Dollhouse: janvier 2016

“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.” – Malcolm X

Gordon Osmond’s novella ‘The Page’ is a satirical and yet sincere take on the families and businesses affected by the misuse of the Environmental Protection Agencies’ policies. Candy and Jim Lovett run a successful fashion apparels manufacturing business. But th

Growing Up in D.C. – A review of the book ‘The Page’

EX 18:1-20:23 "a brief look at the Ten Commandments"

Preview: A Brief Look at the Ten Commandments (EX 18:1-20:23)

PARASHA: "Yitro"

EXODUS 18:1-20:23................ISAIAH 6:1-7:6; 9:5-6..................MATTHEW 5:8-20

This is the portion where we see the "Ten Commandments" we can look at this as the "Ketuba Yisrael" (The marriage contract between Adonai and his people).

First,. Yitro, Moshe's father-in-law gives Moshe some ve

EX 18:1-20:23 "a brief look at the Ten Commandments"

Checking In

Greetings everybody,
I want to thank this membership for allowing me the privilege of joining and hope for a long and productive relationship with all of you. I am an unpublished writer/story-teller that enjoys drawing illustrations for my writing. Most of what I write is for children and teenagers but some YA like it as well so I have been told by my granddaughter, but she's a little prejudice I

Checking In

Marriage of Verkovensky and Dasha

Why does Varvara Petrovna Stavrogina plan for Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky to marry Dasha? He thinks it is to cover up for her son, which make me think Dasha may be pregnant by Nikolai, who is certainly the father of Shatov’s wife’s baby.

But Dasha is not pregnant. What is Verkovesky’s suspicion then? And why does Mrs Stavrogina want them married?

Marriage of Verkovensky and Dasha

Aphorism #157 Do not make Mistakes about Character.

Aphorism #157 Do not make Mistakes about Character.

That is the worst and yet easiest error. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods. In dealing with men, more than with other things, it is necessary to look within. To know men is different from knowing things. It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as

Aphorism #157 Do not make Mistakes about Character.

vendredi 29 janvier 2016

Yeats lecture 1932

Can anyone direct me to the lecture Yeats gave at Beaver (now Arcadia) College in PA on November 7th, 1932? Thanks.

Yeats lecture 1932

Surrealism in Literature

Within my Disturbing Literature thread many of the interesting titles suggested have been works of surreal fiction though in accordance with the themes of disturbing books much of it has been of the grotesque, profane and depraved kind, but this has peeked my interest in wanting to explore more works of surrealism of both the depraved, and not depraved kind. In general I have always loved surreali

Surrealism in Literature

On odipus

Poor Odipus, a scapegoat he was! Accused of three great crimes, he suffered a terrible tragic death ----a punishment inflicted on him by the gods on Olympus. When he learned his fate decided by the almighty gods to kill his father, marry his mother and bring destruction on his native city, he wished to escape from it. But destiny was unavoidable,and unawares he fulfilled the assigne

On odipus

Hi friends

Am looking for a transalation of Dante's Divine Comedy.Should be simple without missing out the beauty of the book.Help please?:confused:

Hi friends

Aphorism #156 Select your Friends.

Aphorism #156 Select your Friends.

Only after passing the matriculation of experience and the examination of fortune will they be graduates not alone in affection but in discernment. Though this is the most important thing in life, it is the one least cared for. Intelligence brings friends to some, chance to most. Yet a man is judged by his friends, for there was never agreement between wise men

Aphorism #156 Select your Friends.

jeudi 28 janvier 2016

How does moderation work on this forum?

Hi,
I am a new poster and I had a look at the rules before registering.
So I was very surprised when my post about "Tom Jones" in answer to "Disha"
was instantly refused.
It was a descriptive post, there was nothing offensive about it, it was merely intended to help a student of English Literature.
I contacted the forum about it but didn´t get an answer.
Thanks for your help.

How does moderation work on this forum?

The Scarlet Letter or Moby-Dick: which is the better American masterpiece?

I've been reading Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (two more chapters before I'm finished). I love it very much. I'm a high school senior and contrary to a lot of people I love it deeply. I love its stately and lofty language, its positively medieval story, its thematic richness and ambiguity and ambivalence, the depth of Hester and of the characters, and the deep allegory (it's obvious to

The Scarlet Letter or Moby-Dick: which is the better American masterpiece?

Diaries

[FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]"I just- I wanted to do what I thought was right".
"But everything you think is right, isn't always right, right?"
"Yes, you're right", he paused for a brief moment then continued "but now she's gone, who I had thought had been the only one for me and there's no hope of getting her back".
"This, altough sad is true", the careful voice thought for a second, then cont

Diaries

Frog with the Red Dot

Hi everyone, I'm Jonathan. I enjoy writing mostly short stories and poetry. However I do find it difficult to write a short story from start to finish and have it be cohesive, and have it not somehow loose its message or impact somewhere along the middle. A couple weeks ago I wrote this story, which I thought was decent. So I ask of you kindly to not rip me to shreds. Feedback/constructive critici

Frog with the Red Dot

All that Glitters

Author's note: What matters to someone is not who or how your first love was. As interesting as it may be, it's the story of an immature love affair. What matters most is your last love, the love of your life. No other loves can hold a candle to her. I'm lucky to have found her. Some never do.

All that Glitters

[I]“It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory

All that Glitters

My Beautiful dark Mind

In all my years of practice as a therapist, I have never come across a patient as odd as Charles Winslow Eaton. There he sat, with his back straight and both his hands folded neatly on my mahogany chestnut desk. The patter of rain against my office window and the hum of the tube lights did little to ease the nervousness that enveloped me. The lumbering antique bookshelf cast an eerie shadow upon h

My Beautiful dark Mind

Ragnar: Innocence Lost

This is the first time I've really tried to write anything aside form essays and I immensely enjoyed writing it and I was wondering what you thought? I'm not the most literate person so the structure of my sentences is a bit dire so any tips or corrections would be a great help as I basically wrote down my thoughts as they popped into my head.

[I]The spinning lights of the stars out of the

Ragnar: Innocence Lost

Aphorism #155 The Art of getting into a Passion.

Aphorism #155 The Art of getting into a Passion.

If possible, oppose vulgar importunity with prudent reflection; it will not be difficult for a really prudent man. The first step towards getting into a passion is to announce that you are in a passion. By this means you begin the conflict with command over your temper, for one has to regulate one's passion to the exact point that is necessary and

Aphorism #155 The Art of getting into a Passion.

mercredi 27 janvier 2016

Introduction

Hello this is my first time on this type of site but so far it looks very friendly and helpful.

Introduction

Photo upload troubles

I seem to be able to upload a pic, but it doesn't display the pic in the post, it just provides the file name which you can then click on and the pic opens in a new window. How do I actually get the pic to appear inline?

Attached Images

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Photo upload troubles

Trying to find American Universities specialising in modern English Lit fiction

Hi

I'm trying to find American Universities specialising in modern English Literature fiction, for example Thomas Hardy and Jane Austen, as my Uncle who is a retired professor in English literature studies wishes to sell a complete set of all the books (and miscellanea) written by Winston Graham the author of Poldark now being shown on TV worldwide for academic research purposes only - i.e. no

Trying to find American Universities specialising in modern English Lit fiction

A Truth Concealed within the Mind

From his eyes he surveyed her with a vacant look like the whole world had caved in around him.

His green eyed stare so constant, piercing, unsettling, a stare so harsh that over the passage of time could cease the very existence of time itself; the very creation of something that seems so paramount in life, so very influential towards living, the principle factor of actuality, of what was before

A Truth Concealed within the Mind

Thunder Twilight: Vienna 1913-1914, by Frederic Morton (De Capo Press, 2014)

First published in 1989, this paperback version is just under 390 pages and describes the end of an era when Vienna was the cultural capital of Europe.

