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It’s raining, it’s pouring - it’s time to get your umbrellas out!

Les Parapluies, Pierre-Auguste Renoir , c. 1878-1885/6. Sir Hugh Lane Bequest, 1917, The National Gallery, London. In partnership with Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.

He didn’t say anything that is outside of church teaching.

They are still patron of over 90% of Irish schools.

Lilian Smith They should and also banks and gov debts

All utility companies could make closing the accounts of deceased relatives a lot easier.

Colm Mulcahy Ah, I hadn't heard. A legend has passed.

George Boole, One of the Great Unsung Architects of Today's World, Is Unsung No More (born 2 Nov) huffpost.com/entry/george-b…

I was so pleased and honoured when Max agreed to write the forward for my book Mathematical Card Magic: Fifty-Two New Effects (AK Peters/CRC, 380 pages) a decade ago.

An excerpt from that is here: cardcolm.org/Book.html

Colm Mulcahy This IS sad. Some G4Gs ago as I watched from front, I was charmed, and charmed by the slippers he was wearing. Later, I pardoned myself for asking what the heck they were. He said AllBirds made in New York. I got a pair. Still wearing them around daily. Bless him!

Colm Mulcahy Martin Gardner tweet I first met Max at G4G, and later became friends. He was delighted when I told him he had a Bacon-Erdos-Sabbath number of 7.
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RIP Max Maven, from whom I learnt about the 'Gilbreath principle'. Another magician Mark C. introduced me to it and came to perform a card trick during one of my lectures. I've occasionally tried it myself, learnt from videos by Max, e.g. this one youtube.com/watch?v=ht_2ai…

Walk/climb/zip-line two-strand two-crossing link

#OnThisDay 1920 Eileen Quinn, a 23 year old mother of three (who was 7 months pregnant) from Gort, Galway was shot by passing Black and Tans while holding her 9 month old baby in her lap. Eileen was hit in the groin by a bullet & bled to death later that day.
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This is big news that isn't being reported widely enough: The Supreme Court has ruled that the TSA can issue mask mandates on planes, trains and other forms of transport.
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