Category Archive for 'People'

Eternal privacy? van Gogh’s letters, available on the Internet

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Vincent van Gogh’s personal correspondence isn’t so personal any more. By the way, what’s personal? And why do I fuss so about reading personal correspondence when personal notes aren’t a problem? Depends on the person, right? Maybe.

General state of being: morning greatness

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

This morning’s starting great: supreme coffee, Ashtanga Yoga and celebrating Ida’s birthday remains.

Jon Stewart visits Bill O’Reilly again

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly lock horns again and it’s funny. And you see how FOX News has separated “news” from “opinion”, in all probability because of legalities, I’m quite sure. Anyway, as usual and as expected, quite a lot of funny and horrible quotes are found. Oh, O’Reilly, your knee-jerk-attention-getting words are so subtle.

What not to say

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Quote of idiocy.

Crude awakenings

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

“Kitchen Nightmares” left a little mark on me – well, the episode “Flamango” did, anyway – and two great songs are in here courtesy of Talking Heads and Buddy Holly.