Artist Elizabeth Patterson‘s hyperreal pencil drawings of rainy windshields.
Pencil drawings.
Each one is inspired by of several of her own photographs but the finished pieces are considerably more detailed, immediate and dramatic than the source material.
More of her work can be seen at her website, and also here.
(Video: La galerie Louis Carré)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=803EwQ07u9w
A Lar Gibbon at Monkeyland in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa shimmies across a suspension bridge like a boss typical arboreal primate.
Having recently garnered his millionth facebook like, The Oatmeal’s Matthew Innman marked the occasion by inviting fans to submit photos for Oatmealification.
This morning.
Independent TD Clare Daly to the Taoiseach in relation to the G8 meetings
“But is it not a reality that you have showcased us as a nation of pimps prostituting ourselves in return for a pat on the head?”
Via Páraic Gallagher
The lesson I had learned from society up to that point was that this behaviour was something that had to be endured. I could fill this entire column with unpleasant anecdotes. Before you roll your eyes, and mutter that I have simply been unfortunate, managing to encounter every deviant in Ireland, understand one thing: my experiences are not uncommon. If anything, they are the norm. I recently raised this subject with a number of female friends and every single woman had a story to tell of sexist abuse and assault. Tellingly, no one used the word assault and no one had ever reported a single instance of abuse.
Colette Browne.
Women suffer in silence about sexual abuse — and I should know (Colette Browne, Irish Examiner)
Pic: TV3
A magnificent literary horde,
In Trinity College is stored,
But taking a look,
At some ancient old book.
Will leave teenage girls feeling bored.
John Moynes
(AP)
They ate a child.
They sucked the cows.
Further to the brown rat discovered by Nick Moran on Monday.
[Which, we gather, sadly died from injuries inflicted during an incident involving a Dunlop putter on Tuesday]
Meet his forebears.
Sibling of Daedalus writes:
Readers might be interested to know that the brown rat is a relatively recent arrival in Ireland. It first turned up in Dublin round 1722 or so, most probably via a Russian ship from the Baltic, and within a mere seven years had succeeded in causing fear, terror and consternation among the city’s inhabitants, as outlined in this extract from Walsh’s Imperial Newsletter, 1729:
“This morning we have an account… that a parcel of those outlandish Marramounts which are called Mountain Rats, which are now here, grow very common; that they walk in droves and do a great deal of mischief …. ate a woman and nurse child in Merrion. People killed several who are as big as Katts and Rabbits. This part of the country is infested with them. Likewise we hear from Rathfarnham that the like vermin destroyed a little girl in the Field; they are to be seen like rabbit, and are so impudent that they suck the cows …”
It appears that the brown rats were driven back to the ruins of Merrion castle (pic above, just across from what is now Merrion Gates) where they holed up for a number of years before either dying out or diminishing in size. See cupboard rat for details.
Previously: Sup?
Merion Castle by Gabriel Beranger (National Library Of Ireland)
Harold School , Glasthule. Co Dublin.
The chairman of the board of management at a primary school in Glasthule in Dublin has resigned after he arranged for pro-life leaflets to be distributed to students.
In a statement, Eddie Shaw said he had decided to resign from his post at the Harold School (above) and unreservedly apologised to teachers and parents for the deep distress and upset caused by his actions. The leaflets promoted the Vigil for Life rally which was held on the 8 June.
A primary school.
Thanks B
