Utterly plausible in its geeknitude, the internets-bothering video they’re calling ‘The New Double Rainbow‘ (aka ‘Double Trainbow’) is actually a loving parody of an earlier (and absolutely genuine) reaction video posted earlier this year by ‘foamer’ Mark McDonough.
Both are things of trainspotterly beauty.
But…
Noah Horak (sporting the longer beard with his brother Craig) is a 28-year old electrical engineer from Minnesota who quit his job to go on a round the world trip (read his excellent blog here).
On an – expensively-attired – Enduro (above)
He arrived in Ireland yesterday…
He writes in Horizons Unlimited travel forum:
I’ve been in Ireland for less then 8 hours. This was supposed to be the 2nd leg of my RTW. My 2010 KTM 690 was taken from the corner of Talbot Place and Talbot street in Dublin in broad daylight. I was in a near by hostel resting after an overnight flight. I put a padlock through the front break but they cut the lock with a bolt cutter. Obviously it wasn’t enough. There was no luggage on it at the time.
The bike is white with a Rally Raid fairing. Minnesota licence plate 12071MH.
Anyone?
Via Cian Mckenna Thanks Darragh Doyle
You have to hand it to her.
She wants Kate’s permission.
“Well I couldn’t talk about one of our staff [Kate Fitzgerald] now unless they had permitted me, and I can’t talk about Kate when I don’t have her permission.”
Terry Prone on Kate Fitzgerald [and the Fr Kevin Reynolds libel] to Olaf Tyaransen in the new issue of Hot Press magazine [behind paywall].
Via @Olga Cronin
Thanks Sibling
Would she like this on her wall, all shiny and poster-sized?
Caricaturist Steve Mulreany knocked this off yesterday bathed in a warm glow of national pride.
And he’s kindly donated a print to GIVE AWAY.
To enter. Just complete this sentence.
My daughter deserves the Katie Taylor caricature because…
Lines close at 1pm.
Emily Brew writes:
Spotted this in Tesco Express, Donnybrook [Dublin] at around 6pm last night. You could still hear cheers of “Katie” and “ole” coming from Kiely’s across the road. You can take our pie but you’ll never have our Katie…etc..
Oh, now they tell us.
Leo writes:
I came across this in Ballingeary [West Cork Gaeltacht]. I’m surprised they aren’t all over the place in the PRoC.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdJPvXLemVs
What you may need to know
1. Clint Eastwood doesn’t step in front of the camera all that often these days. This is his first acting gig since Gran Torino (2008), and the first movie he’s been in that he hasn’t directed since In The Line Of Fire (1993). Clint is 83, and it should probably be noted that he could still kick your ass.
2. Amy Adams is the go-to gal for great American filmmakers right now; she’s in the next P.T. Anderson movie, the next David O. Russell movie and the next Spike Jonze movie – oh, and she’s the new Lois Lane.
3. Justin Timberlake is DETERMINED to rock this whole movie star thing. He should do more comedy.
4. Fact: this movie would automatically be better if Clint had an orangutan sidekick.
5. That said, enjoy 170 Great Clint Eastwood Quotes.
Release date (Ireland): November
A 2.1 metre long, 61kg model of Serenity constructed over 475 hours from 70,000 individual bricks by LEGO builder Adrian Blake using the QMx Serenity Blueprints Reference Pack if you don’t mind.
The wings move, the cargo bay and drive light up and there’s a full set of custom minifigs to complete the effect.
Feeling serene? Check out the full 77-pic Flickr gallery here
Based on the length of their Wikipedia articles.
