quinta-feira, julho 31, 2008
Pronto
0 commentsShock value
Acabei de falar com uma rapariga que me disse que odiou O Principezinho.
É a primeira vez que uma rapariga me diz isto. Que uma pessoa, na verdade.
Devia ser bom. Só que não, na verdade.
Não sei como reagir.
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É a primeira vez que uma rapariga me diz isto. Que uma pessoa, na verdade.
Devia ser bom. Só que não, na verdade.
Não sei como reagir.
Any whatsoever
'If there is any human mind that will swallow flattery without any after effects of indigestion it is the male mind.
He will never realize that a girl is over-gracious in her note. He will think it is due [...]'.
NYTimes, October 25, 1908
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E04E5DB1739E333A25756C2A9669D946997D6CF
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He will never realize that a girl is over-gracious in her note. He will think it is due [...]'.
NYTimes, October 25, 1908
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E04E5DB1739E333A25756C2A9669D946997D6CF
FedEx
The pass to the national parks arrived already.
Funny thing, there was an official-looking note attached to it:
'You need not be afraid of bears'.
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Funny thing, there was an official-looking note attached to it:
'You need not be afraid of bears'.
Wise words
'"Chicks dig that stuff because they know you’re a fighter."
A familiar chasm separates what women dig from what dudes imagine women dig'.
NYTimes, July 31st
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A familiar chasm separates what women dig from what dudes imagine women dig'.
NYTimes, July 31st
quarta-feira, julho 30, 2008
Dinge
Starting with the religious paintings of the Middle Ages, the still life will serve during the Baroque to blend sensual stimulation with admonitions regarding the transience of earthly existence, highlighting the mortality of mankind and man's longing for redemption from sin.
Concentrating on a small number of recurring objects and ranking low in the hierarchy of genres, to achieve success practitioners would have to demonstrate exceptional abilities.
Edited from the programme
The magic of things - Still life painting 1500-1800, Städel Museum, Frankfurt
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Concentrating on a small number of recurring objects and ranking low in the hierarchy of genres, to achieve success practitioners would have to demonstrate exceptional abilities.
Edited from the programme
The magic of things - Still life painting 1500-1800, Städel Museum, Frankfurt
Singapure
0 commentsRealmente
Devia fazer uma pausa para trabalho no longo café que tem sido o meu dia
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Eureka!
I always wanted to know this !
http://stason.org/TULARC/sports/dance-ballet-modern/5-1-Is-there-a-way-of-writing-down-dance-the-way-we-write.html
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http://stason.org/TULARC/sports/dance-ballet-modern/5-1-Is-there-a-way-of-writing-down-dance-the-way-we-write.html
Disclaimer
I've been adding a lot of fake smilies to email messages
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Retake
0 commentsPooh
"Winnie is a girl, didn't you know that? Winnifred is a female name…"
http://www.behindthename.com/name/winnifred
Poor little Winnie, what confusion must be going on in his/her little head.
Fortunately, we can stop all that and vouch for his identity - as we have been assuming it to be so far -, calling upon the authority of the author himself !
Of course, we would respect Winnie leading an alternative lifestyle, if (s)he would be so inclined.
It's just that in this case, a better alternative seems to be for him to change his name at the civil registry so as to avoid further confusion in the future.
We'd suggest something unmistakably male, such as… Humphrey, Cary, or Anne Marie.
"Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional bear created by A.A. Milne.
[…]
In the first chapter of Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne offers this explanation of why Winnie-the-Pooh is often called simply "Pooh": "But his arms were so stiff ... they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think - but I am not sure - that that is why he is always called Pooh."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh_%28character%29
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http://www.behindthename.com/name/winnifred
Poor little Winnie, what confusion must be going on in his/her little head.
Fortunately, we can stop all that and vouch for his identity - as we have been assuming it to be so far -, calling upon the authority of the author himself !
Of course, we would respect Winnie leading an alternative lifestyle, if (s)he would be so inclined.
It's just that in this case, a better alternative seems to be for him to change his name at the civil registry so as to avoid further confusion in the future.
We'd suggest something unmistakably male, such as… Humphrey, Cary, or Anne Marie.
"Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional bear created by A.A. Milne.
[…]
In the first chapter of Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne offers this explanation of why Winnie-the-Pooh is often called simply "Pooh": "But his arms were so stiff ... they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think - but I am not sure - that that is why he is always called Pooh."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh_%28character%29
Good luck
The evening people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_people
I'd issue a warning: staying in the middle seriously damages your health
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_people
I'd issue a warning: staying in the middle seriously damages your health
terça-feira, julho 29, 2008
China
Yin, 4th Trine, Fixed Element Wood
Gracious, kind, sensitive, soft-spoken, amiable, elegant, reserved, cautious, artistic, thorough, tender, self-assured, astute, compassionate, flexible.
[oh, I do find this to be a precise - albeit limited - description]
Can be moody, detached, superficial, self-indulgent, opportunistic, lazy.