I've always had a strong affection for Vienna, and visited it many times in my early teens. There is something magical about Vienna, an aura of the past. The last Habsburg Emperor, Franz-Joseph, ruled for nearly 68 years, dying in the middle of

Thunder Twilight: Vienna 1913-1914, by Frederic Morton (De Capo Press, 2014)

The graveyard of gods

[SIZE=3]Roaming above the Silence's howling
And unfolded damp sand
Of the graveyard
Of gods,
Under the weeping sky and furious night,
I stepped on the dusty dreams
Of long gone gods.
Left in the hands of oblivion , the protector of graves,
Those dreams were swept and cleaned,
Cherished and loved.
I rested my head in his lap,
And waited for his cold hand
To close my eyes,
In the gravey

The graveyard of gods

A Cat's Cradle Love Story

A Cat’s Cradle Love Story

When I walk in, men buy me drinks before I even reach the bar.

i. I find myself feeling like a broken record yet again. I open my legs and I roll my eyes as I moan from boredom. Do boys ever see what holes they bore into me? When they ask slyly for a picture or a few well-chosen words. As if vulgarity was actually surprising. I knew the d

A Cat's Cradle Love Story

Aphorism #154 Do not Believe, or Like, lightly.

Aphorism #154 Do not Believe, or Like, lightly.

Maturity of mind is best shown in slow belief. Lying is the usual thing; then let belief be unusual. He that is lightly led away, soon falls into contempt. At the sametime there is no necessity to betray your doubts in the good faith of others, for this adds insult to discourtesy, since you make out your informant to be either deceiver or deceived.

Aphorism #154 Do not Believe, or Like, lightly.

mardi 26 janvier 2016

Prayer

Oh exalted one
I am not worthy of your love
Take that love and wave it in my face
And say
'You arent having that'
Give me the strength to blindly follow you
And ignore any evidence to the contrary
Like dinosaurs and such heathen fantasies
Let me believe that only you are true
And other gods are fallacies
And give me the strength to kill
In your name
And divide.
Blind me to any sugg

Prayer

Disturbing Literature

Out of boredom and because I thought I might get some interesting results I began to do a Google search on most disturbing cartoons but you know how Google likes to predict what you are looking for? So most disturbing books popped up in the search list and that caught my attention. I looked through some of the online lists and it was interesting seeing what different people classify as disturbing.

Disturbing Literature

Fluid

Cracked skin
Sores
Bloodhound eyes
shed
salt free tears
that cake
dry
on your face
A C02 brain
mumbles
'water'
'water'
'water'
I wonder which
of us is the vegetable
Now you're so
full of fluid
you're like a
killer wail
as all childhood memories
drown
and I realize
it means
You could go
any way
any day
any how

Fluid

Happy birthday, Lokasenna!

Have a great day!

Happy birthday, Lokasenna!

Happy Birthday, Lokasenna!

May it be the bestest birthday ever! Or very low-key, whichever you prefer.

Happy Birthday, Lokasenna!

Aphorism #153 Beware of entering where there is a great Gap to be filled.

Aphorism #153 Beware of entering where there is a great Gap to be filled.

But if you do it be sure to surpass your predecessor; merely to equal him requires twice his worth. As it is a fine stroke to arrange that our successor shall cause us to be wished back, so it is policy to see that our predecessor does not eclipse us. To fill a great gap is difficult, for the past always seems best, and to

Aphorism #153 Beware of entering where there is a great Gap to be filled.

lundi 25 janvier 2016

The best

I'm dying
Of lumps and bumps
And unannounced blood
And swollen testicles.
Of blank spots
And car wrecks
And ISIS
And beheadings
Nail bombs
Cholesterol
Paedophilia
Being shot in the head in the cinema
Storm force winds
Matricide
Or understandable
Patricide.
I'm dying here
Of obesity
Technology
Processed chesse
The next disease.

Dying
Of pornography
Monogamy
Philanthropy

Traffic st

The best

To His Parents

Even if
Your son is a moron
You cannot resist
What the universe fashioned
And you must love
To the depths of Death Valley
To the heights of Denali
This fusion of matter
So ingeniously wrought
And gayly enlivened
Imbued with much joy
And reckless excitement
No shame stains his armor—
He is perfectly made.

To His Parents

Aphorism #152 Never have a Companion who casts you in the Shade.

Aphorism #152 Never have a Companion who casts you in the Shade.

The more he does so, the less desirable a companion he is. The more he excels in quality the more in repute: he will always play first fiddle and you second. If you get any consideration, it is only his leavings. The moon shines bright alone among the stars: when the sun rises she becomes either invisible or imperceptible. Never joi

Aphorism #152 Never have a Companion who casts you in the Shade.

Be Like Bill.

This is Bill.
Bill is a Benefits Supervisor in Human Resources for a large company.
Bill makes $85,000 yearly.
Bill has a wife, a daughter and a son.
Bill is normal.
Be like Bill.

When Bill gets off of work he drives his Nissan Maxima to the ABC store.
Bill buys two bottles of Captain Morgan’s Private Stock.
Bill plans to go home and relax.
Bill has had a long day at work.
Bill is nor

Be Like Bill.

dimanche 24 janvier 2016

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Sittin' On Me Bum

[COLOR="#0000FF"]I were sittin' on me bum
Thinkin' all the things
A strange thought enters
An' so I starts to sings:

"Hey yeah thinkin'!
Thinkin' all the things!
Yesterdays an' potatoes!
Oaktrees an' Moonlandings!"

So that was me thinkin'
Thinkin' all the things
Beaches, magnets, caterpillars,
Rainbows an' onion rings!

When I done enough thinkin'
Thinkin' all the things
I lays

Sittin' On Me Bum

Random Thoughts thread...

If there is already a random thoughts thread, maybe some person can direct me to it, but as I don't see one, I thought I'd start one. I'll start off:

I'm not sure Pretty Little Liars is entirely realistic.

Random Thoughts thread...

Lilliana Kaufman

Hello everybody! I'm Lilliana Kaufman and I'm 11 years old. I like to write stories for kids a little younger than me. I joined this website so I can share and improve my writing.
I also play the piano, sing and write songs.

Lilliana Kaufman

Indian Poetry

Hi!

I'd like to start a personal study of Indian poetry, but I'm a little unsure where I should start. Could anybody recommend any anthologies, or any particular poets? I'm interested in Indian poetry from all eras.

Thanks.

Indian Poetry

fielding, Henry

Why is this particular author nowhere to be found? Is it because he wrote a long time ago? I don't think so, because I think I just saw Chaucer on the list.

Anyway, I wanted to get some opinions on the characters from his novel Tom Jones. What do they suggest? Realism or Romanticism?

Do you think Tom Jones deserved Sophia?

I have been told that there are ironies in the novel but I can't

fielding, Henry

Ello!!

I am crazy literature student who know almost nothing about literature and wants to master it as soon as possible. BTW, I love this network..

Ello!!

Aphorism #151 Think beforehand.

Aphorism #151 Think beforehand.

To-day for to-morrow, and even for many days hence. The greatest foresight consists in determining beforehand the time of trouble. For the provident there are no mischances andfor the careful no narrow escapes. We must not put off thought till we are up to the chin in mire. Mature reflection can get over the most formidable difficulty. The pillow is a silent Sibyl,

Aphorism #151 Think beforehand.

samedi 23 janvier 2016

EX 13:17-17:16 "Israel's rescue and the army of Egypt's fatal water baptism"

SHABBAT SHALOM: "B'SHALACH" and he sent

EXODUS 13:17-17:16.....................JUDGES 4:4-5:31..................JOHN 6:15-71

A very interesting Parasha, we see that pharaoh "lets Israel go" (sort of...) yet he still has reservations, he repents of it later...."What? our labor force gone? no way! let's get' em boys!"

this reminds me of the funny "Passover video" which shows a goa

EX 13:17-17:16 "Israel's rescue and the army of Egypt's fatal water baptism"

Head

Our bodies do what they are doing
Bleeding, coming or laying eggs
We wonder what we are doing
Injecting ingesting eating puking
It shows just in our eyes.
We are removed.
Who needs a body
Anyway
Senses are all in the head.
Who wants head?

