gosh, I guess I'm at war.
I don't know how I feel about that.
sort of a kind of bewildered numb nothing, I guess, which I suppose is better than having "shock & awe" raining down in my neighborhood. & I've sacrificed some t.v. shows of things blowing up for coverage from Iraq of things on t.v. blowing up.
(& please, those of you who...
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I don't know how I feel about that.
sort of a kind of bewildered numb nothing, I guess, which I suppose is better than having "shock & awe" raining down in my neighborhood. & I've sacrificed some t.v. shows of things blowing up for coverage from Iraq of things on t.v. blowing up.
(& please, those of you who...
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alright, you know that "Jack in the Box" commercial where Jack goes into an "authentic English {ub" to try out his new fish & chips? with the "authentic Malt Vinegar"? you know that one? huh?
anyway, I FINALLY figured out what the pubman says to him at the end: "Blimey! Yer paler than I am, mate!"
for weeks I thought it was "I'm gripping yer...
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anyway, I FINALLY figured out what the pubman says to him at the end: "Blimey! Yer paler than I am, mate!"
for weeks I thought it was "I'm gripping yer...
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orchid1:
I wish it had been the latter.
tororo:
Blimey! Hope all's workin' fine.
worked in the Infirmary last night, where I spent a good chunk of the night chatting with the young man in the suicide watch cell (a couple of days ago he'd tried to hang himself, which is actually a fairly uncommon thing in this particular prison, & almost never successful..altho even one successful hanging is, like, a real bummer--anyway, his neighbor heard him knocking against...
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tororo:
Disgruntled, disgruntled...another word I can't find neither in my Oxford concise dictionary nor in my American thesaurus of Slang (rather outdated, I fear)..... nevertheless, it seems to sound strangely familiar. Like if it was self-explaining.
there are a lot of advantages to living in a small town.
the only one that I can think of at present is "plenty of parking'.
disadvantages are, likewise, legion.
I read somewhere that, due to the proliferation of security cameras & whatnot, there are few places that one can walk in a major city without being under constant surveillance.
the same applies to small...
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the only one that I can think of at present is "plenty of parking'.
disadvantages are, likewise, legion.
I read somewhere that, due to the proliferation of security cameras & whatnot, there are few places that one can walk in a major city without being under constant surveillance.
the same applies to small...
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chiquita:
we are all humanoids, all 7 odd billion of us, just knockin around on this big earth trying to live, trying to feel good things, intersecting in all kinda ways with other humanoids knocking around on this rock...full of folly, weakness, strength, and flaws.
don't be too hard on yourself, cookie.
don't be too hard on yourself, cookie.
let's go to Mexico, eh?
tororo:
Yeah! Hoorray for Mexico!
I was just admiring how symmetrical were Ambrose Bierce's and B. Traven's existences: one disappearing without traces, the other appearing suddenly out from nothing... when I read your post about the findings you made, websites where was exposed a theory according to which Bierce and Traven were one and the same! You bet it made a big grin to appear on my face. As Traven died 1969, this hypothesis should include some secret research plant hidden somewhere on the Mexican altiplano, where mad scientists conducted forbidden experiments on rejuvenation... and maybe Pancho Villa's guerillas storming it in the end and setting it in flames, releasing human guinea pigs, clueless about what happened to them, in the middle of unexplored sierras...
Edited for spelling! Caramba!
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I was just admiring how symmetrical were Ambrose Bierce's and B. Traven's existences: one disappearing without traces, the other appearing suddenly out from nothing... when I read your post about the findings you made, websites where was exposed a theory according to which Bierce and Traven were one and the same! You bet it made a big grin to appear on my face. As Traven died 1969, this hypothesis should include some secret research plant hidden somewhere on the Mexican altiplano, where mad scientists conducted forbidden experiments on rejuvenation... and maybe Pancho Villa's guerillas storming it in the end and setting it in flames, releasing human guinea pigs, clueless about what happened to them, in the middle of unexplored sierras...
Edited for spelling! Caramba!
