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Thursday, August 23, 2012

The speaker is Death

This in response to comments, so far, about my previous post “The body was dead on arrival”. “If it is written in the Book that it should happen then it will happen.” The Appointment in Samarra [as retold by W. Somerset Maugham] The speaker is Death There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his... Sign in to see full entry.

The body was dead on arrival

Journal. 23 August, 2012. I am working on two short stories. Neither is anywhere near ready. Both need much more work. For a break I click on the news tab and select “Body found on British Airways flight to Heathrow”. I read on, “The body was discovered in the landing gear bay of a British Airways... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Love me for ever

It was 1945 and the war was over. In Hollywood on lot number seven, stage two, they were shooting a new movie. The date was 4 September, 1945. Trouble was, there were two key ingredients missing; a finished script and a leading man. The first problem was ‘resolved’ by one or two pages of script... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 20, 2012

More old Blogit gems, racehorses and a US President

Journal: 21 August, 2012. Have been reading a very long review of Robert Caro’s recently published Vol.IV of LBJ. The review was very long but not as long as the book itself (712 pages) and I am now wondering if good reviews are more likely to retard sales rather than to promote them. Most of the... Sign in to see full entry.

DEPOSITORY update:The end of sex & Mike Tyson's passion for keeping pigeons

DEPOSITORY 20 Aug. 2012 Have added a few new items which had caught my eye: 20 Aug. 2012 An end to sex 20 Aug. 2012 Mike Tyson’s passion for keeping pigeons 20 Aug. 2012 The man who can hear colour 20 Aug. 2012 " In the name of God” 19 Aug. 2012 Julian Assange. 378 Sign in to see full entry.

In the name of God: Death by stoning.

Journal, 20 Aug. 2012 Big reunion lunch. Much relieved it is over and done with even though some of the faces I probably will never see again. Should I be sad? Yes. Am I sad? No. This is strange because I love them all. Does one get emotionally jaded with the passing of years, I wonder. On the bus... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

DEPOSITORY Will it work?

Trawling Blogit’s 721,652+ entries gave me two fresh ideas, the second one following on the heels of the first. 1. I shall create a ‘Pantheon’ of my findings and list them under ‘Links’ on the navigational bar. Admittedly, this a very subjective list and I make neither claims nor apologies for what... Sign in to see full entry.

More from old Blogit pages, St Petersburg, and elements of Zoroastrianism.

Journal: 19 August, 2012. It is 4:00 a.m. Can’t sleep. No point lying in bed. I get up and make myself a drink. Thinking about Ayn Rand. Have just realised that I am, after all, vaguely acquainted with one of her stories, The Fountainhead. It was made into a movie and I saw it a long time ago,... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Treasures in Blogit and on the silver screen

A blogger commented recently that she remembers the theme music of The Third Man but had never seen the movie. Well, it is not too late to see it and it is worth doing so for several reasons, not the least of which is that they no longer make movies like that and probably never will. But there are,... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 17, 2012

Jews, Muslims, Russians, Russian-Americans and Tito’s partisans

I am up until the small hours reading Eastern Approaches. Have found the reference to ‘rising sun’. “Dawn coming up over the hills we had just crossed, was beginning to light the topmost pinnacles of the great range which rose like a jagged wall on the far side of the valley, the last barrier... Sign in to see full entry.

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