Dropping down from twig ( Read more... )

Lately the distant throb of the tom-toms has been drowned by an ominous tinkle, a dread and fleet-approaching threnody that can only be described as jingling. The Bewildered have heard it: a pernicious echo that invades even our sylvan bedlam, threatening the imminent sacrifice of our familiar savage laws to a hoary idol of civilization. Grab a ( Read more... )

about japanese persimmons.

Your moment has come. No longer will you cry out, unheeded, in the dating wilderness. A Messenger has arrived, bringing with her balm for the jaded, rest for the weary, and lozenges for the hoarse-of-heart. Rest, my gentle pilgrims, remove your sling-backs, and undo the top button on your skinny jeans, for your sorrows are at an end, and the hour ( Read more... )

http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/newsevents/articles/2004/nov/04_arundhatispeech.shtmlRead more... )

List of this week ( Read more... )

I just received an emailed message (it also came as a pop-up) that SECRET EMAIL SPYING TECHNOLOGY IS BEING USED ON ME. Imagine how freaky - thank God I had the opportunity to rectify the problem ( Read more... )

I GOT A CALL BACK ON A JOB I APPLIED FOR! YAY! FINALLY ( Read more... )

Now what I want is a website that has eeny meeny miny moe in different languages.

I heard it in Hebrew yesterday (note: Tel Aviv and Jerusalem eeny meeny miny moe are different) and it turns out that there is no catching a tiger by the toe. Instead, it has to do with an exploding apple and the end of an orange.

Do you know a language other than English ( Read more... )