Submitted by alaa on Tue, 2007-11-20 16:12.
another try at stir-fry
rice math
zosome - Wed, 2008-05-28 18:13 By zoss
Perhaps in this time of worldwide rice shortage, there are worse things I can do with my time than visit freerice.com, where one is quizzed on vocabulary and “for each word you get right, [the sponsors] donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.” It took me about 8 minutes to get [...]
Perhaps in this time of worldwide rice shortage, there are worse things I can do with my time than visit freerice.com, where one is quizzed on vocabulary and “for each word you get right, [the sponsors] donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.” It took me about 8 minutes to get [...]
A poem for the end of a bout
zosome - Tue, 2008-05-27 18:46 By zoss
When all the dust had settled down, And the crater revealed itself — a crusty bullet-entry wound the size of an adolescent heart — Only simple forms remained; Bacteria, Philosophy, and Art. (and a polish poem regarding the problem of evil) A Poem For The End Of The Century By Czeslaw Milosz When everything was fine And the notion of sin had vanished And the earth [...]
When all the dust had settled down, And the crater revealed itself — a crusty bullet-entry wound the size of an adolescent heart — Only simple forms remained; Bacteria, Philosophy, and Art. (and a polish poem regarding the problem of evil) A Poem For The End Of The Century By Czeslaw Milosz When everything was fine And the notion of sin had vanished And the earth [...]
Exposed
zosome - Mon, 2008-05-26 17:34 By zoss
The (2008/05/25) cover story of NYtimes (login reqrd), exposes –the tip of the iceberg–a tale of web 2.0 gone wild. It’s easy to draw parallels between what’s going on online and what’s going on in the rest of our media: the death of scripted TV, the endless parade of ordinary, heavily made-up faces that become vaguely [...]
The (2008/05/25) cover story of NYtimes (login reqrd), exposes –the tip of the iceberg–a tale of web 2.0 gone wild. It’s easy to draw parallels between what’s going on online and what’s going on in the rest of our media: the death of scripted TV, the endless parade of ordinary, heavily made-up faces that become vaguely [...]
Walking Around
zosome - Sun, 2008-05-11 17:58 By zoss
By Pablo Neruda (translated by Robert Bly) It so happens I am sick of being a man. And it happens that I walk into tailor shops and movie houses dried up, waterproof, like a swan made of felt steering my way in a water of wombs and ashes. The smell of barbershops makes me break into hoarse sobs. The only thing [...]
By Pablo Neruda (translated by Robert Bly) It so happens I am sick of being a man. And it happens that I walk into tailor shops and movie houses dried up, waterproof, like a swan made of felt steering my way in a water of wombs and ashes. The smell of barbershops makes me break into hoarse sobs. The only thing [...]
Am out
zosome - Mon, 2008-05-05 07:18 By zoss
I’ve deactivated my account on facebook. In the future, this previous statement will require no justification or further elaboration, like “I quit smoking,” or “let’s be friends.” But for now, let me say this: I am a fan of facebook and its many uses; I had made my peace with the procrastination potential and time-wasting abilities [...]
I’ve deactivated my account on facebook. In the future, this previous statement will require no justification or further elaboration, like “I quit smoking,” or “let’s be friends.” But for now, let me say this: I am a fan of facebook and its many uses; I had made my peace with the procrastination potential and time-wasting abilities [...]
homer css
zosome - Fri, 2008-05-02 18:17 By zoss
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regrowing a finger…
zosome - Thu, 2008-05-01 23:14 By zoss
… or the story of a man working in regenerative medicine giving his 69-year-old brother the finger cells scraped off a pig’s bladder, which facilitated the regrowth of the fingertip he had lost. Watch the BBC videos (a bit graphic), and then answer me this: How long, do you think, before we start using this [...]
… or the story of a man working in regenerative medicine giving his 69-year-old brother the finger cells scraped off a pig’s bladder, which facilitated the regrowth of the fingertip he had lost. Watch the BBC videos (a bit graphic), and then answer me this: How long, do you think, before we start using this [...]
How long will other walls last?
zosome - Tue, 2008-04-29 05:01 By zoss
The brilliant installation pictured above, as reported by Lisa Goldman, was up for about 5 hours in one of Tel Aviv’s streets before it came down, perhaps fulfilling in this instance the hopeful prediction by the artist, Ehud Segev: “… in general I am against walls. They always fall in the end.” Ehud went [...]
The brilliant installation pictured above, as reported by Lisa Goldman, was up for about 5 hours in one of Tel Aviv’s streets before it came down, perhaps fulfilling in this instance the hopeful prediction by the artist, Ehud Segev: “… in general I am against walls. They always fall in the end.” Ehud went [...]
camel/needle in scripture
zosome - Mon, 2008-04-14 06:16 By zoss
“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” (Matthew 19:24) إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُواْ عَنْهَا لاَ تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاء وَلاَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُجْرِمِينَ (quran 7:40)
“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” (Matthew 19:24) إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُواْ عَنْهَا لاَ تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاء وَلاَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُجْرِمِينَ (quran 7:40)
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