The Englishwoman was the most romantic. All she wanted was everything. - The Romantic Englishwomanфильм более чем средний
Thursday, October 6, 2011
The Romantic Englishwoman
Der Freischütz
статья в английском варианте Wikipedia так и называется Der Freischütz, в то время как статья про Les contes d' Hoffmann озаглавлена The Tales of Hoffmann. как, впрочем, и Die Zauberflöte честно переведено на английский в заголовке.
"Вольный стрелок" - хороший пример того, что можно понятно выразить на двух языках, и трудно - на третьем.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The Prowler
Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011
Стив Джобс - это капитан Кук ХХI века. Он привёз нам Стеклянные Бусы и Оловянные Тарелки! жаль, что его нельзя ритуально съесть. © shtirl
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Religion in Human Evolution
Bellah is careful to argue that committing oneself to evolutionary theory does not mean abandoning the notion that human beings engage in purposeful action. - The Origins of Religion, Beginning With the Big Bangпоразительно дурацкая фраза.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
plasticity trumps innateness?
...our innate tendencies shape the experiences we have, leading us to select ones that tend instead to reinforce or even amplify these tendencies. Our environment does not just shape us – we shape it. - Does brain plasticity trump innateness? © kjmtchlкурсив мой - вс
не слишком внятно Кевин Митчел изъясняется, но смысл понятен. забавно, что в первом же комментарии ben g утверждает ровно противоположное, хотя на первый взгляд просто уточняет или развивает мысль.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Памяти основного инстинкта.
Нам организовывали пионерские сборы,ах Емелин... эх Емелин!
Водили на экскурсии и на лекции,
Били барабаны, гремели горны,
А я находился в состоянии непрерывной эрекции.
© emelind
Look Back in Anger
Sally's a nice girl, though. Nice and common. Common as dirt, like me.- Look Back in Anger
пьесу (1956) следует сравнивать с Трамвай Желание, конечно (1947). влияние, по-моему, несомненно. ну и Трамвай Желание во многих отношениях сильнее, прежде всего в плане необходимости всего происходящего. у Осборна все трогательно, но необязательно. могло быть так, могло быть эдак. и люди, в общем-то, довольно случайные, включая главного героя с его трубой. конструкция, созданная Уильямсом, не имеет "степеней свободы", кругом - железная необходимость. ну и персонажи... что Бланш, что Стенли - точность снайпера. и всеобъемлющесть водородной бомбы.
Kumbaya
"Kumbaya" or "Kumbayah" (Gullah, "Come By Here" — "Kum ba yah") — is an African-American spiritual song - ну прямо таки архипелаг Gullah ...надо было им Окуджаву слушать внимательно
Sunday, September 25, 2011
ну и про выборы
Февраль 2012 года. Плакат на стене избирательного участка:
"В воскресение 4 марта состоятся выборы президента Российской Федерации В. В. Путина."
Bierce on exception
EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc. "The exception proves the rule" is an expression constantly upon the lips of the ignorant, who parrot it from one another with never a thought of its absurdity. In the Latin, "Exceptio probat regulam" means that the exception tests the rule, puts it to the proof, not confirms it. The malefactor who drew the meaning from this excellent dictum and substituted a contrary one of his own exerted an evil power which appears to be immortal.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
far from stupid - nitpicking
"Actually she was far from stupid. She had fine eyes, a bosom, good legs." - Saul Bellow, Herzog, pg. 82
лауреат Нобелевской премии, 1976. да, по литературе.
"Fill your big mouth with herring, Shapiro! Herzog thought, and mind your own fucking business."
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see also Field Marshal Douglas Haig, "Butcher Haig"
"His eyes were moist, the color of freshly sliced cucumber..."
"Your heart has been shat on."
"She was a clever woman and, even better, a dear woman. She had a good heart. And she had on black lace underpants. He knew she did." ...
"Her color deepened still more. She took his hand and placed it inside her blouse, looking steadily at him, eyes growing fluid."
Shrimps Arnaud упомянуты 4 (четыре) раза. и еще три раза - shrimp remoulade, и bone china - трижды. "She took the plate, good bone china with a cobalt rim (the steady spread of luxury into all ranks of society since the fifteenth century, noted by the famous Sombart, inter alia)." и зачем тут inter alia? мистер Белоу демонстрирует образованность? в конце письма поставить vale?
ну и самое блестящее достижение будущего нобелевского лауреата по литературе: "Peter the Great in a rich coat of armor, and a splendid imperial Catherine." - pg. 275, italics are mine - vs bitch встречается 28 раз в тексте...
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лауреат Нобелевской премии, 1976. да, по литературе.
"Fill your big mouth with herring, Shapiro! Herzog thought, and mind your own fucking business."
see also Field Marshal Douglas Haig, "Butcher Haig"
"His eyes were moist, the color of freshly sliced cucumber..."
"Your heart has been shat on."
"She was a clever woman and, even better, a dear woman. She had a good heart. And she had on black lace underpants. He knew she did." ...
"Her color deepened still more. She took his hand and placed it inside her blouse, looking steadily at him, eyes growing fluid."
Shrimps Arnaud упомянуты 4 (четыре) раза. и еще три раза - shrimp remoulade, и bone china - трижды. "She took the plate, good bone china with a cobalt rim (the steady spread of luxury into all ranks of society since the fifteenth century, noted by the famous Sombart, inter alia)." и зачем тут inter alia? мистер Белоу демонстрирует образованность? в конце письма поставить vale?
ну и самое блестящее достижение будущего нобелевского лауреата по литературе: "Peter the Great in a rich coat of armor, and a splendid imperial Catherine." - pg. 275, italics are mine - vs bitch встречается 28 раз в тексте...
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Вейнингер - записи и выписки
The suicider is almost always a sadist, because he alone wants to get out of a situation and can act; a masochist must first question all eternity whether he may, should, take his own life.и особенно
The sadist seeks to help people (against their will, their constant disposition) to (momentary) happiness or pain; he is grateful or revengeful.и еще
The masochist is initially struck by similarity, the sadist by difference.
- Collected Aphorisms
The masochist is attractive to the hysterical woman (woman as plant), the sadist is attractive to the non-hysterical (woman as animal).ain't it funny
A man’s holding of suicide to be ever allowable, or always forbidden, can be characteristic for whether he is actually superficial, or innately profound.
распил денег по-американски
или Сколково в Калифорнии:
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s visit to the Solyndra solar panel factory in California last year was choreographed down to the last detail — the 20-by-30-foot American flags, the corporate banners hung just so, the special lighting, even coffee and doughnuts for the Secret Service detail.
...
“It’s here that companies like Solyndra are leading the way toward a brighter and more prosperous future,” the president declared in May 2010 to the assembled workers and executives. The start-up business had received a $535 million federal loan guarantee, offered in part to reassert American dominance in solar technology while generating thousands of jobs. - In Rush to Assist Solyndra, U.S. Missed Warning Signs
Thursday, September 22, 2011
self-hatred we love
via larvatus, in fucking New Statesman The Duty Of Genius. A Misogynist And Anti-Semite, The Philosopher Otto Weininger Was Obsessed By Decay.
see also Collected Aphorisms, On Last Things, and Otto Weininger On the Internet
see also Collected Aphorisms, On Last Things, and Otto Weininger On the Internet
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