Head

Rain

Did the sky above
with little choice
drop away hope
or are flying clouds romance
a bridge understood
by us both
to take our love
as angels would
and sprinkle it
at our feet

Rain

who can you see this introduction of my new novel?

How can we jump to say our fate? to run away from the moment? escape away. No doubt. No. No. Time is the every yes. The enemy.
Since seven years when he saw you for the first time. He was far away. No one could remember may be only one person, i called him me. Ma. Me. Ma.
That person whom i can follow, whom i have to hear him now when no whisper inside my heart.

who can you see this introduction of my new novel?

Aphorism #150 Know to get your Price for Things.

Aphorism #150 Know to get your Price for Things.

Their intrinsic value is not sufficient; for all do not bite at the kernel or look into the interior. Most go with the crowd, and go because they see others go. It is a great stroke of art to bring things into repute; at times by praising them, for praise arouses desire at times by giving them a striking name, which is very useful for putting thing

Aphorism #150 Know to get your Price for Things.

vendredi 22 janvier 2016

why?

I havent written anything in a while I hope I have improved since my last story!

I constantly question my circumstances. My father tells me to just listen and learn. I find that this statement has always been quite ironic, simply because every adult knows that experience, trial, and error are our best teachers in life. Seeing something happen is just not enough to learn from it.

What happens to

why?

are you here?

Are you truly living a real life? Or are you still trying to figure out what that means? Is the answer for what living truly is different with each individual? Or do we all serve a common purpose. Is "fun" an illusion? Is a "soulmate" a delusion? Why are we all here and living so differently? What is right and what is wrong? Does any of this even matter in the end?

are you here?

Are you truly living a real life? Or are you still trying to figure out what that truly means. Is the answer different for everyone?

are you here?

Idiot Verse

Has anyone read Keaton Henson's Idiot Verse? What did you think of it?

Idiot Verse

The Elderly, dealing with them, your relatives and others

I hinted at this in an earlier response to a post by Pendragon, who told a story about his grandfather, but like most middle-aged people, I am now beginning to deal with elderly parents. Thank god they're alive and healthy, at 80, and are absolutely in their right minds, but nonetheless, the realities of being that age are starting to show, and the relationship between them and their offspring, as

The Elderly, dealing with them, your relatives and others

Who is the mystery baby?

I was just re-reading the whole set, and I came across something that's puzzled me before.

At the play at the new college on the hill near Plumfield (in chapter 14), there's a baby. The part is played by a baby that all the March women seem to know, and who is quite happy when Meg soothes and coddles him, but there's no mention of a baby before or after this chapter. None of the March women hav

Who is the mystery baby?

Aphorism #149 Know how to put off Ills on Others.

Aphorism #149 Know how to put off Ills on Others.

To have a shield against ill-will is a great piece of skill in a ruler. It is not the resort of incapacity, as ill-wishers imagine, but is due to the higher policy of having some one to receive the censure of the disaffected and the punishment of universal detestation. Everything cannot turn out well, nor can every one be satisfied: it is well the

Aphorism #149 Know how to put off Ills on Others.

jeudi 21 janvier 2016

Slowly/Carefully

She pulls him away to his room
and I wish they would just
**** already
so that I could let the pain hit me
all at once
and then be
open again.

There’s something cathartic about heartbreak:
You are made to feel so alone—
and then you realize
that the only person you can love
in safety
is yourself.

And you watch the Earth
become covered in snow,

like a beautiful
high sch

Slowly/Carefully

The Polar Vortex

Everything needs a snappy name,
Including this buss of authentic winter
In which pipes freeze and baby buds shrivel,
Birds huddle, eyes dribble sleety tears,
Ears go numb and toe-tips tingle.
No wise man leaves his cozy bed
To face such a potent enemy.

"You call this cold? This ain't no cold.
We have real cold in Saskatoon.
This cold is coolish, nothing more.
Strap on your skates. Don'

The Polar Vortex

How would you start off a story?

What would (hypothetically) be the beginning of your story?

How would you start off a story?

Aphorism #148 Have the Art of Conversation.

Aphorism #148 Have the Art of Conversation.

That is where the real personality shows itself. No act in life requires more attention, though it be the commonest thing in life. You must either lose or gain by it. If it needs care to write a letter which is but a deliberate and written conversation, how much more the ordinary kind in which thereis occasion for a prompt display of intelligence? Exper

Aphorism #148 Have the Art of Conversation.

mercredi 20 janvier 2016

Aphorism #147 Do not be Inaccessible.

Aphorism #147 Do not be Inaccessible.

None is so perfect that he does not needat times the advice of others. He is an in-corrigible *** who will never listen to any one. Even the most surpassing intellect should find a place for friendly counsel. Sovereignty itself must learn to lean. There are some that are incorrigible simply because they are inaccessible: they fall to ruin because none dares t

Aphorism #147 Do not be Inaccessible.

mardi 19 janvier 2016

Isabel and Richard- The Lost Manuscript

Isabel and Richard- The Lost Manuscript

Isabel inspected the stacks of paper that surrounded the map and gathered a few. Rolling the map up she proceeded to the second desk that sat in the center of two shuttered windows which she opened wide, and adjusted the blinds. Gold bars of early morning sunlight illuminated the opposite side of the room. The painting of Richard dressed as an Arab

Isabel and Richard- The Lost Manuscript

Searching for a short story

There is a short story, I believe by Isaac Asimov, about two professors arguing about something along the lines of Zeno's paradox of the tortoise and Achilles. Essentially, a machine is built that shrinks a man in half every time he gets halfway out of the machine. In the end, the man who is inside becomes so small he falls out of the machine because he has gone past the sub-atomic level.

Alter

Searching for a short story

Catch me if you can

You ain't getting me
I'm with her
She is the suntrap
Amidst the Shi tty seaweed
So forget it
You ain't getting me
I'm happy
Watching tv.

Send your x Ray smear
Your gown
With the backside exposed
White sheets,
White lights
Hairy arsed
Undignified bloated
Behemoth

Your confession
Your beads
Your last rites
Wearing women's tights.

You ain't getting me
I'm free in this inferno
Where I burn
I

Catch me if you can

A Tribute to Writers by L² (in instalments)

A tribute to writers by L²
A brief description of this book

While Professor Hall makes a conjecture with Arthur Yip about an ideal writer, who should be both a critic and a beauty, Professor Hall always feels there is a missing puzzle piece in his conjecture.

As it is rumoured a contemporary great writer Victor Miller Blue, who is experiencing a writer’

A Tribute to Writers by L² (in instalments)

Binoculars For Beast

Everything around you is obviously a colouring phenomenon, when you don't have eyes. You have no time for color. What side are you on? Literature is the waste of ability, learning composition isn't learning, learning culture isn't a goal. It's what you answer and what you done yourself. There is no time to waste, we have 2 billion heart beats decreasing from the time we born.

What side are you

Binoculars For Beast

A New Kuven – A review of the novel ‘Seasons of Pain’

“The charm of horror only tempts the strong” – Jean Lorrain

Author Imowen Lodestone’s novel ‘Seasons of Pain’ explores the world of supernatural and dark powers. It narrates the tale of Jesse, someone who appears to the world as just another woman coping with school, a menial job and a draining relationship. But she holds a secret that only few people are privy to. She is an exiled witch runnin

A New Kuven – A review of the novel ‘Seasons of Pain’

Psychological Realism

I have to study the genre of psychological realism (definition, history, novels and novelists, etc) for my class in detail. Do you guys know the links for any online article or notes for the same?
Thanks for reading!

