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The Just Judges
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Lost
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An 80 year old art theft, as yet unsolved:
"The panel was removed from the frame, apparently with care, leaving the other panels undamaged. In the empty space was left a note, written in French, with the words, "Taken from Germany by the Treaty of Versaile", a reference to the fact that the altarpiece had been returned to Ghent only a decade earlier after having been moved to Berlin during World War I."
The thief was later concluded to be Arsène Goedertier, who revealed on his deathbed to his lawyer that he was the only one who knew where the masterpiece was hidden, and that he would take the secret to his grave. Telling only his lawyer, Georges de Vos, that "I alone know where the Mystic Lamb is. The information is in the drawer on the right of my writing table, in an envelope marked 'mutualité.'"
Despite cryptic clues and numerous searches the panel remains lost, you can read more at the Wikipedia: The Just Judges.
Christine Chubbuck
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Link of the day
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I refrain - as much as possible, from the news. It's not a happy place, generally, and the general climate of fear and insecurity it promotes are at odds with my worldview. That said, I'd like to introduce you to Christine Chubbuck, a News Anchor, who shared my views, and the extremes it took her to.
Link: Wikipedia on Christine Chubbuck
WARNING: Not a happy story. Par for the news...
Da Vinci Skull
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Found
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A rather intriguing find at an antique store, and curiously postulated provenance:
Link: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-06/13/leonardo-da-vinci-skull
How I met your mother...
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Conversations
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The daughter is asking me how I met her mother. She knows, of course, but mine is always the more interesting recollection...
“remember how I told you I went to Hogwarts…?”
- “With Harry Potter?”
“yes, yes… and remember Voldemort? How he was trying to kill the Potter boy? Well...Voldemort was your Mother’s Puppet...She came from Mordor, having finished with Sauron, and rode her broom through time and space, no, it's not really relevant, I just thought you'd wanna know ... it was in the Jedi Academy...no, after I helped Pharaoh to build the pyramids...don’t be funny, The Vampire Wars were much later, do they not teach history in school? ...Stop rolling your eyes, I know you’re a bit skeptical but I have proof, let me show you...This ring...can you see me? Still? ahh, that’s your wizard blood...if you were a muggle you couldn't … anyways, it seems that Lord Vader, or Anakin as we called him then, had benefited greatly from your Mother’s assistance…"
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