Archive for October, 2009
Sheldonia-13
Posted in cartoons, tagged art, black and white, comic strip series, tortoise, pantzer, shock and awe, sheldonia on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hail and Farewell
Posted in poetry, tagged Catullus, hail and farewell, love, poetry please on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ave Atque Vale
There shall be sad partings,
And farewells exchang’d
As we move through
Turnstiles of living;
Tears are no better than laughter
For those who hold love true.
benny
In this connection let me quote here the poem by Catullus:
Through many countries and over many seas
I have come, Brother, to these melancholy rites,
to show this final honour to the dead,
and speak [...]
Sheldonia-12
Posted in cartoons, tagged art, Aunt Molly, black and white, cats and dogs, comic strip series, fritz, houshold expenses, Kim, Magus on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Tale of Two Brothers
Posted in illustrations, tagged art, assignment, b&w, Benny Thomas, cuckold, King Shahryar, lulu.com, pen and ink, Queen's lover, The Arabian Nights on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sheldonia-11
Posted in cartoons, tagged Archie, art, black and white, comicstrip series, ginger cat, multiplicity, nine lives, Robot Bruce on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sheldonia-10
Posted in cartoons, tagged art, black and white, bloodhound, comic strip series, control freak, Fritz the dog, humor, King Fiasco, order on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
News on the March-UFOs
Posted in current news, tagged alien abduction, aliens, exobiology, Independence Day, moscow cloud, skeptics, synergy, the movie, UFO on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thoughts on Moscow Cloud
In what seems a rerun of Independence Day, a pale gold halo was observed over the Russian capital city’s Western Dt. on last Wednesday. Meteorologists have concluded it as an optical effect, ‘Several fronts have been passing through Moscow recently, there was an intrusion of the Arctic air too, the sun was [...]
Just One Point
Posted in Science, tagged inquiry, moon strike, plume, scientific analysis, water on the moon on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In media coverage before the moon strike, many observers said they were disappointed at the lack of spectacle. Just because the band played the anthem or a flag was waved one should not think it is July 4th.
benny
Loves of a Blonde-1965
Posted in Czech cinema, tagged dysfunctional family, Lásky jedné plavovlásky, Miloš Forman, zhasnout, Zruc on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is the first film that brought Miloš Forman international fame and he followed it with such classics as One flew over a cuckoo’s nest(1975) and Amadeus(1984). Forman’s early movies are still very popular among Czechs. Many of the situations and phrases are in common usage: for example, the Czech term zhasnout (to switch lights off) [...]
Spirit of the Times
Posted in current news, tagged freedom of Press, John Wilkes, liberty, right to information, super-injunction, Trafigura, twitter on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Does the individual hold right to information?
Trafigura was a relatively anonymous trading company based in London. One fine morning they hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. They were slapped with a lawsuit dumping toxic sludge at the front yard of one of the poorest countries in the world. The 30,000 Africans were certain [...]
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