She has talked to her companion since the rescue, hoping to piece together their recollections, but the effort has proved futile.
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20130409
I know, right?
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She has talked to her companion since the rescue, hoping to piece together their recollections, but the effort has proved futile.
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She has talked to her companion since the rescue, hoping to piece together their recollections, but the effort has proved futile.
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20110125
20090929
Happy he who like Ulysses
Where Does Nausicaa Go?
The daughter of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians. When Odysseus shipwrecked on Alcinous' island, Scheria, he was found by Nausicaa. She received him with elegance and great hospitality and brought him to her father's palace. She is one of the most charming figures in the Odyssey.
Or is she this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wSba9hwCaU
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20090802
Is this YOUR American Dream?
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Hey, don't look at me, those are the words of David Cameron at conservatives.com. David was elected Leader of the Conservatives in December 2005, on a mandate to change the Party and change the country.
Those are inspiring words, most of what he is talking about is true---I mean, some of it is. But why is it that reading the entire article, one cannot help but think that those are just words and that there is more concern there on the part of the author about recapturing the electorate which has become disenchanted with the old orthodoxies than there is about actually reforming the old orthodoxies.
There is a name for this.
The French call it "la langue de bois."
And we call it:
Or lying "corporate style."
But in the end it all comes down to the same thing, doesn't it?
Pirandello referred to it as the tragedy of Orestes in a puppet theater:
"… Now listen to this crazy notion that just came to me! Let's suppose that at the very climax, when the puppet who represents Orestes is about to take his revenge on Aegisthus and his mother for his father's death, a great hole were suddenly torn in the paper sky of the theater, what would happen? … Orestes would still be bent on revenge, he would still be impatient to bring it about, but his eyes in that instant would be directed up there, to that ripped sky, where all kinds of evil influences would now filter down into the scene and he would feel his arms grow limp. Orestes, in other words, would become Hamlet. The whole difference, Signor Meis, between ancient and modern tragedy is just that, believe me: a hole in the paper sky. "
---Luigi Pirandello, The Late Mattia Pascal
Birds of a feather
Ionesco said it well:
"We know very well that Western humanism is bankrupt. We also know very well that the leaders of the Eastern countries no longer believe in Marxism. Absolute cynicism and a great biological vitality are all that remain of the revolutionary faiths and all that keeps its leaders in power---active in the struggle for power and world supremacy. Imperium mundi, to quote Oswald Spengler's prophetic definition."
---Ionesco on modern Politics
The French gave us the Statue of Liberty:
And we gave them the American Dream:
The dream lives on, both on this side of the Atlantic...
As on the other side:
It's just that no one knows for sure anymore what the dream is exactly or how to get there . . .
. . . from here. Wulfshead Wulfshead Wulfshead
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Hey, don't look at me, those are the words of David Cameron at conservatives.com. David was elected Leader of the Conservatives in December 2005, on a mandate to change the Party and change the country.
Those are inspiring words, most of what he is talking about is true---I mean, some of it is. But why is it that reading the entire article, one cannot help but think that those are just words and that there is more concern there on the part of the author about recapturing the electorate which has become disenchanted with the old orthodoxies than there is about actually reforming the old orthodoxies.
There is a name for this.
The French call it "la langue de bois."
And we call it:
Or lying "corporate style."But in the end it all comes down to the same thing, doesn't it?
Pirandello referred to it as the tragedy of Orestes in a puppet theater:
"… Now listen to this crazy notion that just came to me! Let's suppose that at the very climax, when the puppet who represents Orestes is about to take his revenge on Aegisthus and his mother for his father's death, a great hole were suddenly torn in the paper sky of the theater, what would happen? … Orestes would still be bent on revenge, he would still be impatient to bring it about, but his eyes in that instant would be directed up there, to that ripped sky, where all kinds of evil influences would now filter down into the scene and he would feel his arms grow limp. Orestes, in other words, would become Hamlet. The whole difference, Signor Meis, between ancient and modern tragedy is just that, believe me: a hole in the paper sky. "
---Luigi Pirandello, The Late Mattia Pascal
Birds of a featherIonesco said it well:
"We know very well that Western humanism is bankrupt. We also know very well that the leaders of the Eastern countries no longer believe in Marxism. Absolute cynicism and a great biological vitality are all that remain of the revolutionary faiths and all that keeps its leaders in power---active in the struggle for power and world supremacy. Imperium mundi, to quote Oswald Spengler's prophetic definition."
---Ionesco on modern Politics
The French gave us the Statue of Liberty:
And we gave them the American Dream:
The dream lives on, both on this side of the Atlantic...As on the other side:
It's just that no one knows for sure anymore what the dream is exactly or how to get there . . .
. . . from here. Wulfshead Wulfshead Wulfshead
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20090726
Another Wulfshead Portal?
Other inns and taverns catered to pilgrims and knights on their way to the Crusades in the Holy Land. Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, established in 1189, claims to be the oldest pub in England and has cellars which are carved from the rocks beneath Nottingham Castle.I saw this entryway at Dark Roasted Blend, stepped through, and look! Here I am! Speaking among what seem to be almost exclusively American guests, I have to say the idea of any building standing for 820 years is pretty stunning.
Speaking of stunning, I recently joined facebook (profile), and reconnected, literally in minutes, with many of my old high school classmates from Athens, Ohio (AHS '77). It's been a very nice week- pretty much making up for the 90-degree-plus temperatures of the past few days. I'm not sure, though, that my pleasure at reconnecting with all my old friends will compensate for the triple digit temperatures forecast for the next four days.
So, in closing, the correct answer is as follows: "Why yes, thank you! I would be most pleased to accept an ice-cold beer."
