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Howard Marks

Free this afternoon?

Paradise Paddy, Irish Tour Manager for the late Howard Marks, writes:

I know his spirit is gone up to be with many other spirits in the skies. A gathering of people would be the last virtuous attendance we can give of ourselves for someone who gave so much to the Stoners of the island.

The event is simple in commitment.

We gather outside ‘Our Government’ building Leinster House on Kildare St [Dublin 2] at 4pm TODAY.

At 4.20 pm the annual universal event 4.20 will take place.

At 4.30pm we will raise 21 Spliff Salute to Howard Marks and World Peace. This will be done to a chorus of 70 bong sounds by the people present.

Each bong sound will symbolise each full year Howard had on the earth.

This 5 minute ceremony will show reverence and respect to a great advocate for liberal living in our lifetime.

Previously: Say Nice Things

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Magpie-Crow nest stand-off, April 5

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Fresh magpie nestage this morning.

Michael O’R writes:

You may recall that a few weeks back I sent you a picture of a stand off between a pair of magpies and a grey crow outside my window. Well I thought I would share an update for people to enjoy a few idle minutes on.

The stand off continued for several more days, with the magpies starting to build the nest, and the crow coming, dismantling it and chasing the smaller corvids away.

Since Monday this week though I noticed that the pair have abandoned that tree and have established themselves in another. The new nest is well along.

What interests me is that the trees are both in the same courtyard, but no sign of the grey crow. So I am not sure why it objected to the first tree. Maybe it was just being a bully, who knows.

I am enjoying the spectacle in between having to do things my employer calls “work” as this is the first time I have watched a nest being built directly….

Previously: Great Odin’s Raven

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Further to yesterday’s query regarding the location of the photo (above) used to promote The Commitments (1991).

We contacted the photographer David Appleby.

David forwarded it to The Commitments director Alan Parker. Alan forwarded it to his wife and assistant Lisa.

Lisa Moran Parker writes:

 According to our files it was shot in Bond Street, behind the Guinness brewery….

The southside!

FIGHT!

Yesterday: Ask A Broadsheet Reader

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmdXJy_IdNw

A vision of the future of AR by tech startup Magic Leap, shot using their software this month without any special effects or compositing.

This changes everything. Or nothing at all. Or some things.

It’s terribly exciting.

MORE: Magic Leap Shows How It Will Augment Your Day, Yet Questions Remain (WSJ)

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Aww.

Gary Mackey, of Boys, Boys, Boys a comedy duo from Dublin, writes:

Some of your readers may be interested in our events this Friday and Saturday in The Harbour Playhouse [8, 30 Avenue Rd, Dublin 8,]. An exploration of the desperate male id (the boy) through the means of outrageous, dissonant comedy…

Live And Let Live, Harbour Playhouse (Facebook)

THANKS FOR THE CHEESE MARYS BAR

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Fancy a Nomtorious lunch today?

Jenny at Mary’s bar and Hardware Shop, 8 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2, writes:

 Following UFC warrior Conor McGregor’s surprise announcement last night, we’ve a surprise announcement of our own. Both involve cheese.

Anyone who comes in to see us in Mary’s Bar & Hardware today between 12 – 2pm and says ‘Thanks for the cheese’ will get a 2 for 1 on red & white cheese toasties

PLUS we’ll throw in a packet of King crisps for the craic too. So bring a pal for a shoulder to cry on….

Mary’s Bar and Hardware Shop (Facebook)

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