[Edited on Mar 07, 2003]
tororo:
Gee! I got some good reviews.
You'd notice it: I borrowed entirely from Herodotus this first paragraph of the "marginal annotations" I attributed irreverently to Paracelsus , attempting to give my english translation something of a 16th century flavor... a desperate attempt, I'm afraid!
Excellent idea, by the way, applying a patent for "a squirt of H*r*d* t*s"
(I'm cautious, as I don't want to infringe any copyright: I plan to use your invention for my Easter cards -on which I'll give my friends a traditional Provenal recipe for Easter salad- please wait till Easter to send me the bill)
How's Mexico?
Gee! I got some good reviews.
You'd notice it: I borrowed entirely from Herodotus this first paragraph of the "marginal annotations" I attributed irreverently to Paracelsus , attempting to give my english translation something of a 16th century flavor... a desperate attempt, I'm afraid!
Excellent idea, by the way, applying a patent for "a squirt of H*r*d* t*s"
(I'm cautious, as I don't want to infringe any copyright: I plan to use your invention for my Easter cards -on which I'll give my friends a traditional Provenal recipe for Easter salad- please wait till Easter to send me the bill)
How's Mexico?
babysat little niece & nephew the other night--he's five, she's 2, & they're both the greatest.
one thing that little niece has been doing--& I'm not sure how common this is, is to leave the first letter off of most of her words, I'm "onavin" daddy is "addy", a snack is "nack" & so on. I don't think it's a speech impediment because she's fairly...
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one thing that little niece has been doing--& I'm not sure how common this is, is to leave the first letter off of most of her words, I'm "onavin" daddy is "addy", a snack is "nack" & so on. I don't think it's a speech impediment because she's fairly...
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ratsonjulia:
clarification of above:
the "itty" in question is Greymalkin (or "aymalkin"), a tiny little ball of tortoise-shell fur that contains, possibly, more malevolence in a space the size of a hard roll than the entire Bush Administration, who loves nothing more than fastening on, & placidly gnawing on, exposed flesh. often little niece would walk across the living room & be taken down like a chubby little gazelle in those nature films, except that gazeeles aren't known to say "Aymalkin! Tupidhead!"
the "itty" in question is Greymalkin (or "aymalkin"), a tiny little ball of tortoise-shell fur that contains, possibly, more malevolence in a space the size of a hard roll than the entire Bush Administration, who loves nothing more than fastening on, & placidly gnawing on, exposed flesh. often little niece would walk across the living room & be taken down like a chubby little gazelle in those nature films, except that gazeeles aren't known to say "Aymalkin! Tupidhead!"
tororo:
NO! NOOOO!
Don't eat THAT brain! It's not for little zombie babies!
Throw it away!
Throw it away!
No!
Not in the kitty's bowl!
Awwww... too late.
Don't eat THAT brain! It's not for little zombie babies!
Throw it away!
Throw it away!
No!
Not in the kitty's bowl!
Awwww... too late.
anybody know anything about B. Traven?
blixasinister:
no.
should I?
should I?
tororo:
Yesterday one of the local TV channels aired The Treasure of the Sierra Madre... (sigh.. what a film) and there was a bit of a B. Traven's biopic (sp?) after that... so it's rather fresh in my memory (are you a psychic, rats? how did you manage to know that?) They said he was born in Germany, published an anarchist paper, had some official functions when, after the collapse on the German empire, Bavaria briefly adopted institutions inspired by the libertary ideology (the "Republic of the Bavarian Councils")... then he was sentenced to death for that by some Weimar Republic's court, and fled to Mexico, where he settled in Tampico. He used many pseudos, wrote many (mostly crime and aventure) novels, and his true identity remained unknown until he died1969. His true name is said to have been Ret Marut, wich sounds more like a pseudo than most pseudos do, uh?
Now it's up to you! I'm sure you still knew something about this guy, aside him having written The Treasure of the Sierra Madre!
