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Nunca me afligem as saudades.
Já a eternidade da ausência física funciona-me como uma mina anti-pessoal:
de repente toco numa memória e pum, rebenta-se-me o coração.
A ler com imagem na Miúda do Deserto (um dos meus blogs preferidos dos últimos tempos)
At blurbomat.
A Receita da Felicidade, da Eugénia. Daquelas coisas que não só dão muito prazer a ler como eu gostava de ter conseguido escrever.
A tristeza é natural, querer excluí-la da vida é uma aberração egoísta como outra qualquer. Mesmo a tristeza profunda, como a da dor do luto, corre no seu tempo para nos ensinar as mortes e a compaixão, e não retira a perfeição às cerejas. O resto é disposição, disciplina: dedicar aos pequenos prazeres diários, a atenção do trabalho, e ao trabalho, a alegria do prazer. Entre uma coisa e a outra, dormir ou ter insónias.
Queria pôr aqui o post todo. Porque todo ele é … [insert adjective]. Mas vai antes o link, porque o post merece ser lido descoberto no seu blog original, com a música, com a imagem.
Pode ser que um dia qualquer noutra eternidade tudo faça muito mais sentido.
(Obrigada, Nuno, pelo link)
… também possibilita iluminar os sujeitos individuais sobre aquilo que pensavam que era a sua identidade essencial e que afinal não passava de acessória, de espuma dos dias cristalizada.
Daqui. Para pensar.
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I suppose that I ought to make this clear; I’m not going to be writing anything, on CT or any of my other blogs, about the current global financial markets meltdown. This is basically because of my professional commitments; as you know, I’m a stockbroker by trade, and what with one thing and another, I’m in a more responsible position than I was when I started blogging. Going through my reasons in a numbered list:
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Frank Carlucci, embaixador dos Estados Unidos em Portugal durante a revolução, admitiu que todas as actividades da CIA no país no Verão Quente de 1975 foram coordenadas directamente por ele.
A revelação é feita no livro "Carlucci vs. Kissinger – Os EUA e a Revolução Portuguesa", de Bernardino Gomes e Tiago Moreira de Sá (Ed. D. Quixote) que, com recurso a documentos desclassificados dos arquivos norte-americanos, reconstitui em cerca de 500 páginas a forma como os Estados Unidos acompanharam a situação em Portugal de 1974 a 1976.
"Tudo o que a CIA fez foi sob o meu comando. Qualquer acção que possa ter desenvolvido destinava-se a executar a política dos EUA, que era apoiar as forças democráticas em Portugal. A CIA era parte da equipa [da embaixada] e eles faziam o que lhes mandava", afirma o ex-diplomata na obra.
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When asked about meeting with Zapatero and the country's relationship with the U.S., McCain ignored the question and went into some boilerplate about America's friends and enemies and analyzing relations (think Palin and the Bush Doctrine).
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In 1905, New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team (above) performed the dance as a warm-up while on tour in England. The team, which included both Maori and white players, represented all of New Zealand, and so did the haka. Some members of the British audience were baffled and outraged by the chant, but most appreciated the power of the ritual and the way it excited players and fans alike. Since then, the haka has become not only the All Blacks’ trademark, but also a symbol of New Zealand unity. The dance is performed at government functions and cultural events, and it’s even returned to the battlefield, albeit in a different form. The New Zealand military has scripted its own haka, which begins and ends with performances by female soldiers, as a nod to their role in protecting the country. The dance that used to stir men to war has become a symbol for equality and peace. Once a show of Maori defiance, today, the haka stands for New Zealand’s solidarity.
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Le photographe Eric Sellato est allé à la rencontre des pasteurs nomades du Sahel : les Peuls Wodaabe et de leurs enfants. Apprentissages, rites initiatiques et vie quotidienne, il livre quelques unes des photographies extraites de son livre "Enfants Nomades" (Ed. Kodda)
Um pps fwd que deu gosto, com fotos de Hans Silvester na colecção Les Habits de la Nature et Les Peuples de l’Omo. Muito, muito bonito.
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Another alleged problem with Shuster’s artwork is that it made Superman look gay — or in the period slang of Ellsworth’s January 22, 1940, letter, “lah-de-dah” with a “nice fat bottom.”
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John Patrick
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But we are shifting, too, from a culture of scarcity to one of abundance. That is the essence of the Google worldview: managing abundance. … That means that crap will be ignored. It just depends on your definition of crap.
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Every time you access one of Google's services, they know where you accessed it from, how long you accessed it, and why you accessed it, making it possible to track your every move.
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link for the HD trailer, plus photos
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“The folks at the Edge have published a short story by George Dyson, Engineer’s Dreams. It’s a piece that fiction magazines wouldn’t publish because it’s too technical and technical publications wouldn’t print because it’s too fictional.”
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Andy Warhol
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From 9th August 2008, (…) The Orwell Prize is delighted to announce that, to mark the 70th anniversary of the diaries, each diary entry will be published on this blog exactly seventy years after it was written
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It’s very dangerous to say never, but to me, there are so many genes involved, that the idea of predicting whether someone will develop schizophrenia doesn’t seem to me very likely
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According to the BBC, it seems that a little UK town called Aberystwyth really doesn’t appreciate Monty Python’s Life of Brian, and it’s been banned for the last 29 years. But that’s not the kicker — one of the actors in the film is now the mayor.
