whack the mayor

Hit the politician who says the stupidest thing. When are we getting a Catalan version?

MTV

Should the lawyers of what sometimes used to be known as Music Television be talking to those of Motos TV (or Motor Bike Television or whatever), or is this simply a hobbyist wrecking his van?

Herfst

De bladeren vallen, en deze herfst worden langs de kust ten noorden van Barcelona de jaren 50-70 weggeveegd. Fabriekshallen, kasseienstraten, krotten maken plaats voor nog meer strand en duizenden flatjes. Alleen de schoorstenen blijven over, omdat ze tot de officiële industriële geschiedenis horen. Bezit je terrein hier, dan hoef je nooit meer te werken. Maar…

Duck-billed dog

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations (1953): I contemplate a face, and then suddenly notice its likeness to another. I see that it has not changed; and yet I see it differently. I call this experience “noticing an aspect…” And I must distinguish between the ‘continuous seeing’ of an aspect and the ‘dawning’ of an aspect…. I…