Now it's up to you! I'm sure you still knew something about this guy, aside him having written The Treasure of the Sierra Madre!
buryed in snow day before yesterday--it'll probably be gone by noon.
this has been the second substantial snowfall since October.
this is very, very unusual.
it's going to be a long, hot, very dry summer.
in other news, I bought a 3-pack of thumb-picks yesterday.
(that sounds vaguely dirty, but it's not.)
I'm still struggling to learn the guitar, & having trouble making the transition...
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this has been the second substantial snowfall since October.
this is very, very unusual.
it's going to be a long, hot, very dry summer.
in other news, I bought a 3-pack of thumb-picks yesterday.
(that sounds vaguely dirty, but it's not.)
I'm still struggling to learn the guitar, & having trouble making the transition...
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orchid1:
Hey I've been meaning to ask you, How's the thumbtip?
he hasn't been in the news much lately (a bit busy, no doubt, altho it seems a review of world history is unlikely), but has anybody else noticed a passing similarity betwixt Sec, o' Defense Donald Rumsfeld & the Harvey Korman character in "Blazing Saddles"?
it makes me wonder if there might be an ulterior motive behind the decision to cover up the "Sp[irit of...
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it makes me wonder if there might be an ulterior motive behind the decision to cover up the "Sp[irit of...
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it's been a while since I've written anything about the prison:
the unit I worked in last night has been "locked" down for about a week& a half since Inmate A stabbed Inmate B in the throat at the chow hall. (he's fine, by the way--by which I mean Inmate A, Inmate B was, well, stabbed in the throat, & is unhappy about it.)
Inmate...
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the unit I worked in last night has been "locked" down for about a week& a half since Inmate A stabbed Inmate B in the throat at the chow hall. (he's fine, by the way--by which I mean Inmate A, Inmate B was, well, stabbed in the throat, & is unhappy about it.)
Inmate...
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chiquita:
total craziness. at least it's not dull.
coincidentally, last night was the final episode of oz. it was pretty good.
have a super day.
coincidentally, last night was the final episode of oz. it was pretty good.
have a super day.
tororo:
Indeed! In a coming episode of my serial I plan to have the damp kitten my unnamed hero (should I name him Duncan Gillis? or Jules de Loiseau?) calls "Ms" fire a semi-automatic rifle, in order to save the guts of her human sidekick. So, considering your abovementioned experience, your advice on how this coup de theatre could be made credible is desperately needed.
PS: it was The Tide at Norderney, or whatever it's called in English. It probably has the name "Norderney" in it. It ends so beatifully with the line "Shahrazad saw the morning breaking and, discreetly, ceased talking".
PPS: Take care.
If your journal was a fiction, the recurrent appearances of the Sharpened Toothbrush could be considered a menacing leitmotiv used with the intent of inducing the reader to fear a tragical issue.
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PS: it was The Tide at Norderney, or whatever it's called in English. It probably has the name "Norderney" in it. It ends so beatifully with the line "Shahrazad saw the morning breaking and, discreetly, ceased talking".
PPS: Take care.
If your journal was a fiction, the recurrent appearances of the Sharpened Toothbrush could be considered a menacing leitmotiv used with the intent of inducing the reader to fear a tragical issue.
[Edited on Feb 25, 2003]
Myrrh on my journal page!
Freedom fries on yours!
.... you said it... business as usual with us humans....
..."and I speak to myself... it's a wonderful world"....
... yes! yes! I read (and re-read) Borges's "imaginary beings" (there are two versions of it, the second copiously augmented...) ... of course it was the trick question " how the heck could I mix five pounds of myrrh in that story?" that convoked memories of the book and made the phoenix to appear.
Yes again, the quote you made is from this book. I translated to English, from a French edition of Herodotus, a text that's supposedly the same that's quoted by Borges... the diffrences offer another illustration of Lewis carroll's Transmitting of Knowledge Paradox.
Did you visit this fine site:
http://www.hum.au.dk/romansk/borges/
some of my favorite pages are in this section:
http://www.hum.au.dk/romansk/borges/art.htm
Glad to read the news are good!
Now I'll quote Morgan: "Hurray for Spring Break!"