Los diez mandamientos del ideólogo

@ Tecnología obsoleta: Darás lo singular por universal. Ocultarás el trabajo acabado y darás por naturales las mercancías y los textos culturales. Te servirás de falsas analogías. Darás la impresión de objetividad, con el fin de ocultar tu posicionamiento personal. En todo tema de discusión, trazarás cuidadosamente los límites de lo aceptable. En otros términos,…

Wolfie

I guess one of us should apologise to Maurice Sendak.

Electrician

— I haven’t brought the component I need. I’ll come back tomorrow, but I’ll bill you now for today. — But you haven’t done anything. — Sorry, company policy. — OK, give me the bad news. — Right, that’s 20€ travel and one hour’s labour @ 35€, 55€ plus VAT. — But you’ve only been…

Cádiz y sus cantes

It’s been done before, but here’s soundman, producer, director Luis Jimenez (if he really was any of these, and not a mere video-ripper) in footage of Maria La Sabina:

The Basque race and the horse

“The Basque type is, amongst all the human races, that which is most different from quadrupeds. The posture of the head and the form of the jaw is in the Basque the least animal of all in existence.” Telesforo de Aranzadi, ¿Existe una raza euskara? Sus caracteres antropológicos. San Sebastián, Imprenta de la Provincia, 1905…

Dog’s life aka Sandy

“The main reason you like my boyfriend is because he feeds you large quantities of grilled lamb, and the main reason my dog likes you is because you give her the bones.” Can’t see what’s wrong with that. I hope my eyes don’t go as dazed and watery as the dog’s.