Posts Tagged ‘novel’
King cobra may kill female if rebuffed?
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 15, 2009
King cobra may kill female if rebuffed? (Nov. 9, 2009)
I watched National Geographic channel at 10:30 pm on Sunday. I see a couple of cobras copulating. The story is that the female was mating with a king cobra and a local male challenged the mating cobra. The two males engaged in a harmless fight: they [...]
King cobra may kill female if rebuffed?
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 9, 2009
King cobra may kill female if rebuffed? (Nov. 9, 2009)
I watched National Geographic channel at 10:30 pm on Sunday. I see a couple of cobras copulating. The story is that the female was mating with a king cobra and a local male challenged the mating cobra. The two males engaged in a harmless fight: they [...]
C’est quoi “human dignity”?
Posted by: adonis49 on: October 27, 2009
C’est quoi “human dignity”? (October 25, 2009)
Two blasts in Baghdad in front of the Justice Palace: 160 dead and over 50 injured. Three weks ago, two blasts in front of the Foreign Ministry in Baghdad: 100 dead and over 200 injured. Every day, two dozens are killed in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Sudan, Iran, and Guinee [...]
Responses to “Misha the idiot dog”
Posted by: adonis49 on: October 19, 2009
Responses to “Misha the idiot dog”; (October 19, 2009)
A previous post recounts the recent behavior of Misha; Misha got into barking all night long at night fall; the neighboring dogs stopped responding to Misha’s challenges: Misha must be considered by the surrounding dogs as the idiot of the neighborhood. I received a few comments [...]
“But I do not love him…”
Posted by: adonis49 on: October 16, 2009
“But I do not love him…”; (October 14, 2009)
A love on and off affair of one of my close relatives got me thinking. Invariably we all think that we are acute psychologists in interpreting the behavior of others and that we need no formal schooling in that practice. Our reduced life experience enlarges our [...]
Misha is the Idiot dog of the neighborhood
Posted by: adonis49 on: October 15, 2009
Misha is the Idiot dog of the neighborhood; (October 15, 2009)
Misha is a gentle female dog that had submitted to surgery after giving birth twice to too many puppies; we had hard time distributing them. Misha loves to be cajoled and seeks friendly touches; she never barked before; when she did it was soft [...]
List of posts from October 6 to 9, 2009
Posted by: adonis49 on: October 12, 2009
508. The loathing of Emilia: Encore; (October 6, 2009)
509. Fighting for the Man; (October 7, 2009)
510. Damascus saved the ancient Greek culture; (October 8, 2009)
511. Judas Iscariot: at a par; (October 8, 2009)
512. Copenhagen: where climate freezes; (October 9, 2009)
Many rooms for Happiness
Posted by: adonis49 on: October 7, 2009
Many rooms for Happiness
Happiness is good health short on memory (Ingrid Bergman)
There are always pieces missing in happiness (Bossuet)
It is difficult to find happiness in ourselves; it is impossible elsewhere. (Buddha)
Happiness requires talent; misfortune none (Cocteau)
When you swim in happiness keep a toe on firm ground (Escayrol)
Happiness is not acquiring nor enjoying but not [...]
I have got no time for your lazy book on companionship
Posted by: adonis49 on: October 5, 2009
I have got no time for your lazy book on companionship; (October 7, 2009)
It is no surprise that readers cherish physical descriptions of the main novel’s characters. Most authors would go into extreme details and they immediately load upon us the whole physical characteristics upfront; as if the novel would be redundant without this [...]
The loathing of Emilia: Encore
Posted by: adonis49 on: October 5, 2009
The loathing of Emilia: Encore; (October 6, 2009)
Thus, in the first two years of my marriage I was happy but didn’t recognize my bliss: everything seemed in the nature of things and I took my situation as given and for ever to be perfect. It felt that our deep and complete accord of our [...]
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