberal President Barak Obama’s campaign for change strategy.\u00c2\u00a0 Philosophically as well as politically they couldn’t differ more but it may indeed work for Cameron in the end.\u00c2\u00a0 As deals are being discussed we will soon see.<\/p>\n

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Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’ve read this blog at all\u00c2\u00a0 you know I want Man U to win the FA Cup which would break Liverpool’s 18 title\u00c2\u00a0 record.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately that future rests in the hands of the Wigan FC.\u00c2\u00a0 If they can keep Chelsea from winning and Man U beats Stoke the FA Cup goes to Old Trafford.\u00c2\u00a0 Go Man U go.\u00c2\u00a0 Liverpool’s debt will not put Steven Gerrard or the delicious Fernando Torres up for sale supposedly.\u00c2\u00a0 Fernando is a huge part of Liverpool’s success scoring 72 goals in 1116 games since he came from Athletico Madrid. Liverpool needs him,\u00c2\u00a0 but financial woes can change any situation.\u00c2\u00a0 I think we will see Fernando in a Man U uniform within the next few years.\u00c2\u00a0 I think Sir Alex has his eye on him.<\/p>\n

Finally, I have to talk about my love, NASCAR.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh my but my driver Carl Edwards seems to have found some mojo.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t know if it’s his mojo or not but someone’s.\u00c2\u00a0 After a lackluster season start Carl has had repeated top ten finishes.\u00c2\u00a0 I have my fingers and toes crossed for him to have a good finish or better yet a win.\u00c2\u00a0 And then there’s Clint Bowyer, my second favorite driver.\u00c2\u00a0 Potential is his middle name.\u00c2\u00a0 This man can step into the winner’s circle again I know and stay there.\u00c2\u00a0 His team is putting it together.\u00c2\u00a0 I think this week’s track Darlington is a good, fast track for Clint.\u00c2\u00a0 Show em what you got babe.<\/p>\n

Ta luvs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I finished the last post about springtime but as you will probably know when you’ve read it the volcanic eruption in Iceland brought all European, and British flight to a standstill.\u00c2\u00a0 Yeah, I know sunshine, springtime, travel…NOT.\u00c2\u00a0 It was interesting to watch BBC’s coverage of the flight ban, day after day of where the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily_blog","category-liverpool","category-nascar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realityunseen.com\/realityblog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}