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Adolf Who?

Posted by Quiet One , 04 May 2007 - - - - - - · 55 views

Well...Ykick has once again made a thought provoking thread. This time on our old german friend, Adolf. Some thoughts and then some on the posts I've read there:

1) On "Mein Kampf" being an interesting book: Well, you should read a lot more political books before saying something like that. I read it too, years ago. I found it extremely...



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A Different World...

Posted by Quiet One , 30 April 2007 - - - - - - · 27 views

Not so different!
When I was a kid, I recall my parents mad at my older sister because she didn't act like them when they were kids. Same old story everytime. We always tend to look at yesterday as a golden age. As usual, that is both right and wrong :D

When we were kids we lived under the constant fear of an nuclear war, waking up to the sounds...



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Cointreau...and Poe's "the Raven"

Posted by Quiet One , 24 April 2007 - - - - - - · 35 views

"Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!'
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'"

The one woman I ever loved enough to actually want to get married with has just left home. A pair of keys is the only sign that she ever was here. It was a quick split. She came today to pick up her stuff and was out in less...



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Obviously!

Posted by Quiet One , 17 March 2007 - - - - - - · 26 views

Today's the day.

Am I the only one who feels like a kid at christmas eve?

I just had a great dinner and now I am alone, listening to DJ Shadow (thanks Steve for the tip!) and reading a wonderful book (actually, part 2 of 3 books) called "Memoria del Fuego" by Uruguayan author Juan Jose Galeano. Somehow, this is a perfect night for me,...



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History Lesson N° 1

Posted by Quiet One , 06 March 2007 - - - - - - · 43 views

Ancient Greece. When we think of ancient Greece we think about great philosophers, sculptors, architects and scientists. That is true, except for Sparta.

Sparta was one of the major powers of Greece. Contrary to most other powers (Athens, Thebes) they were no paradigm of progress or democracy. It was the one monarchy (actually, a diarchy: two kings) in a...



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Bereshiht

Posted by Quiet One , 03 March 2007 - - - - - - · 42 views

"Bereshiht" is the name of the Genesis in Hebrew. Literally means "In the beginning" as every book in the Jewish Bible is named after its first words.
So, it is just an image and a phrase that started the mental process by which this post was conceived, here it...



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