Bloomsday 16 June 19

It's Bloomsday, as it is every 16th June, lots of events going on in and around Dublin. Leopold Bloom was a bit of a card "Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine. Kidneys were in his mind as he moved about the kitchen softly, righting her breakfast things on the humpy tray. Gelid light and air were in the kitchen but out of doors gentle summer morning everywhere. Made him feel a bit peckish.”
It's also Barbara "Transposon" McClintock's bday today. Though she be but little, she was first:

• LockPickingLawyer - mesmerizing
• Caking making machines - mesmerizing in a different way
• Sandwich making à l'Americain - Katz's Deli
• Cait O'Riordan - I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday
• Herself with Shane McGowan Fairy Tale of NY (original and grittiest)
• Woodworking tips and tricks: knifewall for a crisp cut.
• Frisson of horror: Singapore Street Vending machine delivers quivering orange gloop and chap eats it. I'm sorry I clicked.
• Another source of garrrrk! how can people know so little about the geography of their native land? Task: ID the 32 counties in 102 secs:
• Carlow 17/32 average
• Wexford 30/32 average
• Waterford 29/32 average - the silver-back demonstrably better than youngsters
• Ask Emily Graslie #15. What she doesn't know, she'll find out. I bin citing her since 2013.