Who knew so many people have been offed by speeding buses in movies?
Cliché aficionado and master compiler Harry Hanrrahan knew.
That’s who.
‘Project Google Birdhouses’ by Taiwanese artist Shuchun Hsiao, who wants the iconic symbol to become a ‘navigating landmark’ for birds. No word on whether or hot he’s been sponsored by Google.
Probably not, in fairness.
Moral Truths
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British prime minister David Cameron’s plan to legalise gay marriage passed its first hurdle in the House of Commons last night – but he was unable to get a majority of his own Conservative MPs to back him.
The legislation, on which MPs had a conscience vote, passed its second stage easily with the support of most Labour MPs, Liberal Democrats and a smattering from the smaller parties, bar the Democratic Unionist Party.
Fifty-five Conservative MPs voted against the government, including DUP Upper Bann MP David Simpson (you’ll remember the hoo-hah caused last year when a recording device was found in the toilet of his constituency office, leading to the arrest of his political advisor), who brought many lols to the House with the following:
“This is not the jurisdiction of this government, of any European government or any government in the world. This is an ordained constitution of God. In the Garden of Eden it was Adam and Steve . . . It was Adam and Eve, it wasn’t Adam and Steve.”
South Antrim MP the Rev William McCrea said moral truths learned “at mother’s knee” were threatened by the legislation, which would “wipe away” values that had held true for centuries for people around the world, irrespective of their beliefs.
The DUP. A great bunch of lads.
British MPs back gay marriage legislation (Mark Hennessy, Irish Times)
(Photo: PA)
The dubious fruits of pre-Jobs Apple CEO Michael Scott’s labours in the early 1980s.
In 1982, Apple was in its sixth year of existence, and Steve Jobs, Apple’s cofounder and Chairman, was twenty-eight years old. Steve, intuitive and fanatical about great design, realized that the company was in crisis.
Above: the hideous Snow White Concept 2 MacBook (1982); the vomitous MacPhone (1984); the deeply stupid Jonathan Mac (1982) and the burn-it-with-fire Workbench and Music Mac (1982).
From Phones To Tablets: 26 Apple Designs That Never Came To Be (fastdesign)
Well, if it ain’t the mischievous Face Of Bray.
(Thanks Stiegl)
Let’s have a closer look:
He drinks the slops.
Thanks Art Of The Heid
Joe Little on RTÉ Nine O’Clock News discussing the Magdalene Laundry report, age and contrition.
Joe Little: “I think their (survivors’) greatest disappoint is that although the accusation of profiteering which was levelled against the nuns was dissected carefully by the committee, there was no similar dissection of the allegation that there was slave labour involved. And I think that remains the big question mark hanging over this and the big moral argument facing the Cabinet.”
Eileen Dunne: “Now official Ireland reacted today in the shape of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice and also the Orders. Where do those reactions leave them?”
Little: “Well the Taoiseach’s regret, while very sincere, this was the way Ireland was back then, and between the 20s and the 50s, in particular, is to be expected. Anyone with an iota of empathy would regret that I think. Certainly in my age group, we would regret very much that this was going on, under our noses.”
Thanks Conor McCabe
De Papers
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Before his sudden death from handsomeness, Ciaran left a postcard with a list of Gathering events Sorcha must attend.
But when she reaches the last Gather’ – The National Ploughing Championships – Sorcha wonders if she’ll ever make her own gathering.
“Not in those muddy Meenolas you won’t,” a deep but lyrical voice came from behind a small tractor.
“Dermot?”
To be continued.
Thanks OireachtasRetort