Yearly Archives: 2014
A Japanese chef with an insanely sharp knife and serious surgical chops demonstrates the delicate art of the five-way ‘cumber.
The unlucky Lucan.
Rhona O’Halloran writes
“Spare a thought for Patrick Sarsfield (1st Earl of Lucan) who had to flee with the Wild Geese. He might have to leave these shores again tomorrow after an auction in Sheppards of Durrow in county Laois, when a portrait of him is going to be auctioned.
Not only was he a great leader during the Battle of the Boyne/siege of limerick, the reason most men in Ireland are called Patrick is in honour of him and not St Patrick. It would be a real shame if this was lost to Ireland and especially Limerick (city of culture 2014). The picture is lot 289 and the estimate is €3,000 – €5,000. It is attributed to the artist Charles Stoppelaer.
Otherwise poor Patrick could be lost forever and end up a wild goose like the 6th Earl of Lucan (his great great great Great -you get the idea- Nephew) who is still missing, presumed dead and was found guilty of murdering the nanny.”
The Abyss
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Like Greg Klassen’s excellent river and lake furniture, the Abyss table by Duffy London also evokes marine topography, in this case, an unspecified section of am unspecified ocean in layered wood and perspex.
The images above are only digital representations of the as yet unmade tables.
The effect is lovely. The production run is limited to 25. The abyss into which your wallet will plummet, judicious buyer, is €5,800 deep.
[Cardinal Sean Brady]
Abuse survivor Marie Kane told Pope Francis that “cover-up is still happening and you have the power to make these changes.” There were others besides Cardinal Brady, she said, but “I didn’t want to go into a litany.”
Pope Francis responded that “it was difficult to make these changes,” Marie said, “but it’s a big thing with me that Seán Brady is gone.”
Irish abuse victim tells Pope she wants Cardinal Brady removed (Patsy McGarry, Irish Times)
Pope Francis Asks Victims of Sex Abuse for Forgiveness (New York Times)
Previously: Cardianl Brady Accused
An 80cm x 60cm glow in the dark map of the night sky based on the night sky over Berlin Zoological Gardens during the 4th March, 1922 premiere of F.W. Murnau’s silent vampire film ‘Nosferatu’.
£25 (+p&p) from We Are Dorothy
Forgive Me
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Lough Eske, Co Donegal yesterday.
Name that chopper anyone?
Thanks James McCauley
What you may need to know:
1. Classic rule of ill-advised sequels: do exactly the same thing all over again
2. Remember the first Horrible Bosses (2011)? Barely? Colin Farrell’s combover stole the show.
3. That said, Jamie Foxx’s character had the greatest name in recent movie history.
4. New baddies: Christoph Waltz and Chris ‘Craptain Kirk’ Pine.
5. Best YouTube comment: ‘0:42 seconds in, it shows Jamie Foxx drinking through a straw and they put a sound effect of an empty glass even though his drink is full…what the hell is the point of that?’
6. Rachel from Friends inviting men to pee on her = comedy gold.
Release Date: Not Soon Enough