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Monday, December 16, 2013
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Monday, September 23, 2013
September is Etymology Month (23)
ВОСТОК [vostók] 'east'. 11th century, from ChSl., calqued from Gk. anatole 'rising, especially of the sun or moon' (cf. Gk. anatéllo 'i rise up'), thus the place where the sun rises (вос-/ana- 'upward' + ток, cognate with течь 'to flow', CSl *tekti 'flow, run') cf. Lat. oriens 'rising sun, east'.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Sunday, July 07, 2013
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Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Current Favourite Sentences
When Hawks was the preponderant author, as in his adventure movies, all the plots were the same. There was an experienced guy, and his drunken sidekick who had to get his soul back before he could join in the task of mowing down the heavies, and there was a worshipping youngster and a chortling old-timer and a ballsy woman called Feathers and…
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Friday, January 04, 2013
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Christmas in Cádiz
It was not the most Dickensian of Christmases, but it was extremely enjoyable nonetheless (my tolerance for prawns, shrimp, lobsters and all other kinds of dendrobranchiata is high, and my appreciation of sun and palm trees is lavish). This is the first photo I took with our new camera, passed on by my father. Wife and Elephant's Child under the tree.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Elizabeth Price (1966- )
When I was last in London I went, almost without meaning to, to the Turner Prize exhibition. Elizabeth Price (more information here) was for me the most interesting artist on the shortlist by far, but this may be down to my weakness for cinema, my desire for the womblike darkness of the viewing room, and my love of clerestories.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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