Arturo Pérez-Reverte, The Dumas Club, tr. Sonia Soto (London: Vintage Books, 2003): “I know what you mean. It’s Julian the Apostate crying, ‘You have defeated me, Galileo.'” Galilean.
Alciphron: The continual decrease of fluids, the sinking of hills, and the diminution of planetary motions, afford so many natural proofs which show this world had a beginning.
Walking along a pavement just now with pedestrians coming the way, a cyclist overtook them, despite clearly seeing what the result would be. Just before he drove into me and I twatted him over the head with a wine box he said, “Riding Indian.” Is this a confused reference to Indian file, single file?
Caca Marron: Solid Henna: Turn brown into amburn with a shine like fresh conkers: Vegan: Some of you will probably get off on Polkadot Lily smearing Lush brown shit into her hair: They also do Black Shit, known in the trade as the Guinness look. H/t Manolo A.
Two versions: El País: the instructor says, “No jump, it’s important. No jump,” and the girl understands, “Now jump.” De Telegraaf, among others, citing words which no longer appear on El Diario Montañés: the instructor says, “[When it’s time to jump], don’t worry, just jump.”