[I do not really believe this silly superstitions anyway]
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Gracious, kind, sensitive, soft-spoken, amiable, elegant, reserved, cautious, artistic, thorough, tender, self-assured, astute, compassionate, flexible.
[oh, I do find this to be a precise - albeit limited - description]
Can be moody, detached, superficial, self-indulgent, opportunistic, lazy.
[I do not really believe this silly superstitions anyway]
segunda-feira, julho 28, 2008
Stand off
Stand off is a transitive and intransitive verb
Yes, of course it is
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Yes, of course it is
And more
Bio-Eco-Fair-Light-Kosher-Heirloom-Miniature food
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Special food
This means that I must be catering to an educated, cosmopolitan, very rich, small crowd...
Something like the non-stingy orthodox Jewish community of Amsterdam ?
'We take diamonds' would then be the company's motto.
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Something like the non-stingy orthodox Jewish community of Amsterdam ?
'We take diamonds' would then be the company's motto.
sexta-feira, julho 25, 2008
Heirloom
0 commentsBig
I see a huge market in...
Bio-Eco-Fair-Light-Kosher-Heirloom food
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Bio-Eco-Fair-Light-Kosher-Heirloom food
Who are you?
0 commentsUnmissable
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
This can go on forever
The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves.
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
Oscar Wilde
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The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
Oscar Wilde
Declare genius
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Roubado
'If it wasn't for me
The internet would die
Of underuse'.
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The internet would die
Of underuse'.
quinta-feira, julho 24, 2008
Common misspellings
Love is not a competition but I am winning / Love is not a competition but I am losing
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quarta-feira, julho 23, 2008
Fated
I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw, I'm in the prime of my life
Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars
This is our decision, to live fast and die young
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do
Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute
Forget about our mothers and our friends
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone
There's really nothing, nothing we can do
Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew
The models will have children, we'll get a divorce
We'll find some more models, everything must run its course
We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end
We were fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
Yeah
MGMT
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Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars
This is our decision, to live fast and die young
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do
Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute
Forget about our mothers and our friends
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone
There's really nothing, nothing we can do
Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew
The models will have children, we'll get a divorce
We'll find some more models, everything must run its course
We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end
We were fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
Yeah
MGMT
I wonder
"Call us what you will: we are made such by love"
John Donne
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John Donne
terça-feira, julho 22, 2008
Common misspellings
US of A / U Sofa
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segunda-feira, julho 21, 2008
One cup
I've just got an office as big as a whale (I did once have an even bigger one, now that I think about it).
If I were to measure the success of my professional life this way, I could assess myself to be 3 windows good, overlooking the garage.
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If I were to measure the success of my professional life this way, I could assess myself to be 3 windows good, overlooking the garage.
domingo, julho 20, 2008
Pas encore
'Le problème ici, c'est que tu ne sais pas si elles t'aiment vraiment pour toi ou pour ton passeport.
Et il ajouta au bout d'un moment:
Je suis assez vieux pour me poser la question, mais pas encore assez pour me moquer de la réponse'.
François Lelord, Le voyage d'Hector
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Et il ajouta au bout d'un moment:
Je suis assez vieux pour me poser la question, mais pas encore assez pour me moquer de la réponse'.
François Lelord, Le voyage d'Hector
Un peu
'D'ailleurs, être si sensible à la beauté des femmes, Hector pensait que c'était un peu une infirmité'.
François Lelord, Le voyage d'Hector
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François Lelord, Le voyage d'Hector
sábado, julho 19, 2008
Fatigant
'Cette fois, les serveuses n'étaient pas très jolies, et Hector fut soulagé, parce que la beauté, c'est fatigant à force'.
François Lelord, Le voyage d'Hector
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François Lelord, Le voyage d'Hector
Contágio
'Là, il a eut très peur parce qu'il se demanda si ces gens malheureux n'étaient pas contagieux'.
François Lelord, Le voyage d'Hector
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François Lelord, Le voyage d'Hector
sexta-feira, julho 18, 2008
Common misspellings
Bogart / Bogart
to bully, intimidate; to use or consume without sharing / Humphrey Bogart
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to bully, intimidate; to use or consume without sharing / Humphrey Bogart
quinta-feira, julho 17, 2008
Atena
Preciso de parar de gritar por socorro e começar a nadar.
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terça-feira, julho 15, 2008
Closet
Her empty closet, 2008
domingo, julho 13, 2008
Complaint song
'My dreams are boring'
from Helsinki
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from Helsinki
sexta-feira, julho 11, 2008
Tanto sol
Está com a razão
'Le cinéma c'est l'art de faire faire de jolies choses à de jolies femmes'.
François Truffaut
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François Truffaut
Map of an Englishman
Grayson Perry, 2004
Print for a politician
Grayson Perry, 2005
quinta-feira, julho 10, 2008
Common misspellings
0 commentsquarta-feira, julho 09, 2008
Freedom
Freedom from Want, Norman Rockwell, 1943
terça-feira, julho 08, 2008
BBQ
I managed the coal as a champ, which is always nice, even for a hardened tough super agent like moi :)
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segunda-feira, julho 07, 2008
Hitchens
'... learned to argue his way out of his vulnerabilities.'
