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Posted on August 31, 2018August 31, 2018

Can a board games make you cry? A thread from the BoardGameGeek forums

This thread actually has the slightly less emotionally impactful title “can board games be emotionally impactful?” Obviously the denizens of this forum are board game aficionados. Some of the posts…

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Posted on August 30, 2018August 30, 2018

Oisin Kelly frieze and Stained Glass from Church of St Theresa, Sion Mills, Tyrone

The  exterior of the Church of St Theresa in Sion Mills is most notable for a frieze of the Last Supper by Oisin Kelly: Detail: Inside there are some interesting stained…

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Posted on August 30, 2018August 30, 2018

Most pompous Irish ads

There seems to be a specific subgenre of Irish ad that goes for the insufferably pompous approach. I am a little wary of giving these brands more exposure via this…

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Posted on August 30, 2018

Funeral of Arcabas, Saint-Hugues-de-Chartreuse

Via Le Dauphiné, a report with two photos of the funeral of Arcabas, the recently deceased French painter of the Sacred.: Mardi matin, l’église de Saint-Hugues-de-Chartreuse a accueilli les obsèques de Jean-Marie…

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Posted on August 30, 2018August 30, 2018

Did Captain Molesworth lose his bet?

From Andrew Ward’s Golf’s Strangest Rounds: “At 5.20a.m. on a September morning Captain Molesworth set out for a busy day at the Royal North Devon Golf Course. To win his…

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Posted on August 27, 2018

Nithin Coca – “How I Fully Quit Google”

Could you stop using Google products? Completely? Not just Google Search, but Gmail, Calendar, and all the rest of their stable of products and services. Nithin Coca has done just…

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Posted on August 27, 2018

“The message hits you like a lead bus” – Charlie Booker on the pseudo-subversiveness of Banksy, 2006

I didn’t realise that this piece is from as far back as 2006. Twelve years ago! Charlie Booker’s persona can grate after a fairly little while, but on Banksy he…

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Posted on August 27, 2018

A prayer of gratitude for creation – Fiona Murdoch, Eco-Congregation Ireland

On the Irish Franciscan’s Praying Nature page,  there is a section of “eco prayers”: A Franciscan presence and spirit requires living a way of life that cherishes Gospel values as St. Francis…

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