“You made it!”
Sabre of London, “The man who was twice”, 1957
John Wayne, in “Chisum”, 1970

Miscellaneous posts, daily doodles, pastimes, comments, articles and reflections on this and that.
“You made it!”
Sabre of London, “The man who was twice”, 1957
John Wayne, in “Chisum”, 1970










Gerard Depardieu is bashing France for its “stinky cheese”, but we couldn’t give a whiff. Here are six of the smelliest you need to bury your nose in, at least once in life. What others would you add?
— Read on www.thelocal.fr/20160922/a-celebration-of-the-stinkiest-cheeses-to-come-out-of-france
Having acquired a Munster d’Alsace from the Christmas Market in Winchester, for which I gladly parted with £9.00 purely for the joy of rediscovering a slice of quintessential Alsace, I’ve just set it alongside a ripe Camembert. Splendid, if a mite whiffy ! LJ










So haben Tantals Enkel Fluch auf Fluch
Mit vollen, wilden Händen ausgesät.
Und, gleich dem Unkraut, wüste Häupter schüttelnd
Und tausendfält’gen Samen um sich streuend,
Den Kindeskindern nahverwandte Mörder
Zur ew’gen Wechselwut erzeugt!





Is it a dog? Is it a frog? It’s Superfig, in training for the Paris Olympics in the Synchronised Frog Impersonation event.
Philistins, épiciers
Tandis que vous caressiez
Vos femmes
En songeant, aux petits
Que vos grossiers appétits
Engendrent
Vous pensiez, “Ils seront
Menton rasé, ventre rond
Notaires”
Mais pour bien vous punir
Un jour vous voyez venir
Sur terre
Des enfants non voulus
Qui deviennent chevelus
Poètes
Vous pensiez, “Ils seront
Menton rasé, ventre rond
Notaires”
Mais pour bien vous punir
Un jour vous voyez venir
Sur terre
Des enfants non voulus
Qui deviennent chevelus
Poètes
Text of J.S. Bach’s Vocal Work
— Read on www.bach-cantatas.com/Texts/BWV147-Eng3.htm





















Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
— Read on www.scientificamerican.com/article/einstein-s-parable-of-quantum-insanity/


George Steiner speaks of the importance of memory and warns of the destructive nature of ideology. Given the folly of “postmodernity” and the seduction of so many by ideas untested in reality, this is all the more prophetically poignant.
«Nel mare solca e nell’arena semina/ e il vago vento spera in rete accogliere/ chi fonda sue speranze in cor di femina».
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