Weekend 175.0
“One realizes oneself only one piece at a time.” — Marcel Proust, The Fugitive (1) Christo Without Jeanne-Claude – Where monuments pretend to endure, their work suggests the fleeting nature Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Quotes
Weekend 171.1
(1) Stained glass in an 18th century library (2) Faith is an attitude; it is saying “Yes” when reason might well suggest “No.” Yet reason itself is without tone and Continue Reading →
Weekend 171.0
(1) Bother Me, I’m Thinking (WSJ) “People unable to focus are more likely to consider information that might seem irrelevant but will later inspire the breakthrough. When we don’t know Continue Reading →
Weekend 170.0 (Valentine’s Day Edition)
BIG love?!?! (1) The Lady and the Reaper (2) “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” by Death Cab for Cutie …You and me have seen everything to see…From Bangkok Continue Reading →
Weekend 167.0
(1) An exceptional PLAYMOBIL display at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, WA. Arranging PLAYMOBIL tyres in a pile makes me a bit giddy. Daran habe ich gar nicht gedacht. Continue Reading →
Weekend 162.0
The blinking of its ruby lights could been seen at dusk from Windsor Castle, the terminal’s forms giving shape to the promises of modernity. – Alain de Botton (1) Airport Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving Weekend 2010
(1) Where Time and the Timeless Intersect (WSJ) (2) The Raptures of a Tragic Visionary (WSJ) (3) Shifting Gears: Brian Piper, Bind ’09, and the bike for the new American Continue Reading →
Weekend 157.3
Random quotes from crap I’ve read… “He became something of a virtuoso of the most excruciating and unrequited love. The memory of a voice or glance fed his imagination for Continue Reading →
As true…
…today and it was then. “The problem was that Mumford, along with many other “progressives,” had a rather inflated sense of self-importance.” – James Mauro, Twilight at the World of Continue Reading →
Weekend 156.0
(1) 12 Awesome Airplane Paint Jobs (2) How to Turn a Recession into a Depression (2a) “As hostility to businessmen grows, politicians tax them more heavily, while debasing and inflating Continue Reading →