March 2007
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A Passage Straight Out Of The Elementary Particles
Nor was it easy to throw overboard the moral code and substitute another without confusion and distress. It was one thing to proclaim that married couples should be free to find sex adventure wherever they pleased and that marriage was something independent of such casual sport; it was quite another thing for a man or [...]
Quote Of The Day
Madrid es marrón y Barcelona es azul.1 Because I should have quoted this a long time ago. And the word of the day is blau. Gemma Muñoz Freixes↩
Plus Ça Change
Those who know history are doomed to realize that they are repeating it.
Raskolnikov Comes To Mind
‘Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.1 William Makepeace Thackeray↩
Besought
Constantly looking for love is not a problem: the problem is constantly finding it.
Guitar Hero 2′s Star System
Has anyone else noticed that it seems impossible in normal gameplay to score below three stars in Guitar Hero 2 because you fail the song long before you reach such a low percentage of notes that you score less than three stars? Can anyone confirm this hypothesis?
This Life Has A Hold Of Me
I am among the best and worst of us. And aren’t we all trying to put this and that in first place? In first place even when we don’t believe in us. We look right over the shoulder of a friend (a weakness so self-contained) to wage a war that has no standing, no lasting [...]
All That Needs To Be Said
Mes héroïnes dans la vie réelle. Une femme de génie ayant l’existence d’une femme ordinaire.1 Les questionnaires de Proust↩
A Simple Suggestion For Apostrophe Use
The plural of standard -s plural words never has an s sound added to indicate possession, so simply write an apostrophe at the end to show possession. “The boys’ bikes all broke that day.” The possessive of singular nouns ending in an s sound in contrast does add another s sound, so add an apostrophe [...]
Con Esta Vida Peculiar
Estar en paz con esta vida peculiar; aceptar lo que no entendemos; esperar tranquilamente lo que nos aguarda; teneís que ser más sabios que yo.1 M. C. Escher : Quote from Plaza de Castilla Exposition↩