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Archives for June, 2011

Is it me or…

Posted by  on Saturday, June 18th 2011     

There is a new HP commercial appearing in all major Romanian magazines (at least it’s only where I’ve seen it myself). Well, I can’t help but be rather bothered by it, and here is why: This is the commercial (from the Stiinta si Tehnica magazine year LX, Number 3, June 2011, 2nd cover) I need [...]

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Tourist, Tourist Couples, and Visiting Without Seeing Anything

Posted by  on Thursday, June 16th 2011     

Even though it may seem this post is a rant, it most certainly isn’t. These are some thoughts about travelling and tourism that have been bugging me for some time. I don’t dislike travelling – in fact I love it and, in one way or another, I’ve been on the road all my life – [...]

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Hare Krishna: Textures

Posted by  on Thursday, June 16th 2011     

This video is basically a collage of different pictures I’ve taken a few weeks ago during an Indian festival in Trafalgar Square, London UK. I was fascinated by the sea of colours and the blend between sari and traditional Indian textures with modern-Western materials and shapes. I have an obsession for taking pictures of feet [...]

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Legacy

Posted by  on Sunday, June 5th 2011     

Most dreams are out of your reach. But you dream them anyway, even though they leave you more lost and miserable, amidst the rubble of your troubles, than if you had let them go, knowing they were a no show. Life is a stormy road. You head for a dead end as soon as you [...]

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My Hymmnn

Posted by  on Thursday, June 2nd 2011     

by James Schwartz   Once upon a night. Fubar fable syrup. Blessed be false China. February theatre. Bed of midnight. Exhaling. Egg nog snow. Blanketed breakers crash. Seascapes.  Ripped lace. Ragged visions. Capsize.  Baptize.  Sonnetize. Rave. Unto the white sun fantastic. Blessed be the undressed. Caw caw caw cool. Your Bronx grave. Literary clubbers. Star [...]

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China banned time travel movies

Posted by  on Wednesday, June 1st 2011     

Yes, China banned time travel movies. Why would they do that? Perhaps the Terminator is not only fiction and they fear the proliferation of time travel? They’re afraid Marty McFly will mess up their future? All in all, I think they’re afraid that glorifying an ancient land called Tang, Ming, Han, etc. would somehow destroy [...]

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