fyi

for Obama. Not tested, but with tested ideas, also hoping he will reform the democrats.

NOthing

Julian Barnes brings back Jules Renard. I knew by heart his Journal. Maybe that's why nobody likes me. Too unforgivng....

cherchez la femme

McCain had to spend a lot of time looking around...pregnant before marriage, arrested for drunk driving, a hunter and member of a secessionist right wing party, etc....your usual american woman. Beautiful. A republican woman. ... that is not a blonde.

no place to hide

Done with Mirrors was my (only) favorite blog. I don't even remember why. And now this...Sad. I wonder what the mirror was revealing or hiding. Afraid to be anonymous...

america in jeopardy

Today, Teen Jeopardy Final. The top contestant did not know how much 20% of 80 was. Didn't even try ..

Athanor, Belfegor

Avigdor was an old man who liked to sing at family reunions.

Genial George, Georgia and Geopo...

Between inflation or unemployment. Over 200 at the Olympics? How many countries are there? When will they stop …parading? Between boom and boom boom.

the cent of humour

Another brouhaha about cartoons. Or is it about humor? Or the too sensitive jew with money and power. Offended by Charlie Hebdo????

courage

I don't remember in detail the subject of The Cancer Ward, but remember the excitment of discovering what we all knew somewhat. Reading all night, scared, relieved that someone finally had written and published. The power of truth being said.

Horizont Horizon

site sight
horizon, horizont, oversite oversight overcite
homonyms homophones homographs heteronyms
Trying to give an intelectual turn to mispelling my previous tag? Was it really? Had checked before writting -10,100,000 hits for horizont on google.
schlemiel schlemazel

On the boat, at thirty.

After reading my paper the architect said: You write the same way you talk. He obviously meant Terrible and With an accent. Well, my English is almost self taught. I took only about one year of formal English classes. Bad English is not a badge of honor, but this is a country of immigrants...And should my speech be different from my writting?

Constantinople, yes. Surrealism, no

My aunt is hundred today. She visited Istambul on a cruise. it was during the time of the pasha. She remembers the black mosque. Or was it blue? But for whatever reason she can not recollect anything about Dali.

Born in the age of Google

My bright summer intern, student from a top college, did not know how to find a book in a library. Did not know what a library card or fiche was.

by chance

I wanted to call Free Xchange the previous post. I was trying to bring together the free (ideas) and Xchange (Xmerchant). Careless I typed Fair Xcahnge. Discovered later that there was a song with this title. By 2pac
A fair exchange, you know the game
We can do the damn thang, thang, thang