Category Archives: humanities

language is bluffing

Posted on Monday, 2004 August 09 by Anton

One David Mortensen observes: . . . language is a code employed only by code-breakers: that none of us knows the language we speak as a fully explicit system. Instead, we bluff our way through, filling in the gaps in our knowledge … Continue reading →

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QotD

Posted on Saturday, 2004 August 07 by Anton

Jim Henley on Spider-Man 2: We are fortunate that genuine equality is impossible because it would be the social analog of entropy [ . . . ] ‘heat death’ of the social universe.

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inochi mijikashi

Posted on Friday, 2004 August 06 by Anton

LanguageHat tells of seeing Kurosawa’s 生きる Ikiru (1952) for the first time, and provides the words of the song “Life is Short”.

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if it vents like a duct . . .

Posted on Thursday, 2004 August 05 by Anton

The truth about duck tape? (Languagehat)

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at the pictures, 1951

Posted on Saturday, 2004 July 24 by Anton

I’ve just seen An American in Paris, whose supporting cast includes the pianist Oscar Levant, who also said: My psychiatrist once said to me, “Maybe life isn’t for everyone.” Happiness isn’t something you experience; it’s something you remember. I envy … Continue reading →

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am I subtle? am I a Machiavel?

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 July 20 by Anton

20 Questions to a Better Personality (cited by Travis) Wackiness: 30/100 Rationality: 46/100 Constructiveness: 46/100 Leadership: 36/100 You are an SEDF–Sober Emotional Destructive Follower. This makes you an evil genius. You are extremely focused and difficult to distract from your … Continue reading →