Yearly Archives: 2013

crowdcrowd2crowd3crowd4 crowd6A high definition crowd shot taken on the day of a Stanley Cup game at Vancouver in 2011.

Check out the full res, zoomable scrollable original at Gigapixel and accept that, in the modern world, there is nowhere to hide.

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Rossport Solidarity Camp writes on YouTube:

“Just before Christmas 2013, Shell Santa visited Belmullet District Court just before the court was due to sit to offer the Gardaí some whiskey. However, it seems they prefer if the drink is delivered in private, as the Shell Santa was quickly ushered to somewhere more discreet.”

Via Mark Malone

Any excuse.

Previously: ‘Shell Gave €35,000 Of Alcohol To Belmullet Gardaí’

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Ali Nash writes:

“From  my studio in Dublin, I make and design jewellery pieces both big and small, incorporating vermeil gold and semi precious stones. These make very special stocking fillers for very special (and lucky) people.”

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Sheila Armstrong writes:

The Lilliput Press is one of Ireland’s leading independent publishers. We publish quality Irish non-fiction [including Trinity Tales, €20, top]. We also support Irish authors, especially debut fiction. Above are two of our stars, Donal Ryan and Elske Rahill, with one of our editors. He’s paws-itive you’d love them. (Sorry.)

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flat,800x800,070,f.u2John Gallen writes:

Deserves a post of its own. The Ah Heeyor/Scrooge Xmas card. Just €2.30 By TwistedDoodles.

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Irish made ‘Stocking Fillers’ to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie. No cash just cuddles..

DaigoFukawaRoughSketchProducts2 DaigoFukawaRoughSketchProducts14 DaigoFukawaRoughSketchProducts13 DaigoFukawaRoughSketchProducts12 DaigoFukawaRoughSketchProducts9 DaigoFukawaRoughSketchProducts3These wire seats, benches and chairs, appropriately enitled “rough sketch products” were created by art student Daigo Fukawa for his 2013 senior thesis exhibition at Tokyo University of the Arts.

Useable, if not comfortable.

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LLC 206B3 Jetranger pilot Dan Clark loading trucks like a man unhinged during the annual harvest at Noble Mountain Christmas tree farm in Oregon (the Christmas tree capital of the USA) back in 2008.

And below – cockpit POV of another Oregon tree harvester doing the same job with equal precision but slightly less speed last November.

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(H/T: Owen)

friendsiefriendsieThe all-in-one-onesie.

Finally.

Bob Coggins writes:

Seen this crew yesterday in London  wearing an ‘all in one’ group outfit. They are all sewn into one piece. They called it a ‘Friendsie. I’d be calling it a ‘Gangsie’ meself. Gang-Sei. Geansai. I’ll get my jumper…