Month: June 2012

  • June 18th, 2012 10:28pm

    I cupped both hands over my mouth and, like Tarzan in the jungle, yelled from one sidewalk to the other: ”Maaaeeestro!” Ernest Hemingway understood that there could be no other master amid the multitude of students, and he turned, raised his hand and shouted to me in Castillian in a very childish voice, ”Adiooos, amigo!” It was the only time I saw him… [it left] me with the impression that something had happened in my life, and had happened for all time.

    — Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 30 years ago, on seeing Ernest Hemingway 32 years earlier in Paris.  Full story at Wired.  (via doubledaybooks)

  • June 18th, 2012 10:02pm

    According to Greek Mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate beings, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.

    — Plato – The Symposium 

  • June 18th, 2012 10:41am

    scientist:
    the average person spends 18 hours online per week.

    me:
    you mean per day

    scientist:
    what

    me:
    what

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