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Sign of the times
Downtown Minneapolis this afternoon.
The wrong tool for the job
From Woodworking Magazine, where you can get the explanation about the flies.
Hobbit a la Russe
Wonderful illustrations from a Soviet-era Russian translation of the Hobbit.
The article is titled “Russian Lord of the Rings”, but everything I could see was from The Hobbit.
Also three clips from a low-budget Soviet movie version. Somehow it seems particularly appropriate for the dwarves to speak Russian. Perhaps it is because they look like Orthodox monks.
Via BoingBoing
More on the Minnesota Scottish Fair
This is familiar
A cheap and easy black leather dye
Monday night Irish class, May 24, 2010
Irish Class, May 24, 2010
Rang Gaeilge, 24ú lá Mí na Bealtaine 2010
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This was an all-class event. All four classes met together in the room of the elementary class, the teacher of which was
wearing a T-shirt that said “Craic Addict”. The first part of the class was taken up by a crossword puzzle as Gaeilge and
another puzzle where the object was to guess the Irish word from a hint in English. The class was broken up in groups of about 5
students. Each group contained a mix of students from the various classes. The elementary students actually worked the
puzzles, while the more advanced students acted as resources and provided additional hints. We also passed on various sneaky words of wisdom about how to learn the language.
tricks
A few vocabulary and grammar notes
Wool Waulking at the Minnesota Scottish Fair
On Saturday we were part of colgaffneyis contingent at the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games. mia_mcdavid had just woven a 15 yard length of tartan, a custom commission for our friend AC. Here is Mia, wrapped up in her work.
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Good Advice
At Calamities of Nature, via Bad Astronomy
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 