Psychological Realism

The Invaders

The two boys stood in silence on the small patch of lawn, the escalated shouts of their game having been brought to a halt by Joe's mother's interjection.

'Well Joe, what can you hear? Now that you've stopped your shouting what can you hear?'

Joe resisted the temptation to give a sarcastic reply, and gave the answer he knew she was seeking,

'Nothing Mum'.

'Exactly. Nothing. No-one els

The Invaders

Aphorism #146 Look into the Interior of Things.

Aphorism #146 Look into the Interior of Things.

Things are generally other than they seem, and ignorance that never looks beneath the rind becomes disabused when you show the kernel. Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of Time. The wise therefore reserve for it the other half of that power which the common m

Aphorism #146 Look into the Interior of Things.

lundi 18 janvier 2016

Cold, and what you do about it

So how many bum-freezing degrees below zero is it where you are? Here in the northeast of America, it's gone down to Arctic. I am feeling profoundly grateful to have a home, and to be indoors where it's warm. I have electric heat in my home, but also a woodstove, which I increasingly use, both because I enjoy it and because it's efficient as heck, and boy is wood cheaper than kilowatt hours. What

Cold, and what you do about it

Warning to Children by Robert Graves

What do folk think of Robert Graves' poem?

Children, if you dare to think
Of the greatness, rareness, muchness,
Fewness of this precious only
Endless world in which you say
You live, you think of things like this:
Blocks of slate enclosing dappled
Red and green, enclosing tawny
Yellow nets, enclosing white
And black acres of dominoes,
Where a neat brown paper parcel
Tempts you to un

Warning to Children by Robert Graves

Why do you read books? (please answer in one sentence)

“Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.”
― Philip Roth

Why do you read books? (please answer in one sentence)

On etiquette

Etiquette is to society what apparel is to the individual. Without apparel men would go in shameful nudity, which would surely lead to the corruption of morals; and without etiquette society would be in a pitiable state and the necessary intercourse between its members would be interfered by needless offences and troubles. If society were a train, the etiquette would be the rails, along wh

On etiquette

hi am NEW One

I am from the usa LA

hi am NEW One

Aphorism #145 Do not show your wounded Finger,

Aphorism #145 Do not show your wounded Finger,

for everything will knock up against it; nor complain about it, for malice always aims where weakness can be injured. It is no use to be vexed: being the butt of the talk will only vexyou the more. Ill-will searches for wounds to irritate, aims darts to try the temper, and tries a thousand ways to sting to the quick. The wise never own to being hit,

Aphorism #145 Do not show your wounded Finger,

dimanche 17 janvier 2016

Stephen Fry "More Fool Me"

I watched this on Netflix last night and really enjoyed it. Stephen Fry is an old favorite, probably many people here are fans, and he did a live speaking engagement to promote his then (2014) new book "More Fool Me." Partly he talked and told funny stories, partly he read from the work. It was simulcast to theaters all over Britain and the world, apparently. I'm American so I didn't know about it

Stephen Fry "More Fool Me"

Shakespeare on Sex

With no doubt, sex is a prevalent theme on humankind.
In which works (Specify please) does shakespeare explicitly
reflects sex? I know that most productions, readers, and
universal references regard the sexual themes of shakespeare
as acts of love, which in my own experience sex is not always
about subtle love from the "Bossom". No, I talk about
male and female inner sexual life, sexual fans

Shakespeare on Sex

Reading Barry Lyndon

I can remember the Stanley Kubrick film - a cartoon by Gainsborough as a friend at the time called it.

I've just read the book. Quite different from what I vaguely remember of the film.

If you want an unreliable narrator, here it is, a blatant con man and murderer forever crying up how honourable and noble he is.

Reading Barry Lyndon

Margaret and Borachio, are you completely sure?

In the plot Don John and borachio, do a mischievous plan in
order to deceive claudio and the prince that margaret
was unfaithful. The plan is that boraccio will hook up
with margaret at heros room so that claudio witness
it at the window, believing it is hero and borachio.
But, how can we be completely sure, what gives us the
certainty that it wasnt margaret and it was actually hero
that ho

Margaret and Borachio, are you completely sure?

Page turners

Hey, this is my first post here, so if such a post already exists, feel free to delete this one.

Ive found a lot of helpful recomendations here before i registered, but most have been on classics or contemporary. Ive been reading a lot of classics the past few years, but I love a book i cant stop reading. I wanted to start this thread to get tips on pageturners or books that you simply cant put

Page turners

The Forgotten Sword

The sword sat collecting dust and cobwebs in the corner of the dingy, dimly lit room. Its formerly ornate scabbard was chipped and cracked in places, from years of misuse and neglect. Layers of grime covered the sword’s once beautifully intricate pommel, the flickering firelight in the room now danced across its smudged, grimy surface. This was no longer a weapon of war, no longer a mighty instrum

The Forgotten Sword

H is for Hawk

"H is for Hawk" is Helen Macdonald's new book that defies genre classification. It is partly a memoir about how she deals with her father's death, partly a book about goshawks and falconry, and partly a critique of T.H. White's life and writing.

White was a falconer who wrote a book about his own experiences with training a goshawk, as well as writing about animals in "The Sword and the Stone

H is for Hawk

“Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.” Paul Auster

Well, what do you think about it?

“Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.” Paul Auster

Veterinarian question about horse knees

I have started reading Daniel Deronda. I was amused young Rex calls his father 'Sir'.

I have a veterinarian question regarding horses' knees. Rex borrowed his father's nag to take part in a hunt. The horse was not very strong, fell over, threw Rex, and broke his knees. The horse was injured but managed to walk home. I read about a horse or pony breaking its knees in another book. It was

Veterinarian question about horse knees

Aphorism #144 Begin with Another's to end with your Own.

Aphorism #144 Begin with Another's to end with your Own.

Â’Tis a politic means to your end. Even in heavenly matters Christian teachers lay stress on this holy cunning. It is a weighty piece of dissimulation, for the foreseen advantages serve as a lure to influence the other's will. His affair seems to be in train when it is really only leading the way for another's. One should never advance unle

Aphorism #144 Begin with Another's to end with your Own.

samedi 16 janvier 2016

'I WAS TO BE A KING" (ref: EXODUS 12:29)

I WAS TO BE A KING

by Jacob Ben Avraham (ref: Exodus 12:29)

I WAS TO BE A KING

a king that would have governed the Upper and Lower Nile,
A pharaoh of Great Egypt, a mighty and powerful king indeed.

I WAS TO BE A KING

yet the children of Israel did lift up their voices, and to their God

'I WAS TO BE A KING" (ref: EXODUS 12:29)

Understanding the PASSOVER story (EXODUS 10:1-13:16)

PARASHA: "BO" enter/go

EXODUS 10:1-13:16...........................JER 46:13-28....................1 COR 11:20-34

In this Parasha, I'd like to look at the "Passover story" it is very meaningful, We are seeing that the great I AM is thundering down judgment from above, ten plagues directed against the false gods of Egypt and to convince pharaoh that "he" is not God, (I think that the

Understanding the PASSOVER story (EXODUS 10:1-13:16)

Life of Pi/ Magic realism

I'm writing about the use of magic realism in this book for website, would really help if i could get some second opinions. Here goes:

Life of Pi tells the story of a sixteen year old, indian boy, lost at sea on a rowboat occupied by a fully grown tiger. With the supplies on the boat and his knowledge of animal behavior, Pi and the tiger learn to coexist. Deeper into the story, passed the telli

Life of Pi/ Magic realism

Which is the first book you remember reading?

Which is the first book you remember reading?
and how has it influenced your life?

Which is the first book you remember reading?

The Sweat Cauldron

Hungry-eyed old men
sift through calisthenicking limbs,
ogling the young: boys, girls—
it doesn't matter.
Every body in unison, disjointedly,
strains its joints, lifts arms and legs
against the planet's gravity.
Futile, futile.
The bods relax; the guts and butts
touch down, drop anchor, and reunite with
Mudder Earth.
The transient moisture of such labors
collects and drips,
gets ragwi

The Sweat Cauldron

Aphorism #143 Never become Paradoxical in order to avoid the Trite.

