December 2009
15 posts
Smiles →
UNHCR News Story: UNHCR seeking access to returned Lao Hmong, originally uploaded by UNHCR.
Smiles and laughter move, touch, endear. Weapons are good in the hands of pacifists….
why! oh my?
From the horse’s mouth: Inglourious Basterds →
Interview with Quentin Tarantino on NPR
For me, it was the best flick of the year. I bladdered about it here a bit earlier. Sorry George, I watched none of your flicks this year.
Posted in…
Mechanics of Denial: Emotion and Logic →
A while back I wrote under the very same title, here. The subject still fascinates me, it is time to return, and surrender. The year is winding down to an end; I have been recharging the…
NPR: All things considered →
Book of Disquiet reviewed by Rabih Alameddine
Posted in Writers
2010 is around the corner →
Thanks go to my good friend Charles for keeping an eye on what is important.
Deeper thoughts will follow, if ever I find any of them misplaced or neglected in the chaos inside my…
The Gift Season →
I do wish all of you a peaceful and regenerating holiday season.
It is the holiday season. in most parts of the world, people lay down work and celebrate something about the birth…
Opportunities →
photo, originally uploaded by trafal.
http://www.reitschule.ch/reitschule/index.shtml
Posted in About Politics, Events, Global & Local, Notes to Myself, Public Life, Switzerland…
Inability →
I sat there, and I listened. I listened. I sat. After I listened, I pleaded my case. He listened. The man turns around to me and says what only the hapless can say, he praised my intelligence. It…
“It was an intransigent act. Naro left that day looking at me, and smiling. I...”
– Counting Grains of Sand
Climate Change and Theoretical Man →
I have been wondering for the past year or so, how could I possibly deal with climate change in my grand old theory. First, of all things, I tend to ignore the weather, and I thrive or suffer in…
About Problems and Nobel Prizes →
I had the opportunity to attend three lecture-presentations by Frank Wilczek recently, and if ever you are near such an opportunity, go for it. He has enough of a website and media presence that…
The Kid Was Right
Bored at the Tate Modern. London.
