the best things in life aren't things
The ripest fruit falls by itself
China is said to have more proverbs than anywhere else on Earth. The orgins of some are lost in the mists of time. Others appear to be related to comments by Confucius and other ancient sages. Some also appear elsewhere, such as in the form of Zen sayings extant in Japan. Most of those below are in the rendering of Chinese Proverbs from Olden Times, Peter Pauper Press, Mt. Vernon, N.Y. , 1956. Those marked with stars are proverbs that appear in the above book, but the form given here is my own rendering or a rendering or translation that I have come across elsewhere.
Victor Daniels, 5-23-05
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Big bad wolves
3 years ago
in Video
A multi-award-winning and hilarious short film from New Zealand, released in 2006.
Five mobsters sit in a diner and pass the time between jobs by talking about the ways of the world. One of them suddenly suggests that the story of “Little Red Riding Hood” is actually a morality tale about sex-education. When the others don’t believe him, he retells the story as it was meant to be told.
Tarantino-mashes-up-with-Brothers-Grimm in this dark and intensely funny fantasy/comedy that will change the way you look at fairytales forever!
This movie has been voluntarily rated R-16 for foul language and horror-violence.
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LHC live webcams
3 years ago
in Places
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* CAMERA 07: Underground Experimental Cavern from Geneva end, below the main shaft
* CAMERA 08: Looking out window of 1st Floor of SCX building that houses the CMS Control room
(via lhccam.com)
The world as I see it
How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people — first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving…
Albert Einstein
My cooking..
3 years ago
in Writings
A: cum poti sa faci asa ceva
A: asa de bun
A: si sa mananci singur
George Man: dracu stie
Translation: How can you cook something like that, so good, and eat by yourself? Hell if I know.