[...]
'There's no intolerance like liberal intolerance, no closed mindedness like the closed-mindedness of liberals'.
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[...]
'There's no intolerance like liberal intolerance, no closed mindedness like the closed-mindedness of liberals'.
The last time
"... and though his father was one of those who preferred not to talk about the war, he once confided in Christopher:
'I don't like people who can't talk about anything else, but, unfortunately for me, it was the last time in my life that I was sure about what I was doing' ".
about Christopher Hitchens, Prospect, May 2008
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'I don't like people who can't talk about anything else, but, unfortunately for me, it was the last time in my life that I was sure about what I was doing' ".
about Christopher Hitchens, Prospect, May 2008
Weltanschauung
A comprehensive conception or apprehension of the world especially from a specific standpoint
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Wacky races
Drat, drat, and double drat
Dick Dastardly
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Dick Dastardly
quinta-feira, julho 03, 2008
Homens da luta
"... e violava o critério proposto ao accionista..." !?
Como disse !? Que pariu o critério proposto ao accionista, que raio de linguagem é essa ?
Proponho que se viole o critério proposto ao accionista, acho mesmo que ele está disso precisado; assim como de uma declaração de amor ao primeiro-ministro.
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Como disse !? Que pariu o critério proposto ao accionista, que raio de linguagem é essa ?
Proponho que se viole o critério proposto ao accionista, acho mesmo que ele está disso precisado; assim como de uma declaração de amor ao primeiro-ministro.
Peregrine
Having a tendency to wander
The word originally meant "foreign," as did its Latin predecessor “peregrinus”.
But even before "peregrine" appeared on its own in English, it was part of the name of the peregrine falcon, the bird of prey.
The bird's appellation derives from “falco peregrinus” - literally, “pilgrim falcon” in Medieval Latin. Because of the nests’ inaccessibility, medieval falconers who wanted young peregrine falcons to train had to capture them on their first flights or migratory “pilgrimages”.
That practice led to a new sense of "peregrine" ("engaged in or traveling on a pilgrimage"), which was later broadened to "wandering."
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The word originally meant "foreign," as did its Latin predecessor “peregrinus”.
But even before "peregrine" appeared on its own in English, it was part of the name of the peregrine falcon, the bird of prey.
The bird's appellation derives from “falco peregrinus” - literally, “pilgrim falcon” in Medieval Latin. Because of the nests’ inaccessibility, medieval falconers who wanted young peregrine falcons to train had to capture them on their first flights or migratory “pilgrimages”.
That practice led to a new sense of "peregrine" ("engaged in or traveling on a pilgrimage"), which was later broadened to "wandering."
quarta-feira, julho 02, 2008
Common misspellings
Classement verticale / Jeter à la poubelle
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Carla
"A propósito do segundo álbum de Carla Bruni, o Guardian escreveu: Listening to her versions of Dickinson, Parker and Yeats, the first thought is that, surely, this is poetry for the unbeautiful. It's the stuff of loneliness, and rejection (…).
E esse é de facto um dos muitos paradoxos da criação: os feios «criam» como superação da sua fealdade; os belos «criam» como legitimação da sua beleza.
E nisso são, uns e outros, tristes e desonestos".
Pedro Mexia
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E esse é de facto um dos muitos paradoxos da criação: os feios «criam» como superação da sua fealdade; os belos «criam» como legitimação da sua beleza.
E nisso são, uns e outros, tristes e desonestos".
Pedro Mexia
Important bridges
Reify
to regard (something abstract) as a material or concrete thing
to give definite content and form to (something abstract)
Reify is a word that attempts to provide a bridge between what is abstract and what is real. Fittingly, it derives from a word that is an ancestor to “real” - the Latin noun “res,” meaning “thing”.
terça-feira, julho 01, 2008
Roubado
I am for all the good things and against all the bad ones.
Saul Bellow
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Saul Bellow
That's ok
Cause as you well know under certain circumstances - there's even an expression for it, I think - cheesy is fine.
Yes, I remember it now, how they call it: bufala-cheesy.
And bufala-cheesy is ok, of course.
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Yes, I remember it now, how they call it: bufala-cheesy.
And bufala-cheesy is ok, of course.
Come again ?
"The basis for the discussion was the Commission non-paper..."
Non-paper ?
http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/non_paper/
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Non-paper ?
http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/non_paper/
One day
One day I'm going to grow wings
A chemical reaction
Hysterical and useless
Hysterical and...
Radiohead
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A chemical reaction
Hysterical and useless
Hysterical and...
Radiohead
Dark coffee
"Don't pressure me with this hugging thing!", she said; and off she went, to get herself a nice cup of morning coffee.
"Dark as the devil, hot as hell", he thought.
I am dark, she's hot, that is. Just to make it clear.
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"Dark as the devil, hot as hell", he thought.
I am dark, she's hot, that is. Just to make it clear.
