May 2010
7 posts
Batman Returns 1992
Catwoman: Bruce... I would - I would love to live with you in your castle... forever, just like in a fairy tale.
[Batman caresses the back of her head]
Catwoman: [she claws Batman on the cheek] I just couldn't live with myself, so don't pretend this is a happy ending!
“Here’s a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I...”
– - John Erskine
Random Shorts
‘Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.’
- Seneca
March 2010
49 posts
“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A...”
– Tsunetomo Yamamoto, The Hagakure, The Book of the Samauri
“To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme...”
– Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.”
– - Lao Tzu
Orient
The Orient is a term which means “the East”. It is a traditional designation for anything belonging to the Eastern world or the Far East. In English it is a metonym describing Eastern Asia. It was also used to indicate the eastern direction in historical astronomy as the adjective Oriental.
British English
In British English, the term Asian generally refers to people originating...
“A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...”
– - Winston Churchill
“Men play the game; women know the score”
– - Roger Woddis
The City
from The City Your poems are like a dark city centre. Your novel, your stories, your journals, your letters, are suburbs Of this big city. The hotels are lit like office blocks all night With scholars, priests, pilgrims. It’s at night Sometimes I drive through. I just find Myself driving through, going slow, simply Roaming in my own darkness, pondering What you did. Nearly always I glimpse...
“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”
– - Oscar Wilde
Just Making Conversation - The Weather
“It is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather,” the 18th century writer Samuel Johnson famously remarked. This is often the case today, but what makes the English as a nation obsessed with the elements?
Look at any book or website that teaches foreigners English and one of the first conversations you can learn is about the weather. One site says,...
WWII Postal Acronyms
From Wikipedia
World War II postal acronyms were first used to convey messages between servicemen and their sweethearts back home. They were usually written on the back of the envelope.
The acronyms, possibly including some more recent additions, are:
SWALK - Sealed With A Loving Kiss
HOLLAND - Hope Our Love Lives/Lasts And Never Dies
ITALY - I Trust And Love You or I’m Thinking...
“Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.”
– - Benjamin Disraeli
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
The Romans first with Julius Caesar came, Including all the Nations of that Name, Gauls, Greeks, and Lombards; and by Computation, Auxiliaries or Slaves of ev’ry Nation. With Hengist, Saxons; Danes with Sueno came, In search of Plunder, not in search of Fame. Scots, Picts, and Irish from th’Hibernian Shore: And Conqu’ring William brought the Normans o’re. All these...
The White Shirt - 5 Reasons Why for Men
Slim-fitting for evening, button-down oxford for casual, high-Italian collar for the sharp look; the white shirt can fulfill many roles in a man’s life.
Pick a tie, any tie in any shape or colour variation; stripes, dots or florals. Instant match with a white shirt.
Easiest colour to wash and care for. No ironing inside out like you do with a black or dark coloured shirts.
You can spot...
Pelham’s Maxims-Rules on Dressing for the...
From “Pelham: Or the Adventures of a Gentleman” By Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1828 12. A fool may dress gaudily, but a fool cannot dress well-for to dress well requires judgment; and Rochefaucault says with truth, “On est quelquefois un sot avec de l’esprit, mais on ne lest jamais avec du jugement.” 13. There may be more pathos in the fall of a collar, or the curl of a lock, than the shallow think...
“The most challenging part to dressing well is knowing how to be elegant while...”
– - Umberto Angeloni