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20090517
Pump up the jam
Pump up the jam
Pump it up
While your feet are stompin'
And the jam is pumpin'
Look at here the crowd is jumpin'
Pump it up a little more
Get the party going on the dance floor
Seek us that's where the party's at
And you'll find out if you're too bad
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20090312
Picture Book
I like picture books. They tell the story both with words and pictures.
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Some of the best-known picture books include Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Robert Mccloskey's Make Way for Ducklings, and Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. All these have texts written by their illustrators... More here >
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20090309
Out of Time
I have just been informed that a locket and a Victorian pocketwatch, just like that of the White Rabbit's in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, has mysteriously turned up at Lost and Found.
For some reason, the people there, believe that it might belong to Richard, aka jazzolog, aka The Good Doctor, aka The Gentleman from Ohio.
The problem is that no one knows where Richard is to be found. Some of you have been asking about him, and since I have known him the longest here, with the exception of his good friend Quinty, I feel that it comes to me, out of a sense of duty and the respect due my old friend, to try to reassure people and say a few words as to his whereabouts. Unfortunately there is not much that I can say. As some of you might know, I do come and go a lot, and I do not stop here as often as I used to. The truth is that I haven't been much in touch with Richard of late. Like some of his good buddies here at The Wulfshead, I can only hope that he is well.
One rumor has it that Richard's absence has to do with Lent, a time of penance and a penitential frame of mind, and that our good friend has temporarily given up blogging and all related activity for the season. Lent technically ends on Holy Thursday, the final days of preparation before Easter. By that reckoning, there are those who believe that, just like the Easter Bunny, Richard will make a much awaited reappearance on Sunday, April 12th.
But then again, a part of me is concerned that he might have fallen into some dark hole... And Oh dear! Oh dear! He doesn't have his watch with him.
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For some reason, the people there, believe that it might belong to Richard, aka jazzolog, aka The Good Doctor, aka The Gentleman from Ohio.The problem is that no one knows where Richard is to be found. Some of you have been asking about him, and since I have known him the longest here, with the exception of his good friend Quinty, I feel that it comes to me, out of a sense of duty and the respect due my old friend, to try to reassure people and say a few words as to his whereabouts. Unfortunately there is not much that I can say. As some of you might know, I do come and go a lot, and I do not stop here as often as I used to. The truth is that I haven't been much in touch with Richard of late. Like some of his good buddies here at The Wulfshead, I can only hope that he is well.
One rumor has it that Richard's absence has to do with Lent, a time of penance and a penitential frame of mind, and that our good friend has temporarily given up blogging and all related activity for the season. Lent technically ends on Holy Thursday, the final days of preparation before Easter. By that reckoning, there are those who believe that, just like the Easter Bunny, Richard will make a much awaited reappearance on Sunday, April 12th.
But then again, a part of me is concerned that he might have fallen into some dark hole... And Oh dear! Oh dear! He doesn't have his watch with him.
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20090222
Perhaps that is true - - I am much too literal
That night, you told us how you have been creating new worlds since you were 19.
You want to throw them away, but I have been secretly saving them.
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20090215
I recalled the voice...
... again I questioned whence it came, as vainly as before; it seemed in me--not in the external world. I asked, was it a mere nervous impression--a delusion? I could not conceive or believe: it was more like an inspiration.
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20090212
Lost and Found
Our Lost and Found boxes at ML and FL2 are filled to the brim. Please come and check out the items to see if we have found something you have lost. All items not claimed by 20090228, will be donated or recycled.
Here is a pair of cufflinks that we found lying on the floor under the piano:
And here is another pair that a lady brought us.
Quite fetching, wouldn't you say?
And , ah, here is another one . . .
Er . . . No, wait . . . Those would belong to the bartender, actually. (I've no idea how they ended up in that box.)
Anyway, sometimes, people are too embarrassed to claim their possessions. Don't be. There is no reason to, really. Just remember: the lost and found staff at the Wulfshead has seen it all before. Verily, there was this gentleman once who had lost a bat. No, not Babe Ruth, sir. Why, no, the man was not at all a baseball player. And this was not the kind of bat you'd see Alex Rodriguez swinging, but the flying kind, sir. Like this one, here:
Isn't she cute?
Yes I know what some of you gentlemen and gentleladies are thinking: Losing a pair of cufflinks is one thing, but a bat? How does one lose a bat? Ah, it is a little known fact that bats can fit through a hole the size of your thumb. And they move rather fast.
Did I mention that peculiar one turned into a vampire?
And then there was also those gentlemen who were looking for their Golden Parachutes, but this is another story altogether:
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Here is a pair of cufflinks that we found lying on the floor under the piano:
And here is another pair that a lady brought us.
Quite fetching, wouldn't you say?And , ah, here is another one . . .
Er . . . No, wait . . . Those would belong to the bartender, actually. (I've no idea how they ended up in that box.)Anyway, sometimes, people are too embarrassed to claim their possessions. Don't be. There is no reason to, really. Just remember: the lost and found staff at the Wulfshead has seen it all before. Verily, there was this gentleman once who had lost a bat. No, not Babe Ruth, sir. Why, no, the man was not at all a baseball player. And this was not the kind of bat you'd see Alex Rodriguez swinging, but the flying kind, sir. Like this one, here:
Isn't she cute?Yes I know what some of you gentlemen and gentleladies are thinking: Losing a pair of cufflinks is one thing, but a bat? How does one lose a bat? Ah, it is a little known fact that bats can fit through a hole the size of your thumb. And they move rather fast.
Did I mention that peculiar one turned into a vampire?
And then there was also those gentlemen who were looking for their Golden Parachutes, but this is another story altogether:
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