Incredible macro images of dew-covered insects by photographer David Chambon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlOiNs5-qCQ
A Toyota Land Cruiser takes a bolt of lightning to the roof.
Apparently, nobody was hurt.
Gumming dissolutely on another bland Gangnam Style parody?
Say, what you need is a thick spreadable layer of the done-to-death Downfall meme!
Spice that sucker right up.
Winning
at
South Tipp CC backing down following legal advice, well done to everyone who helped keep the pressure up today. #usi12
— John Logue (@john_logue) September 18, 2012
Lars Biscuits writes:
Sometimes, it pays to have a law graduate leading the USI.
Linking grants to house tax ‘is illegal’ (Niall Murray and Pat Flynn, Irish Examiner)
A renowned historian at Harvard Divinity School has discovered a sections of faded 4th century papyrus inscribed in Coptic that includes the phrase: “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife …’ ”
The faded papyrus fragment is smaller than a business card, with eight lines on one side, in black ink legible under a magnifying glass. Just below the line about Jesus having a wife, the papyrus includes a second provocative clause that purportedly says, “she will be able to be my disciple.”
The finding was made public in Rome on Tuesday at the International Congress of Coptic Studies by Karen L. King, a historian who has published several books about new Gospel discoveries and is the first woman to hold the nation’s oldest endowed chair, the Hollis professor of divinity.
The provenance of the papyrus fragment is a mystery, and its owner has asked to remain anonymous. Until Tuesday, Dr. King had shown the fragment to only a small circle of experts in papyrology and Coptic linguistics, who concluded that it is most likely not a forgery. But she and her collaborators say they are eager for more scholars to weigh in and perhaps upend their conclusions.
Source discredited, theory rubbished and evidence quietly buried in 3…2…
A faded Piece Of Papyrus Refers To Jesus’ Wife (NewYorkTimes)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0iLQDkn7wg
British archive footage showcasing Sybil Connolly.
New-ish-ly-unearthed, colour-drenched and ever so preciously narrated
Sibling of Daedalus writes:
Incredible fine-woven tweed as light to wear as linen from Sybil Connolly, doyenne of Irish fashion design, and glamour-puss in her own right (she’s the elegant lady in the grey suit), shot in 1957 in wonderful Eastman Color. Featuring models Nola Ross, Pat O’Reilly, Molly Frith. Sybil’s red evening cloak made the cover of Life Magazine in 1953, as modelled by Anne Gunnington (above) heralding a decade of unparalleled Irish influence on international fashion. Sybil (who never quite reconciled herself to the arrival of the mini-skirt) died in 1998. Her dresses are now collectors’ items.
Sybil Connolly profile (Vintage Fashion Guild)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAY7RyMoA4g&feature=youtu.be
Remember Nollaig and his Household Charge-teasing trailer home?
Last seen heading toward Leitrim?
Darragh Byrne writes:
After seeing the post ‘No Fixed Abode‘ about Teach Nollaig on Broadsheet I made this video.
‘Crocodiles Eat’ – a 3D anamorphic painting by German artist Nikolaj Arndt (something of a specialist in this kind of thing) installed on the living room floor of a client’s home.