crazcies, oh, they give my head to an ache, &last minutes specially give to it no break. this paper, that scrap:all gathered not yet can lateron (thus now) more trouble beget oh trouble oh nonsense if people would just let things onward go (a bit) with less this fuss than guv’ments’ suitmen whose offices closed would prob’ly have nothing to do, so who knows? thus yes, maybe we’re all better gone on this way; but come on, now, my friends; we should test this, I say —
Month: January 2006
Fifty Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read (according to China Miéville)
Instead of the Lunar New Year Readathon I did last year, I’m considering trying to work my way through China Miéville’s list of Fifty Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read over at Fantastic Metropolis. Some of those books will be difficult-to-get, but I just got a credit card approved, so it might be possible to order them, used, if I really want to make my way through the whole list. (Meaning, the books I haven’t read, which is the majority of Miéville’s selections.)
Oh, What Smashingly Fun!
yell! (lets) and smash! potsandstomp! about &yellmore and afterall its only nearly midnight whatatime for a party if youre selfish&stupid & upstairs Brought to you by the very annoyed ghost of e.e. cummings, who was having such a nice quiet evening with me until just now… UPDATE a few hours later: better yet, what’s a party, huh? if there’s nobody yelling, 이씨빨놈아! alone in their mindly world, like the loony &mannerless 아저씨 goes, do you get me? what loneliness, everything i but no your, what driveling cares and uncares and wherefore. Yes, of all the things I am supposed to …
Lunar New Year Reads, #46: 1×1 by e.e.cummings
I attended a wedding during my visit to Montréal last summer; it was my friend Medrie’s wedding, and at it was read a poem by e.e. cummings, a beautiful thing that ended with the stunning lines, “… alive / we’re alive) / we’re wonderful one times one”. All the next day, the poem stuck in my head, and when I stopped by one of my old haunts, CDement, a used CD shop, I noticed that they’d expanded by adding a lot of used books to their stock. Imagine my shock when I found an e.e. cummings text with the title …
Interview Me!
Does anyone want a crack at this? I have an interviews section (in the sidebar) and I’m looking for someone to interview me. I would have veto rights over questions, of course, but I would also try not to use it if possible. By the way, we could conduct the interview via email, MSN Messenger, ICQ, or perhaps some other medium if you would like. Contact information will be provided to whoever’s willing to do this. If anyone’s interested, leave a comment to this post and I’ll communicate more with you about this. I’ll probably oblige you in order of …
Indigo Children? Hogwash!
Nabbed from a somewhat skeptical (and rightfully so) discussion on the Stephenbaxter mailing list, is this link to an article about so-called “Indigo Children”. Jake’s mother is a teacher at this Baytown-area school, and worries that he may be ostracized by his peers if word ever gets out about his special gifts. “He questions everything because he wants to know,” she says as her son draws a picture of a lollipop tree. “The questions he asks are not even age-appropriate.” These children tend to know things without ever being taught or told. Jake’s companion Jan “can use a compound bow …
Lunar New Year Reads, #45: Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe by Martin Rees
First off, yes, book #45. Book #44 is in a private post, and you may, if you wish, login to see it. Well, here I am: this weekend is Seolnal, which is the Lunar New Year. I took up the challenge to read and post about 50 books in one Lunar New Year, which is a little difficult, since it’s a shorter span of time than a Solar New year by about a week or so. So I am picking up the books I have read halfway during the last year, and finishing them; I’m pushing myself to get a …
The Plague of Athens
The blog rogueclassicism has the scoop (not much of a scoop anymore, but whatever) on the Plague of Athens: it seems it was typhoid fever.
мастер-и-маргарита
Apparently there has been a TV miniseries made by one Vladimir Bortko from this Bulgakov novel, The Master and Margarita, a novel that was banned in the Soviet Union and went about as illicit samizdat (underground publicaton). According to Wikipedia, the 2005 production (released only last December!) was widely succesful on Russian Television, and is considered to be closest to the book. While I have not yet read the book — I have intended to for years, but never gotten a chance — I am intensely curious, and there are clips circulating, but unfortunately I see nothing with subtitles for …
Not Impressed With Your Choice, Canada
While I am not surprised, I am also no impressed that Harper is in office in Canada. Here we go, back to the days of Mulroney lapdogging to America. And just when America’s doing so well on the world stage. Sigh. At least it’s a minority government. They won’t be able to crucify gays in the street and give the death penalty for people with recriminalized pot. Not till they get a majority government, anyway. And before you ask, no, I did not vote. I would have to lie — to claim I had an intention to return to Canada …