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Momiji / Fruits Basket

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Slamming my head into the stone wall that used to be a debtors prison across the creek sounds like such an invigorating and ironic experience

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It's been like 26 years and I still haven't gotten to yell off of a cliff, but if there ones thing thats for sure in this fucky wucky lucky brain of mine, that wouldve been my ticket to sanity

#personal #how do i ask my doctor to put me in a chokehold until i stop breathing

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up there

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fruits basket 2019 ed. 1 - lucky ending

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unfortunately no eclipse photography can ever outdo the waffle house one from 2017

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Martin Podt (@martinpodt)

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human brain is so easy to manipulate its stupid. sun is out longer in evening = life is worth living...read some negative social media posts = everybody hates me...read one interesting article = i have the scholar's ambition

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michelle

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Bro I have polished my resume and applied to so many jobs and gotten denied from every single one. As much as it would be nice to not have to work full time with my fallback (welcomed home with open part time retail arms) AND collect unemployment, I need a job that pays more. I have value, I have credentials, i was a MANAGER for a tech support and sales company with top tier sales metrics. I may not have a college degree but does that mean I'm stuck getting $10-15/hr for the rest of my life?

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I find no joy in life anymore

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I am beyond exhausted. I don't think I truly knew what the word meant until now.

When is my turn to fall asleep under a tree and wake up in 100 years?

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Ardagh Chalice

The Ardagh Chalice is one of the greatest treasures of the early Irish Church. It is part of a hoard of objects found in the 19th century by a young man digging for potatoes near Ardagh, Co. Limerick. It was used for dispensing Eucharistic wine during the celebration of Mass. The form of the chalice recalls late Roman tableware, but the method of construction is Irish.

The bowl and foot of the chalice are made of spun silver. The outer side of the bowl is decorated with applied gold, silver, glass, amber and enamel ornament. The underside of the foot is also highly decorated and contains a polished rock crystal at the centre.

The bowl is attached to the stem and foot by a bronze pin. The names of eleven apostles and St. Paul are inscribed below the band of gold filigree and studs encircling the bowl. The letters are seen against a stippled background. Incised animal decoration can also be seen below two handle escutcheons, which are decorated with elaborate glass studs and filigree panels.

The Ardagh Chalice represents a high point in early medieval craftsmanship and can be compared in this regard to the Tara Brooch and the Derrynaflan Paten.

text: National Museum of Ireland

c8th century, silver, gilt copper, gold filigree, gold, gilt bronze, silver, polychrome glass, amber, rock crystal, 18 cm high, 19.5 cm in diameter at the rim, found in a hoard in the ringfort of Reerasta, near Ardagh, County Limerick, Ireland

https://smarthistory.org/the-ardagh-chalice/

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The Tara Brooch is a Celtic brooch of the pseudo-penannular type, made in 650 to 750 AD, in Ireland….  Ancient beautiful art…. How…?

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Art by Olga Orlova

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The Ardross Wolf stone, this Pictish artwork dates from circa 6th/7th century AD

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Anthony Skellern