- 24th
- February
- 2010
Brave New World
O wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is!
O brave new world! That has such people in’t!
[Miranda’s speech, The Tempest, Act V, Shakespeare]
A glimpse of...
glimpse [glɪmps]
Noun
1. a brief or incomplete view, eg. to catch a glimpse of the sea
2. a vague indication, eg. he had a glimpse of what the lecturer meant
3. Archaic a glimmer of light
Verb
1. (tr) to catch sight of briefly or momentarily
2. (intr; usually foll by at) Chiefly US to look (at) briefly or cursorily; glance (at)
3. (intr) Archaic to shine faintly; glimmer
- 19th
- February
- 2010
Clients From Hell...
- Prospective client:
- Why are you so expensive? My nephew has Photoshop—I can just get him to do it.
- Me:
- Does your nephew have Microsoft Word?
- Prospective client:
- Yes.
- Me:
- Then have him write you a novel while he’s at it.
- 21st
- January
- 2010
Introducing the grapes
Full of life…real…fresh…genuine…adorable…shameless…
- 19th
- January
- 2010
Poetry in motion
Ljósið by Ólafur Arnalds
Never heard of
- Two young, cute and apparently well-educated American tourists are strolling down the Paris underground when the train announces we are entering Austerlitz station
- Girl1:
- what did he say? Austerlitz?!?! Seems to me like he said Auschwitz
- Girl2:
- Auschwitz?!?! What is it?
- Girl1:
- don't you know what Auschwitz is?
- Girl2:
- no...never heard of...
- me:
- Are we doomed to forget and leave dumb idiots rule our society?
Introducing the alternative to Helmut Newton