Aphorism #143 Never become Paradoxical in order to avoid the Trite.

Both extremes damage our reputation. Every undertaking which differs from the reasonable approaches foolishness. The paradox is a cheat: it wins applause at first by its novelty and piquancy, but afterwards it becomes discredited when the deceit is fore-seen and its emptiness becomes apparent. It is a species of jugglery, and in

Aphorism #143 Never become Paradoxical in order to avoid the Trite.

vendredi 15 janvier 2016

God is good...Deservingly claimed twice with every third word

I awakened with you in my thoughts.
My mind wanders, but I try
to think pleasant thoughts of
nothing besides your
over whelming goodness.

You are the reason; the
reason there is life, and life
is eternally so precious, as it is
your desire, because of your
love which thereby created it;
and it is altogether phenomenal.

Thank you Jesus for all
your grace and mercy which have
ke

God is good...Deservingly claimed twice with every third word

Your Five favourite Short Story Collections

In chronological order of publication, (of course the Christie and Du Maurier stories are from the 1930`s to the 60`s though collected much later).

1/ Wessex Tales (1888) - Thomas Hardy
2/ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892) - Arthur Conan Doyle
3/ The Inimitable Jeeves (1923) - P.G. Wodehouse
4/ Echoes from the Macabre (1976) - Daphne Du Maurier
5/ Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stor

Your Five favourite Short Story Collections

A Little Bit Of Humour # 159

WHINGING HOLIDAY MAKERS # 5

We requested a twin bed room
But we ended up with a king size
As a result my wife is pregnant
So that was a nice holiday surprise

FOGHORN LEGHORN CROSSED THE ROAD

Foghorn Leghorn crossed the road
And without a pause for dossing
He immediately returned again
Because he was double-crossing

THE PRESIDENT OF CHESS CLUB # 2

The president of Chess Club
W

A Little Bit Of Humour # 159

jeudi 14 janvier 2016

My First Short Story

This is a short story I wrote after a bad day. There is a little profanity (sorry, everyone), but please let me know what you think!

It was a January Friday, and the sun was setting. The whole office had gone to a dumpy bar across the street, but it was the closest bar, everyone knew where it was, so no one complained. He had just paid his tab, four beers, and was ready to leave.

His bo

My First Short Story

New Member

Hello,

My username is Lost Speech; I have chosen this username as I am amazed how modern dialects have substituted proper English - English that our Grandfathers once spoke freely. I am not attracted by the prospect of text message language and shortened wording for ease; I admit am rather old fashioned and value the English language as I fear it is getting lost in a modern world.
I have jo

New Member

Hi!

I have this question about society and literature. I would like to get different views as to which part of social life (society) is most affected by Literature and how?
I would be glad to read from you.

Hi!

Hi

I'm joining in for the first time. My wish is to have a great time here with you guys. I would love discover bigger lands across the distance sea. Be my captains, please. I envisaged a beautiful literary voyage ahead.

Books of a Certain Ilk

By far, my favourite literary treasures are in the vein of Umberto Eco and Borges, be it their fiction or (perhaps more so) their nonfiction. In terms of strictly nonfiction, I look to Douglas Hofstadter (Le ton beau de Marot; Gödel, Escher, Bach) as my sage. Reading works of this stature has led me to all sorts of other books, from Hinton's studies of the fourth dimension and hyperc

Books of a Certain Ilk

What a way to start the year!

First David Bowie falls off his perch, and now Alan Rickman, that suave and dastardly villain of Die Hard and the otherwise execrable Kevin Costner Robin Hood - as well as the Potterine Snape, has joined the choir invisible. Hollywood villany will be forever diminished without his arch expression and sardonic tone to give evil a touch of British "class."

A fine actor with a good sense of humour

What a way to start the year!

Aphorism #141 Do not listen to Yourself.

Aphorism #141 Do not listen to Yourself.

It is no use pleasing yourself if you do not please others, and as a rule general contempt is the punishment for self-satisfaction. Theattention you pay to yourself you probably owe to others. To speak and at the same time listen to yourself cannot turn out well. If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in th

Aphorism #141 Do not listen to Yourself.

mercredi 13 janvier 2016

What is the main character of Health cliff?

Hello, I'm new member in this website.

I'd like to discuss in terms of character for Health cliff.

What do you think ?

let's discuss.

What is the main character of Health cliff?

Hog Day Afternoon Redux

In recent days there has been a resurgence of discussion over gun control, following an Executive Order by the President of the United States. One of the issues under debate is closing the so-called "loophole" over regulation of gun show sales. While sensible measures to curb gun violence is a deadly serious matter, some aspects of the controversy are ripe for satire.

So, if you'll indulge me

Hog Day Afternoon Redux

"Oh, Baby What I Wouldn't Do. . ."

". . .with plenty o' money and you-ooh-ooh." So go the lyrics of an old song from the early days of the last century. (Not that yours fooly was around back then; I only know it from watching old movies.) But the tune has lately come to mind with news in the U.S. of an astronomically-large Powerball lottery prize, as of this writing $1.5 billion with a "b," reportedly the largest jackpot in histo

"Oh, Baby What I Wouldn't Do. . ."

Burning Spear :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MskDNb7bUps Identity

Burning Spear :D

This Space

Two blinking red lights

A ribbon of smoke, the way

he rolls his wristband
up and down his arm.

His hair half-wet and still drying.

He walks in front of me,
as if this is the sidewalk’s problem.

As if the sidewalk went to the park
last night and blew
a ribbon of smoke
out of its mouth, and he

looks at me with his eyes
for once—
two blinking red lights, the way
he runs hi

This Space

"His Way To Show His Pretty Hands and Feet"

[SIZE=4][SIZE=4]]This sort of post may be out of context in this, but this is the only forum that I know that could could help me out right now. if you know any other forums
more suitable for my case please share the links, but for some reason I trust you as advisers.

I wrote the next script. I don't want to be a writter. I want to act. I wrote the following short script in order to act it ou

"His Way To Show His Pretty Hands and Feet"

Bouncer Mike

God, I hate my job
on top of the world
looking over the edge

I see them coming
children and fools
I hear shuffling feet
some tumbling, some hobbling
smell the reek of hope and faith
they expect rivers of wine
trees bearing cakes, smiles of love
chiefly they expect to get in

Expressionless I stand
spit a “Wrong spot, try again next door!”
or “You can’t enter—private party!”
some

Bouncer Mike

Aphorism #140 Find the Good in a Thing at once.

Aphorism #140 Find the Good in a Thing at once.

Â’Tis the advantage of good taste. The bee goes to the honey for her comb, the serpent to the gall for its venom. So with taste: some seek the good, others the ill. There is nothing that has no good in it, especially in books, as giving food for thought. But many have such a scent that amid a thousand excellences they fix upon a single defect, and s

Aphorism #140 Find the Good in a Thing at once.

mardi 12 janvier 2016

Richard and Isabel-the Lost Fragment

Richard and Isabel-the Lost Fragment

She slid up on noiseless feet. A veil covering the bottom of her face, that is to say her mouth and chin, ran just under her eyes and was fastened behind her shell-like ears. Her kohl-darkened eyes were all she needed for her craft. She clasped his hand in hers and led him to the viands. Trailing after her scent, his nose first noticed the exquisite p

Richard and Isabel-the Lost Fragment

Do you find stress beneficial or detrimental to your everyday life activities?

Hi, I'm doing a research project on stress, and would like to begin my presentation with some statistics. For those who vote, I will really appreciate it. Thanks!

Do you find stress beneficial or detrimental to your everyday life activities?

The Dancing Stool

[My apologies for the shaggy-dogness of this "folk tale"!]

