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again and again books
Hi ya
Lately I've been re-reading Neuromancer, by William Gibson, and it struck me that it is one of a couple of books that I have read more times than I can remember. Others are Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, Dune by Frank Herbert, the various Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. There's a ( Read more... ) -
impressive digital camera
This is pretty impressive. A photo letting you zoom in to clear face level of people attending the most recent US Presidential inauguration.
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and now, for something completely different
I saw this on al-qhadhulu's blog and thought it too much of a gem not to share. Not so much the song, although that's ok, but rather the expression on her face as she realises her performance of this song isn't going to go as planned. Having a stadium of fans singing that they love her to her is something she can put up with though, it seems ( Read more... ) -
Opera
I'm off to see Turandot on Saturday. I do enjoy Opera. The last thing I saw was Lucia do Lammermoor. What have you seen lately?
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PS posted from the LJ app on my iTouch. Might post more often with this... R
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art quiz thing
Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...
Simple, Progressive, and Sensual
9 Ukiyo-e, 1 Islamic, 5 Impressionist, -9 Cubist, -6 Abstract and -7 Renaissance!
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If the world could vote...
...in the US elections.
http://iftheworldcouldvote.com/
Some fascinating stats on the results page!
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TaoTeChingMeme -- 1/81
[Note: I'm using the same translation as hana-broom, but I'm also referring to some others when I'm reading>) -R
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TaoTeChingMeme -- 0/81
The TaoTeChingMeme
Repost this invitation, and give us your interpretations/commentary on the Tao Te Ching verses, preferably one verse at a time so you have time to really think about them.
hana-broom is writing down her own interpretations (sorry, friends only) of the verses of the Tao Te Ching (wikipedia incl. list of online English translations) and ( Read more... )
