The Froth

Vanishing now

30. November 2007

I am going to vanish until the 7th of December. The truth is we are adding some new products to the deli and I also have to be in Richmond because we are moving to new premises. But this time I am glad to be leaving. I’ve had a very difficult week and because weeks [...]

Wish list - costly and/or unavailable version

27. November 2007

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Wirebird lamp: These people made it although I never found it on their website. I think it would look great on my wall. I don’t often see crows in Athens and I kind of miss them. Landro Niagara Falls Chandelier According to the creators it has 300 wings of porcelain sculptures with fibber optic technology. The [...]

Images are better words

26. November 2007

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Richard asked me to list three things I believe are necessary for good, powerful writing. I came up with several lists but I didn’t think any of them was definitive or that all of the items were actual prerequisites. Instead, they’d be welcome but not absolutely necessary. I don’t believe there is a single thing [...]

Delusions of grandeur

22. November 2007

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Yesterday, as I was searching for fresh information on theme parks in Europe, I stumbled upon an old article of mine on the same topic (journalists always recycle their articles, fresh food costs a lot, and newspapers tend to get what they pay for). The problem is that my article was found in a blog, [...]

Back to nonsense

20. November 2007

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The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet. - William Gibson I travelled for an hour and then I waited half an hour for a business appointment that lasted 5 minutes and then I travelled back for an hour again. So my feet resemble the colour in the background of the photo and my [...]

Pretty Nasty

18. November 2007

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It all started with an article I had to write for the newspaper. As I have said, I wouldn’t buy this particular newspaper even if it gave a free villa in the Bahamas and a luxury yacht with George Clooney as its skipper, with every issue. But this doesn’t mean I don’t research my articles, even [...]

Wrap up your time and give it to me

15. November 2007

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What I was working on, among other things, was handmade gifts-things for the holidays. I turned to my muse for inspiration, although in one case, I just did what she had done, exactly. I thought about this for a magazine article because that’s the one thing that annoys me in Christmas. That you have to [...]