Life is a bowl of salad I am told:
Fresh lettuce, sprouts and carrots raw
Or diced,- a healthy diet is eaten cold;
Whoever has his moral sense in his maw
Life so simple as some fads observed
For a vegan will do.
Doesn’t there a spirit in roots
That guides the oak to fill out in size,-
No tender greens put out [...]
Archive for May 22nd, 2008
A Rounded Life
Posted in poetry, tagged didatic poems, diet, veganism on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Two Films by Jean Vigo
Posted in French cinema, tagged French cinema, 100 Best Films, New Wave, Boris Kaufman on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
L’ATALANTE
I can sum up this film in one line. It tells the story of 3 people on a barge satirically named for the fleet goddess. Let me see if I can interest you by enlarging it with a few details.
The story follows Jean (Jean Dasté), the captain of the barge L’Atalante and his new wife, [...]
Cicero-at his best
Posted in anecdotes, tagged Demosthenes, dictator, oratory, Plutarch on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
13.
Cicero was the best orator of his time. He made his name in one of the darkest periods of Rome. Sylla the dictator had decreed the sale of goods that belonged to one who was murdered with his consent. While the crier had the goods sold off at rock-bottom price to a favorite of the [...]
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