Once upon a something-something, in a land far away but not that far, there lived a king who had two sons. The king advised his elder son to marry the princess from a neighboring kingdom; thus he would inherit the right to rule both realms. But the father of the princess demanded that her suitor, to prove himself worthy, travel t

The Dancing Stool

GB Shaw: Major Barbara

Hi there,

Could you help me? I can't rewrite some sentences from Cockney into Standard British English.

'How that I should be found worthy to be spit upon for the gospel's sake!' He says; and Mog says 'Glory Hallelujah!'; and then he called me brother, and dawned (downed) me as if I was a kid and he was my mother washing me a Saturday night. I hadn’t just no show with him at all. After the s

GB Shaw: Major Barbara

A Little Bit Of Humour # 158

WHINGING HOLIDAY MAKERS # 4

When we were on holiday
We went swimming in the sea
No-one said there would be fish
The kids found it very scary

FOGHORN LEGHORN WENT TO TOWN

Foghorn Leghorn went to town
On the bus with the other day trippers
But not to sight see, he went to KFC
Because of the chicken strippers

THE PRESIDENT OF CHESS CLUB # 1

The president of Chess Club
Was rushed

A Little Bit Of Humour # 158

Questions about"On Sorrow" by Dr.Johnson and "Of Studies" by Francis Bacon

Hello everybody,

I have been looking since days for a critical study of these two essays, but what I find is not satisfied. So I am writing to ask your help if you know a good critical analysis of them. Especially "On Sorrow".

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you

Questions about"On Sorrow" by Dr.Johnson and "Of Studies" by Francis Bacon

Aphorism #139 Recognise unlucky Days.

Aphorism #139 Recognise unlucky Days.

They exist: nothing goes well on them; even though the game may be changed the ill-luck remains. Two tries should be enough to tell if one is in luck to-day or not. Everything is in process of change, even the mind, and no one is always wise: chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter. All perfection turns on the time; even beauty has its ho

Aphorism #139 Recognise unlucky Days.

lundi 11 janvier 2016

Hi everyone! I am a new member, please make me feel comfortable :)

Who likes Philip Roth? Cause I would really love to discuss about his writting

Hi everyone! I am a new member, please make me feel comfortable :)

what is your ideal story/book?

I think we all idealise or imagine our way of life to be a certain way specific to our needs
and so
the same would apply to what read.

what is your ideal story?

what is your ideal story/book?

RIP David Bowie

I'm truly saddened to learn that David Bowie has fallen off his perch. 140 million albums sold. 111 singles, 51 music videos, including film roles, and 25 studio albums, the last, released only a few days ago. 8 Jan 1947 - 10 Jan 2016 Requiescat in Pace

http://ift.tt/1TORuy2

RIP David Bowie

David Bowie: The Jean Genie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQo6zpVzt8

This morning I am 14 again listening to this on the bus to school. RIP

David Bowie: The Jean Genie

Aphorism #138 The Art of letting Things alone.

Aphorism #138 The Art of letting Things alone.

The more so the wilder the waves of public or of private life. There are hurricanes in human affairs, tempests of passion, when it is wise to retire to a harbour and ride at anchor. Remedies often make diseases worse: in such cases one has to leave them to their natural course and the moral suasion of time. It takes a wise doctor to know when not to

Aphorism #138 The Art of letting Things alone.

dimanche 10 janvier 2016

All of This

Then he stuffs his hands into the pocket of his jacket,
Says that I have nothing left to be sorry for

And I want to tell him about love and all of this
As I watch his brown eyes lock into place

Like a sniper who holds his breath as he looks down the barrel
Preparing to watch a bullet fly through its target and land God knows where

And that’s what physicists call “Newton’s Fourth Law Of

All of This

Space Battles – A review of the novel ‘The Phoenix Rising’

“If you will not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you.” – Jacqueline Carey

Author Gary Caplan’s novel ‘The Phoenix Rising’ is set in a futuristic time period hundreds of years from now. Planet Earth and the various nations as we know today are history and in their place are space faring civilizations, doing what all great civilizations do best – explorations and combating for supremacy.

Space Battles – A review of the novel ‘The Phoenix Rising’

Rightful Heir – A review of the novel ‘The Return of the Ancient Ones’

“Whatever most captures your mind controls your life.” – Kare Anderson

In author Gary Caplan’s book ‘The Return of the Ancient Ones’ we return back to the land of Illúmaril. It has become an area that resembles an extended battleground with various forces and foes battling each other to reign supreme. It’s also a land that is awaiting its destined leader Gideon to employ the Sword of Order and

Rightful Heir – A review of the novel ‘The Return of the Ancient Ones’

Aphorism #137 The Sage should be Self-sufficing.

Aphorism #137 The Sage should be Self-sufficing.

He that was all in all to himself carried all with him when he carried himself. If a universal friend can represent to us Rome and the rest of the world, let a man be his own universal friend, and then he is in a position to live alone. Whom could such a man want if there is no clearer intellect or finer taste than his own? He would then depend on

Aphorism #137 The Sage should be Self-sufficing.

samedi 9 janvier 2016

understanding the most Holy NAME of GOD (EXODUS 6:2-9:35)

SHABBAT SHALOM: THIS WEEK'S PARASHA: "VaERA" (and I appeared)

EXODUS 6:2-9:35..................EZEKIEL 28:25-29:21....................ROMANS 9:14-33

We see in this Parasha that God speaks to Moshe after the first visit to Pharaoh, which ended up in discouragement, "No Moe, it isn't going to be THAT easy" Pharaoh has to see the LORD in action, with HIS special message to the King o

understanding the most Holy NAME of GOD (EXODUS 6:2-9:35)

A retired man

Here're I am in Baghdad waiting my issue
Nevertheless to what happens
However I feel sorrow and disgusted
No human to deal with
And we are just retired
No one said to us hello
No one looks smiling but angered
Faces look to faces as if we are in desert
We came from Mosul as if we are migrants
Autumn comes to it end
And our time has been changed
No politics to deal with but all a

A retired man

Aphorism #136 Post Yourself in the Centre of Things.

Aphorism #136 Post Yourself in the Centre of Things.

So you feel the pulse of affairs. Many lose their way either in the ramifications of useless discussion or in the brushwood of wearisome verbosity without ever realising the real matter at issue. They go over a single point a hundred times, wearying themselves and others, and yet never touch the all-important centre of affairs. This comes from

Aphorism #136 Post Yourself in the Centre of Things.

vendredi 8 janvier 2016

The Lumberjack

“The Lumberjack”
There existed a place where valleys would grow fields of the greenest grass the world could see and these magnificent rivers that would run clear. It was a place where the birds would sing in the early morning sunshine and leave you breathless at symphony they would create. Animals of all kinds would frolic in the fields with bliss while others simply lazed around in the bea

The Lumberjack

The Explanation

the sinister resolve of a wicked man's sneer
may enliven even a leprechaun's kiln
to muster legs and flee apanic

a brave, noble, fearless one
will, for whatever instant, watch his heart
be torn asunder

and still find time
to look up at the oppressive demon's eye
while, by the most abysmal , horrific fire ablaze,
a wand will appear to dispel the tiniest incongruity
~

..circa 1987..

The Explanation

Aphorism #135 Do not nourish the Spirit of Contradiction.

Aphorism #135 Do not nourish the Spirit of Contradiction.

It only proves you foolish or peevish, and prudence should guard against this strenuously. To find difficulties in everything may prove you clever, but such wrangling writes you down a fool. Such folk make a mimic war out of the most pleasant conversation, and in this way act as enemies towards their associates rather than towards those wi

Aphorism #135 Do not nourish the Spirit of Contradiction.

jeudi 7 janvier 2016

My introduction

Hello my fellow creatures .Happy to be part of this community.
i am AMAL from India

My introduction

..hello poets/poetry lovers..

