December 2008
“Dear Friends and Fans, Some notes on the beginnings of Working on a Dream....”
– Bruce Springsteen [brucespringsteen.net]
Harold Pinter Obituary: The most provocative,... →
How Pinteresque to die on Christmas eve. This isn’t a death, it’s a long silence. Go well Harold.
Variations on the Word Love
scout:
havent-got-a-prayer:overflowing:
This is a word we use to plug holes with. It's the right size for those warm blanks in speech, for those red heart- shaped vacancies on the page that look nothing like real hearts. Add lace and you can sell it. We insert it also in the one empty space on the printed form that comes with no instructions. There are whole magazines with not much in them but...
“A merry Christmas, Bob,” said Scrooge, with an earnestness that could not...”
– A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens
Christmas Eve
Whosoever on ye nighte of ye nativity of ye yonge Lord Jesus, in ye greate snows shall fare forth bearing a succulent bone to ye lost and lamenting hounde, a whisp of hay for ye shivering horse, a cloak of warm raiment for ye stranded wayfarer, a garland of bright berries for one who has worn chains, a dish of crumbs for all huddled birds who thought that song was dead, and divers lush sweetmeats...
Moro Restaurant, Exmouth Market EC1 →
2008 #13 Not simply our favourite local restaurant for special occasions, but one of the top 20 in the world, and definitely, consistently the best in London.
La Bellevilloise →
2008 #12 Birthday weekend in Paris
this is the garden:colours come and go
this is the garden:colours come and go, frail azures fluttering from night’s outer wing strong silent greens serenely lingering, absolute lights like baths of golden snow. This is the garden:pursed lips do blow upon cool flutes within wide glooms,and sing (of harps celestial to the quivering string) invisible faces hauntingly and slow. This is the garden. Time shall surely reap and on...
here's to opening and upward
here’s to opening and upward, to leaf and to sap and to your(in my arms flowering so new) self whose eyes smell of the sound of rain and here’s to silent certainly mountains;and to a disappearing poet of always,snow and to morning;and to morning’s beautiful friend twilight(and a first dream called ocean)and let must or if be damned with whomever’s afraid down with ought...
Il divo (Paolo Sorrentino, 2008)
Don Mario: Montanelli diceva: «De Gasperi e Andreotti andavano insieme a messa e tutti credevano che facessero la stessa cosa. Ma non era così. In chiesa De Gasperi parlava con Dio, Andreotti con il prete».
Giulio Andreotti: I preti votano, Dio no.
Are you a film addict? (via Kottke) →
nightswimming:
Film Addict takes the top 250 films on IMDB and quizzes you on how many you’ve seen.
Io ho fatto 65,5 %. Qual’è il vostro punteggio?
Here I am: 95.6% addicted, yes sir!
scout:bmichael:hrrrthrrr:
Noah and the Whale - 5...
