A cultural tour of New York in the company of the prodigal Tim Doner, a 17 year-old hyper polyglot who has been teaching himself different languages since the age of 13 and now speaks 20, including Urdu, Russian, Arabic, Mandarin and Hindi.
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Book of Kells, Riverdance, St Kevin’s round tower, midges, and Bono in his cups.
Every teenager’s dream and a whole world of craic.
And yet…
Michael B writes
News seems to be spreading across media in the US about how the First teenagers are less than impressed with Ireland… there are comparisons to the Griswalds [family from National Vacation]….
Oh dear.
While Bono’s in the news, his charity ONE raised almost $15 million last year. $8m of that went on salaries: http://t.co/CCptmBl3Li
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) June 18, 2013
ONE gives only a pittance in direct charitable support to its causes — something Borochoff said the average donor might not realize. The Bono nonprofit took in $14,993,873 in public donations in 2008, the latest year for which tax records are available. Of that, $184,732 was distributed to three charities, according to the IRS filing. Meanwhile, more than $8 million was spent on executive and employee salaries.
Nonprofit mails media $wag to ‘help’ hungry (Jeane MacIntosh, New York Post)
As a writer I really must thank,
This Texan republican crank,
Who bases the law,
On a picture he saw,
Of a foetus enjoying a wank.
John Moynes
Anamorphic witchcraft conjoured on flat sheets of paper by Dutch artist Ramon Bruin.
Get a boudoir, you two.
Enda Kenny and the IMF’s Christine Lagard at the G8 Summit in Fermanagh this afternoon: laughing at YOU.
Mistake with the trousers/shirt/blazer combination, in fairness.
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
Oh, Grow Up
at
For pity’s sake.
Where’s My Mickey? Blends Classic Disney Shorts, Killer App Gameplay (Wired)
Thanks Paul Edmunds
Looking at ad for #Vodafone Comedy Festival line up. 3 female acts/32 male. Is this a joke?!
— Alison O’Connor (@alisonoconn) June 18, 2013
If you have to ask
Alison’s right.
It’s another blummin’ sausagefest.
De Hedald
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Via Jane Last