Category Archive for 'Heroes'

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.

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.

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.

Get-well-soon-cure/animated animals

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

I’m getting well through music. Here’s five tracks from my moment. And a trailer of “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” where a Sphynx is evil.

Evgeni Plushenko at the 2010 ISU Championships

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Evgeni Plushenko has won the gold medal at the 2010 European Figure Skating Championships, setting a world record score in the short program in the process. All in a day’s work, I suppose. Film of his free program is included.