Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on Nov 9th, 2007
Our son is no longer a teenager. Halleluiah. When we lived in Holland we were congratulated on his birthday. It’s what they do, congratulate the parents not the celebrant. I never got used to it. What’s the idea, you wonder? Amazing – he survived another year in your care!? Not that traditions need reasons.
He was [...]
Posted in Misc on Nov 7th, 2007
Michio Kaku’s exciting Visions of the Future raises some important questions. A war between techno haves and have nots is one possible prospect.
Posted in Misc on Nov 5th, 2007
The Sunday Times has an entertaining excerpt from a new book called Le Dossier: How to Survive the English, by Sarah Long.
Posted in Misc on Nov 2nd, 2007
I took the Russian Princess to see the Chinese Terracotta Warriors this evening. The exhibition is in the reading room of the British Museum, which provides a spectacular backdrop (photos). A false floor has been installed and the space converted temporarily for the exhibition.
Finally, I am taking cultural advantage of living in London, never having [...]
Posted in Misc on Nov 1st, 2007
Here are some travel proverbs. I’ve just discovered “Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled” (Mohammed). I like it, though I might have said “tell me of your experiences of the kindness of strangers.” Some of the kindest of all I have met in my travels were in some sense displaced people themselves, and this tradition of hospitality to strangers, so prevalent in the Islamic world, is surely one of the most humbling of experiences.
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Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
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