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quote of the random time period But here, the energy, the collective intelligence, it's like this force, this penetrating force, and I can just feel my mind opening up, you know? And letting this place thrust into and spurt knowledge into... That sentence ended up in a different place than it started out in. - Willow, in "The Freshman," Buffy the Vampire Slayer Now reading: The Joy of Cooking on Russian grammar, linguistics, and methods of language teaching Young Miles random selections from Hegel and Kafka random links: NvRLrN - NvRLrN! See my review of them in the July blog. You can download two of their songs from the website - I like "Photo" =) Rosheen - a truly amazing celtic band from Quebec Sluggy! Kiki is back! |
News My eyesight is going the way of the dodo. The only surprise here it that it took so long. Oh well. There are updates! See new blog below, and check out my "about" page. Writer's block begone. Bouncy-bouncy-bounce. Ummm... anyway. The latest blog Riga's latest project was hosting the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Regatta. Its organizers, on both the Latvian and the international side, claimed Latvian maritime tradition as an important factor in selecting Riga as one of the host ports. As anyone who stopped by the port could tell you, it was more than an empty justification for the possibly tangled politics of the selection process. It meant something. Many justifications, no matter how cheesy, ultimately do, perhaps because they appeal to something good and clean and a bit childish within us; we just have to stop being cynical for a while. Book news I feel a bit guilty for neglecting my book review page for quite some time... I'll try to do a better job on it come September. For now, heartfelt thanks to Joseph Freda and Bennett Alan Weinberg for kind words and copies of their books! Culture news mmmm culture... Film reviews in the pipeline are The Russian Ark and Spirited Away. But don't hold your breath... |