Venedikt Erofeev, Moscow-Petushki / Moscow to the End of the Line / Moscow Stations / Moscow Circles, translated by H. William Tjalsma: I’ve noticed that, in general, if a person feels nasty in the morning but is full of plans and dreams and vigor in the evening, he’s a very bad person. Mornings, rotten; evenings,…
A contribution to the craze: A friend’s friend is on remand and has been having problems with the screws. He’s taken out to the yard – he’s in solitary – and is walking up and down when a baby seagull lands in front of him. He walks up to it and pets its head, whereupon…
Wikipedia says ‘Salafism takes its name from the term salaf (“predecessors”, “ancestors”) used to identify the earliest Muslims, who, its adherents believe, provide the epitome of Islamic practice.’ Brief research in my diseased brain establishes however that it refers to its adherents’ practice of iPhoning themselves with the severed heads of those with whom they…
Almost re Pablo Iglesias’ support for austerity in Greece: El pueblo, aquí como en el resto de España, rarísima vez ha sido vengativo en las conmociones puramentes políticas. Se ha contentado con un cambio infantil de los nombres y símbolos de las cosas, así como los primates apenas han sabido otra cosas que erigir nuevas…
