The Froth

Ten years later

29. January 2008

Sometime this Christmas I went out with M for a drink. There is a little bar in the neighbourhood where I grew up, so that’s where we went. Do you know how sometimes you have a feeling you are going to meet someone and it comes true? I used to have a best friend when [...]

Newsflash: Vigorous shampooing produces questions in the brain

23. January 2008

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This shampoo I am using must be doing something to my brain. As I was having one of my late baths, I had this thought: It is undeniable that time started passing by too quickly after I was thirty. My teens and 20’s didn’t fly by in such a hurry, but I can feel time [...]

90% of me

18. January 2008

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One of my favourite songs of all time is Gwen McCrae’s "90% of me is you". If you don’t know the song but you like soul-funk you are going to love it. Listen loud though because her voice is a true gem. If you use Explorer, you might need to right click and hit "save [...]

Keep walking (aimlessly)

15. January 2008

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This is quince with leeks and plums, it’s a special food that smells of cinnamon, very exotic. I don’t actually eat pink feathers, they are my crazy boudoir decor This is called bougiourdi, it’s baked feta and fresh tomato sauce and red hot pepper There were many more around there, the lens is not big enough Regular post tomorrow: [...]

Walking aimlessly in the weekend

14. January 2008

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These are some of the photos I took this weekend in Old Athens. I was glad to find a favourite cafe open again, the weather was good and it was nice to be outside. You can see more photos on my Flickr stream . I am going to post some more tomorrow along with good [...]

The Tearrorist attack

9. January 2008

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Where Dark Lord Sauron shakes the ground There was a big earthquake here in Greece a couple of days ago and it was felt in Italy and Malta too, or so Reuters said. It was 6.5 on the Richter scale and lasted for 10 seconds. That’s years in earthquake time. Nobody was hurt, because although that [...]

Start as close to the end as possible

8. January 2008

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I don’t write fiction. But if I did, I’d follow Kurt Vonnegut’s advice. To tell you the truth, some of his rules apply to writing anything at all. Like blogs for example. Kurt Vonnegut’s eight rules for writing fiction: 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not [...]