..hello all.>I'm Spiros Zafiris, a Montreal poet who once sold
approx. 5,000 copies of my two self-published books of poetry, in the span of 3
years..presently, I'm very slowly formatting, using OpenOffice 4.1.1,
a book of tanka which I'll probably self-publish with the POD outfit, CreateSpace
..many of my tanka have appeared in various periodicals, anthologies, & ezines
—each one, a publish

..hello poets/poetry lovers..

Her Presence

at times, he missed her more
a second would do
a solitary second apart
would set his heart aflutter
yes, the import of her smile
could make all the difference
call it weakness
call it need
call it humanly desire
but study her tenderness for a second
and even stars will panic
to forgive and blink their understanding
~~
..circa1986..©2004/2011/2012/2015 Spiros Zafiris
..channeled; spir

Her Presence

Japanese Reception of Orwell?

Hi all, this is my first post on this forum. I'm hoping some of you might have insights that can help me out. I'm currently working on an undergraduate thesis that is a sort of comparative analysis of Anglophone and Japanese dystopian literature. One element that I'm really missing out on right now is information about the Japanese reception of Orwell, in particular the novel 1984. I can read Japa

Japanese Reception of Orwell?

Eschec

Disgusting. It’s absolutely disgusting. Blood with my cheese? It’s almost amusing, just a moment ago I thought it looked wondrous… Huh? Okay, you can start.

Our troops fashioned ranks as the enemy waited in anticipation. This was just a battle in the war that had persisted a millennium and a half. Though our abilities, strategies, and codes of conflict had evolved and though our command

Eschec

What I Like About the South

The acid plant steams gently
in Louisiana’s heat
and leaves the flowers wilting
on their steel toe-capped feet;
the squirrels and the chipmunks
are all carrying the plague,
whilst the river’s full of bugs
that eat your brain and leave you vague.

The Spanish moss hangs limply
as it dangles from the boughs,
the air is scarcely moving,
though the gators still know how;
so quietly and

What I Like About the South

Aphorism #134 Double your Resources.

Aphorism #134 Double your Resources.

You thereby double your life. One must not depend on one thing or trust to only one resource, however pre-eminent. Everything should be kept double, especially the causes of success, of favour, or of esteem. The moon's mutability transcends everything and gives a limit to all existence, especially of things dependent on human will, the most brittle of all thin

Aphorism #134 Double your Resources.

mercredi 6 janvier 2016

Sticky

In Joe's Diner
the air is sticky
Of greasy burger smoke
and cigarettes

The flipper's hair
and the waitress' pink lipstick smile
The tables and seats
and cutlery

The counter
and cash register
The jukebox and
television screen

The notes and coins
I receive for change
The eyes of Mr Handlebar
and the Coca Cola mirror

The yellow lino floor
with a thousand coffee spills
And soups and syrups
and sau

Sticky

genuine

insolence is
adorable
when
one is
corruptible
anything goes
to achieve loath

but it is
prose
when one is
sociable
something pose
to achieve the impossible

probable is capable
when
genuine is palpable

genuine

Aphorism #133 Better Mad with the rest of the World than Wise alone.

Aphorism #133 Better Mad with the rest of the World than Wise alone.

So say politicians. If all are so, one is no worse off than the rest, whereas solitary wisdom passes for folly. So important is it to sail withthe stream. The greatest wisdom often consists in ignorance, or the pretence of it. One has to live with others, and others are mostly ignorant. "To live entirely alone one must be very l

Aphorism #133 Better Mad with the rest of the World than Wise alone.

How the Action Flows in Dragonquest

I love how the action kicks right off in the Dragonriders of Pern series. Especially in the second book, Dragonquest. It picks right up and immediately the reader is caught up in the story. It is a great way to engage the reader and hook them into the tale.
The action doesn't slow down too much. Whether it be an argument, a fight or a battle, the plot is constantly progressing. The

How the Action Flows in Dragonquest

mardi 5 janvier 2016

The Elusive Company

My heart skips beats when I hear faint praise
From a friend who has been so barely brave
As to have read some random phrases
That I have scratched on an architrave;
And yet, afraid of richer tracts,
He'll hesitate in wilder zones
Replete with verbal acro-acts
That swarm in hexadecaphones.
Intimidated, he'll shy and swoon,
And deem such flights degenerate.
And so, on one cruel afternoon,

The Elusive Company

The Book of Disquiet

A week or so after finishing this book and returning it to the library, I slowly began to feel the need to re-visit it, as if a lingering mystery needed to be solved. The impression that it left in my mind was somewhat vague, unsettling, luminously beautiful, and not easily put into words. I felt transformed somehow—as if a subtle shift had occurred in my perceptions and thought processes.

The Book of Disquiet

Shakespeare villains and comic book villains

Hi all,

I'm currently doing a dissertation on the possible influence and similarities of Shakespeare villains on/with comic book villains. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the subject or if you could point me in the direction of any useful books/websites/posts etc on the subject?

thanks in advance

Shakespeare villains and comic book villains

Any Joseph Conrad experts out there?

Hello everyone. Somehow, I managed to get all the way through an English Literature degree without being assigned a single Joseph Conrad novel. I've decided to fix this oversight myself by reading a sampling of his work. It's a given that Heart of Darkness will be one of the titles but what of the others? What are Conrad's best novels/short stories? Any title suggestions or suggestions for order o

Any Joseph Conrad experts out there?

Aphorism #132 Revise your Judgments.

Aphorism #132 Revise your Judgments.

To appeal to an inner Court of Revision makes things safe. Especially when the course of action is not clear, you gain time either to confirm or improve your decision. It affords new grounds for strengthening or corroborating your judgment. And if it is a matter of giving, the gift is the more valued from its being evidently well considered than for being prom

Aphorism #132 Revise your Judgments.

lundi 4 janvier 2016

Need your help

Guys, need your help. Which scenario is better?
1.
Common man aged 16 - 17 years finds the ability to become implanted in any strange body. He's rich, rolling around the world. He instills in all sorts of celebrities to get any girl, and so he lived (a little analogy with a book Jumper). So what happens, he falls in love with a young actress (Jennifer Lawrence prototype). He set himself a goal

Need your help

Superman - his life is devided into two parts.

Superman - his life is devided into two parts.
He is a hero in Action Comics, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

Action Comics, issue #1, year 1938.
There is a family of scientists on a far away planet. They have a son - Kal-L.
The planet is very old as the cosmos itself, and then there was a catastrophe. The planet was destroyed.
The family created a space ship and evacuated the infa

Superman - his life is devided into two parts.

Books that have won Foreign Literacy Prizes

I belong to this online reading group called Reading the Classics and for the year of 2016 they are having this fun reading challenge. They created a Bingo Board and each square is a different topic and you have to try and read a classical novel which fits into each of the topics.

One of the topics is Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize (For me that would be any Non-American book award).

