Sword of Amadis
Oct 16
Sep 28
“ KYRGYZSTAN is the only country that hosts both American and Russian military bases
Apr 09
“ It’s not enough to consider your mind a blank slate. You have to consciously erase it.
— Paul Graham from Lies We Tell Kids
Feb 23
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits the Pyongyang Gum Factory (link).
Jan 16
In an apparently accidental allusion to Culture Club’s 1982 No 1 hit Heather Norton, for the prosecution, asked the jury during the trial: “Did he really have to hurt him?” (Guardian)
Jan 07
Dec 23
Qomolangma (via The Big Picture)
Nov 28
“ ‘I bought a very good Beatrix Potter the other day for £30,000, about one inch square. Because I didn’t have a Benjamin Bunny.’ — Michael Winner
» Manny Farber obituary
Manny (Emanuel) Farber, film critic and artist, born February 20 1917; died August 18 2008
Nov 13
Nov 05
UNE CATASTROPHE
Nov 04
Oct 07
» Horace, Ode 1.9
To morrow and her works defie,
Lay hold upon the present hour,
And snatch the pleasures passing by,
To put them out of Fortune’s pow’r;
Nor love nor love’s delights disdain;
Whate’re thou get’st to day is gain.
— from Dryden’s translation
Jul 21
» "The pilot fish of taste."
Collectors discussed by the chairman of Sotheby’s UK.
Jun 26
“ Maeterlinck had prepared [a scenario for Samuel Goldwyn] based on his The Life of a Bee. After reading the first few pages Goldwyn burst out of his office, exclaiming: “My God! The hero is a bee!
