The Froth

Euro losers

15. June 2008

I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me. For the Greek Football team that were eliminated from Euro 2008 after losing to Russia 1-0, this being their second match without scoring a goal. M’s mum called in to say someone has given the greek team the Evil Eye. I suppose they didn’t have their [...]

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 [...]

Varying degrees of grandeur

26. October 2007

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There are varying degrees of grandeur with which you walk in a room. If you are not a conceited fool, or royalty, it may take you a while to find the grandeur equilibrium that is right for you. For there must be one. I realized today. Some things take a lifetime and then happen in [...]

Unintended

24. October 2007

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This was an unintended hiatus, caused by -16 pages I had to write for a newspaper, which became 20 in a matter of hours. You may wonder what kind of publication this is that needs 20 pages from me, but I assure you, the answer is “not a good one”. -a trip I took to that village [...]

A bit like Christmas

7. October 2007

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Today it’s M’s birthday. It is Stephanie’s birthday. I just found out It is Claire’s birthday. It is Thom York’s birthday too. If life was fair , I would be entitled to more than one pieces of cake but the other birthday people either live far away and/or do not know me. I hope you get [...]

Cathy

28. August 2007

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This is for my friend Cathy. It’s her birthday today. Go wish her a happy birthday because she is a brilliant girl. And she has been there for me on so many occasions. Her advice is always spot on but she gives it in a fun way. I wish we lived on the same continent [...]

No words, just ashes and flames

26. August 2007

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Photos from Spiegel Greece is burning. It is like a full blown war. More than 50 people have died in the fires that have burnt villages, whole mountains, towns and have also threatened Athens. The ecological destruction is unimaginable, massive, devastating. I have been to some of these villages and they were beautiful, they were breathtaking. These [...]