Sword of Amadis

"It’s not enough to consider your mind a blank slate. You have to consciously erase it."

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:30:37 +0100

“It’s not enough to consider your mind a blank slate. You have to consciously erase it.”

- Paul Graham from Lies We Tell Kids

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits the Pyongyang Gum Factory...

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:41:39 +0000

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits the Pyongyang Gum Factory (link).

In an apparently accidental allusion to Culture Club’s...

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:22:00 +0000

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)

Head of a female statue of the “idol with crossed...

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:02:01 +0000

Head of a female statue of the “idol with crossed arms” type – Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities | Louvre Museum

Qomolangma (via The Big Picture)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:39:36 +0000

Qomolangma (via The Big Picture)

"‘I bought a very good Beatrix Potter the other day for £30,000, about one inch square. Because I..."

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:14:05 +0000

“‘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”

- Apollo Magazine

Manny Farber obituary

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:15:08 +0000

Manny Farber obituary: Manny (Emanuel) Farber, film critic and artist, born February 20 1917; died August 18 2008

“Thank you for welcoming me back on board, as we say in...

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:22:01 +0000

“Thank you for welcoming me back on board, as we say in Corfu.”

UNE CATASTROPHE

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:59:48 +0000

UNE CATASTROPHE

John Szarkowski

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:43:57 +0000

John Szarkowski

Horace, Ode 1.9

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:50:37 +0100

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

"The pilot fish of taste."

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:42:47 +0100

"The pilot fish of taste.": Collectors discussed by the chairman of Sotheby’s UK.

"Maeterlinck had prepared [a scenario for Samuel Goldwyn] based on his The Life of a Bee. After..."

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:51:49 +0100

“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!””

- Maurice Maeterlinck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Tiny homunculi with fish-spears no bigger than a matchstick"

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:13:54 +0000

“Tiny homunculi with fish-spears no bigger than a matchstick”

- Economist.com

Clampett’s Drawing Style

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:08:57 +0000

Clampett’s Drawing Style

Hugh Massingberd: the passing of an obituarist

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:50:54 +0000

Hugh Massingberd: the passing of an obituarist: Hugh Massingberd

"Norman Tebbit once told me that, when learning marksmanship, he found his eye and reflexes laggardly..."

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:40:44 +0000

“Norman Tebbit once told me that, when learning marksmanship, he found his eye and reflexes laggardly until his instructor replaced the instruction “Shoot!” with the instruction “Kill!”. Then all at once, said Lord Tebbit, eye and brain locked into deadly synchronicity.”

- Matthew Parris

BENBENEK BLOG: 7-UP SIGN

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:24:35 +0000

BENBENEK BLOG: 7-UP SIGN

Pre-Columbian jar retrieval

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:01:31 +0000

Pre-Columbian jar retrieval

"The whole natural world is bathed in wonder and beauty and mystery. The feeling of the holy, the..."

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:41:25 +0100

“The whole natural world is bathed in wonder and beauty and mystery. The feeling of the holy, the sacred, the wonderful, the mystical, can be divorced from anything theological, and is conveyed very powerfully in music.”

- Oliver Sacks