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Unknown Knowns

Posted in Misc on Jun 22nd, 2010

Then today, and best of all, the story of the bank robber who thought he’d be invisible on camera if he painted his face with lemon juice: an anosognic. A wonderful article!

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When New York Times Eyes Are Smiling

Posted in Misc on Apr 3rd, 2009

I had to clean saliva off the screen a couple of times when reading the comments on this New York Times article on the tragedy of credit crunch Ireland. The article conforms to a stereotype that has bemused and occasionally annoyed the Irish for a long time. Peter Never go past a bar with your [...]

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Life and Death

Posted in Misc on Jan 16th, 2009

This collection of photographs of people before and after death is strangely powerful. We all live as if we were immortal; we don’t think about death very often. The Guardian reports that some people were sickened by these very innocuous photographs. I found them peaceful, inspiring, thought provoking. This Irish prayer, which I read regularly, [...]

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Lucky Friday The 13th?

Posted in Misc on Jun 13th, 2008

As I expected, it’s been an interesting week politically. First, Gordon Browne bought his government’s victory in the debate about how long people can be locked up for without trial. A “humiliating victory” it’s been called. BBC journalist Martha Kearney reports on her blog finding the following in the Oxford English Dictionary W. MCNALLY Evils [...]

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Irish Mammals Getting Out of Hand

Posted in Misc on Jun 10th, 2008

Things are hotting up in Ireland as the countdown to Thursday’s Lisbon Treaty referendum continues. I’ve watched some of the videos and been quite fascinated by some things that are peripheral to the main issue. First, there’s the strange business of only the Irish having a referendum and the extraordinary phenomenon of a host of [...]

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