Last night, Helmut and I enjoyed a great evening of Oscar Wilde with Alan Stanford. One of the highlights for me was a look back at Wilde’s grand tour of America. Well, his sublimely gifted modern reincarnation, Stephen Fry, filmed his own tour of America for the BBC, and his perspective strikes quite a [...]
Last week I was getting a class ready to go to “Seven Days in the Life of Simon Labrosse”, a play being presented by the BeMe Theatre. It’s about a guy who has been unemployed and is trying to break back into the market (and into life, really) by inventing new and intriguing services: “emotional [...]
C’mon, Google, gimme an invite.
Found through http://twitter.com/esolcourses re online class instruction
What is this cat really thinking? This is the one cat video on YouTube that I really like. It reminds me of Katze, the white, yellow-eyed cat who chose me as her owner when I was just 9 and she was a palm-sized kitten who had lost her mother. She sauntered up, moved in and [...]
I have a new job, translating for an upmarket agency two days a week. I wanted to do something for my brain that involves longish trains of thought and very concise formulation, and I think this will be good for me. So Tuesday and Thursday I’m over there. Then, on Mondays I’m writing an online [...]
You’re gonna miss me
I’ve got my ticket for the long way round
Two bottles of whiskey for the way
And I sure would like some sweet company
when I’m leaving tomorrow – What d’ya say?
When I’m gone, when I’m gone
When I’m gone, when I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
You’re gonna miss me by my hair
You’re gonna [...]
Pinki runs the nice group house my mother now lives in, doing a great job, too. She was wearing a Coldplay t-shirt when we first met, so this is dedicated to her:
Viva La Vida lyrics
Songwriters: Berryman, Guy Rupert; Buckland, Jonathan Mark; Champion, Will; Martin, Christopher A J
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when [...]
Loading ...
Created by Philip Norton