Th

Books that have won Foreign Literacy Prizes

Of Hope and Despair (aka my first writing attempt O_o)

Hello :)

This is my first writing attempt as well as my first contribution to this site which I've been lurking on for quite a while, enjoying different kinds of posts here and there without ever really speaking up. Decided to change that so here I am :D

_____
Of Hope and Despair

There were so many things that seemed just a tad off in that moment, the sock that hung just below where i

Of Hope and Despair (aka my first writing attempt O_o)

emotional

an emotion
is an inner meaning
that taks to us
in a feeling

we are made
responsible
for its leaning

when down
it is because
we have bowed
to the object
and disregarded the subject
the memory
aspect

but when it is up
we have readily
kept
desire to higher
we are swept
away to perfect
attire
we have understood
to be
entire
is a life long admire

kept whole never ex

emotional

admire

please delete
wrong forum
thanks :)

admire

Narrative theory

Hello. This year I have to write a course work connected to narration. The problem is that while I find information online in wikipedia articles and similar places, but I need to base what I write with respectable sourses by authors.
Could anyone recommend me as many places like articles by respectable people (scientist) or books which would contain the fallowing information : narrative point of

Narrative theory

The Land of Lost Puzzles

With each passing year
More people around me give in to The Dull.
The teasers I propagate annually
Go unanswered these days;
These perfect models of creative esprit
Imitate any and every work
Inspired by thought and riddled to ripeness.
They're tinkered with, trifled with,
Honed and honeyed, until at last,
At length, the puzzler's pains
Result in a birth.
Such infantile things, these in

The Land of Lost Puzzles

the villain in every story

is there a villain in all of us?
villain french for baddy
we insist there is one in every story.

the villain in every story

william shakepeare "HAMLET"

Now, i am make a graduation thesis about the literary devices in depicting in tragedy in Hamlet. Have you ever read any related materials, share with me, tks:smilewinkgrin:

william shakepeare "HAMLET"

BBC's War and Peace

I watched the first episode last night and thought it was great. When a favourite book gets adapted it can be a disappointment, but so far so good. The sets and costumes were appropriately lush, the women were beautiful, the men strutted around properly. The casting of Pierre was perfect, the young Natasha was suitably gauche-but-just-about-to-blossom, and Jim Broadbent was in it. , so what's no

BBC's War and Peace

dimanche 3 janvier 2016

Paperlike display for reading and working

Hello everyone!

I have to use computer for reading and working everyday. (15hr/day)
Because of my profession,unfortunately,
I have to look at the display with load of bluelight that is killing my eyes.
I was wondering if I use "Dasung Paperlike," would it improve my health of my eyes?
I think this product would help me to protect my vision.
It costs only $995 and it only uses usb which w

Paperlike display for reading and working

Hi everyone

Hello everyone,

My name is John from Canada.
I love reading and writing.
I am very excited to be part of this network.
I hope I can learn a lot from this forum and
most importantly, have fun with the good people on this website.

Best,

Hi everyone

Name of fairy tale about a rose bush

I read a short fairy tale by Hermann Hesse many years ago but don't remember much about it or the name of the story, and can't find anything that is similar by HH via a Google search. It was in a book of similar short stories.

My description is going to be somewhat vague and brief unfortunately: There is a rose bush in the garden outside of a cottage. Either someone inside of the cottage is narra

Name of fairy tale about a rose bush

Hi everyone !

Hi my name is Sylwia and I'm a student of English philology. I'm here because I'm looking for your help. There's a survey at "General discussion" and also a link to it. I would be very glad if you could fill it in. I need results for my thesis. Thank you :)

Hi everyone !

January 1

The geese last night were chanting
As they flew high overhead:
Oh! So late . . . Oh! So late . . .
So late:
The frosts at last have glazed our lawns,
But brooks still gurgle, free of ice,
And winter coats still wear the dust
Their hangered exile has deposed.

January 1

Minus Time & Space

We will always raise such a question whether there will be soul or ghost after death. I also ponder over it. After long years of meditation, I think I got the answer. I here don't talk about heaven or hell, nor about God. I speak from the viewpoint of scientific nature.
Humans live in the real nature, real time and space, which I define as plus (positive) time and space. Where does the soul or

Minus Time & Space

Hello

Hi, I'm from Romania.

Hello

Aphorism #130 Do and be seen Doing.

Aphorism #130 Do and be seen Doing.

Things do not pass for what they are but for what they seem. To be of use and to know how to show yourself of use, is to be twice as useful. What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right. The observant are far fewer in number than those who are deceived by appearances. Deceit rules the roast

Aphorism #130 Do and be seen Doing.

samedi 2 janvier 2016

Dragon Lady

Dragon Lady

I get off and cross the tracks and climb a few stairs and find myself next to a Barnes and Noble book store. A huge poster of Hemingway’s FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS sits in the window right next to Fitzgerald’s THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED. I feel comforted and take a picture. That’s one thing I do if I see something beautiful or ugly, dull or interesting, disquieting

Dragon Lady

The Brothers Karamazov Illustartions

Hello book lovers,
I used to consider myself a fervent reader of literature but since I've only been reading crime thrillers, espionage and murder mysteries, I don't think my reading is diverse enough to justify such a claim. Lately, I've decided to start reading classics and books that can open my mind's eyes to things that I know exist but don't have the right tools to explore. I ended up decid

The Brothers Karamazov Illustartions

always

when you
worry
you don't now what the hurry
time
is a scurry
it is a miserable
story
but when you don't
it feels it will
whatever you want
life is a
skill
and always still

always

Hell versus Paradise

which is more powerful?

Hell versus Paradise

EXODUS 1:1-6:1 "The beginning of the "Moses" story

PARASHA: "SHEMOT" (names)

EXODUS 1:1-6:1....................ISAIAH 27:6-28:13.....................ACTS 7:17-29

Shabbat shalom, today we start "Shemot" or in Greek, "Exodus" the Israelites have been in Egypt, enjoying life, dealing in agriculture (farmers) and cattle (ranchers) and perhaps even businessmen. Joseph brought them to Egypt, in good graces with then friendly Pharaoh, prob

EXODUS 1:1-6:1 "The beginning of the "Moses" story

Crime, espionage and war novels and chronicles.

Hello everyone.

My favourite reading topics are: Crime, journalism, espionage, intelligence and war, either novels or chronicles. I find them informative about what occurs into real investigations, bureaucracy, intelligence services, strategies, operations, missions, as well as technology and methods used in the years in which the novel/chronicle takes place.

Crime, espionage and war novels and chronicles.

Aphorism #129 Never complain.

Aphorism #129 Never complain.

To complain always brings discredit. Better be a model of self-reliance opposed to the passion of others than an object of their compassion. For it opens the way for the hearer to what we are complaining of, and to disclose one insult forms an excuse for another. By complaining of past offences we give occasion for future ones, and in seeking aid or counsel we only o

Aphorism #129 Never complain.

vendredi 1 janvier 2016

I'm mixing literature and music, what do you think?

Happy new year, everybody!

I love those two arts. As soon as I had free time, I decided to mix them together. I home produced an album of about 25 minutes, starting with 1984 by George Orwell. However, I have projects for "translate" many other things, including psychiatry, research and medicine overall, my soon to be professional area.

You don't necessarily need to do watch it the videos, s

I'm mixing literature and music, what do you think?

Happy New Year

Books to look forward to in 2016?

Which books are you anxiously awaiting in 2016? Personally very excited for:
- Zero K by Don DeLillo: http://ift.tt/1YVN3mr
- The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing http://ift.tt/1YVN4qD
- Autumn by Ali Smith

Interesting sele

Books to look forward to in 2016?

New

Hello!
It is nice to be here. :)

New

My Blog : Today is a Better Day

I started writing a blog few months ago..
I write about life.. our messy life..

I'm only a newbie blogger and I write my blog as a hobby.
I appreciate your reviews and this is my formal invitation for you to visit "Today is a Better Day" ; my blog.

Click here to visit Today is a Better Day. :)

Thank you.!

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Cecil Rhodes, Oxford, and victimhood

I’ve been following the Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford debacle with morbid curiosity for a while now.

For those of you who are not aware of it, a group of students are lobbying Oriel College of Oxford University to remove a statue it has of Cecil Rhodes, the Victorian business magnate who played a very prominent role in the British Empire’s colonial expansion in Africa. Rhodes was an alumnus of Ori

Cecil Rhodes, Oxford, and victimhood

Aphorism #128 Highmindedness.

Aphorism #128 Highmindedness.

One of the principal qualifications for a gentleman, for it spurs on to all kinds of nobility. It improves the taste, ennobles the heart, elevates the mind, refines the feelings, and intensifies dignity. It raises him in whomit is found, and at times remedies the bad turns of Fortune, which only raises by striking. It can find full scope in the will when it cannot be

Aphorism #128 Highmindedness.