Isaac wanted to propose to his girlfriend so he enlisted 60 friends and family, chose an appropriate tune and staged ‘the world’s first Live Lip-Dub Proposal’:

On Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012, I told my girlfriend to meet me at my parent’s house for dinner. When she arrived I had stationed my brother to sit her in the back of an open Honda CRV and give her some headphones. He “wanted to play her a song”…

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(Hat tip: Darragh Doyle)

Paralympic swimmer Xavi Torres, 37, of Spain carries his orthopaedic legs after a training session on the Balearic island of Palma de Mallorca on May 15. This summer, Torres, who has previously won 16 paralympic medals, will participate in his sixth paralympic games. He currently owns four world swimming records in different categories.

A paralympic swimmer prepares to defend his world records
(MSNBC Photoblog)

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THE COUNTRY will continue to bask in warm sunshine this weekend but temperatures will not quite reach yesterday’s record-breaking highs.

Yesterday’s highest temperature was 28.3 degrees at Ardfert, Co Kerry.

Heatwave to last all weekend but yesterday was its peak (Irish Times)

(Photocall Ireland)

The Censorship Towel: a concept by Carmichael Collective. Pixelate yourself in real life.

Probably has a better chance of making it to production than the wonderful Bug Memorials concept by the same company.

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