in the process of reading "The Scarlet Letter." Favorite quote so far: "Dames of elevated rank ... were accustomed to distil drops of bitterness into her heart; sometimes through the alchemy of quiet malice, by which women can concoct a subtle poison from ordinary trifles..." How true, how it reminds me of certain co-workers! and of certain ( Read more... )

Finished reading Jane Eyre. End of the book, her description of the marital bliss with Mr. Rochester: "We talk, I believe, all day long: to talk to each other is but a more animated and an audible thinking. All my confidence is bestowed on him, and his confidence is devoted to me ( Read more... )

I noticed that habitual liars have a well-developed ability not to notice the suffering of people they lie to.

danillo attempting a jump on his snowboard during the night snowboarding
session at Wachusetts... after two beers!

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This summer, I am reading NPR recommended books . Really strange stuff, but so far, their first book was a positive surprise ( Read more... )

"A small island near New Zeland, Fakaofo has no more than twenty tourists a year, and has a limited collective appetite for entertaining. When Billy Connoly, the Scottish actor, and his wife, Pamela Stephenson, recently sailed their yacht to Fakaofo, they were initially asked to leave; in Stephenson's new travel book, "Treasure Islands," the ( Read more... )

посмотрели Cache в Вест Ньютон Синема, новый фильм Майкла Хайнеке.Мне очень понравилось, жена плевалась. Фильм из серии guilt trip, показывает, как европейцы лишают бедных арабов хорошего ( Read more... )

в этих странах я уже был ( Read more... )

Just found an amazing poem by Szymborska

NEGATYW

Na niebie burym
chmurka jeszcze bardziej bura
z czarna obwodka slonca.
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племянники уехали домой, в Атланту, оставив нам после себя простуду и следующие записки ( Read more... )