Yesterday while walking down the sidewalk on my way to work I happened to pass by a guy who was carrying a large plastic shopping bag full of figs. Immediately the thought came to mind to buy some, so I walked over to the market located about 100 feet away from where I was situated [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 15, 2007
Some Additional Background on Tings
According to Wikipedia.com, a trusted source of valuable information:
A thing or ting (Old Norse, Old English and Icelandic: þing; other modern Scandinavian languages: ting, in Finland: käräjät) was the governing assembly in Germanic societies, made up of the free people of the community and presided by lawspeakers. Today the term lives on in the official [...]
October 14, 2007
Random Thoughts
It’ s Sunday morning again, a rainy one, although now it seems the clouds are separating. The weather is still gorgeous for mid-October, no drop in temperature yet, although the nights are cooler than they were a month ago. I’m sure in another few weeks or so we will all be freezing our asses off, [...]
October 13, 2007
Bangs and Dings
Wherever I go now I am interrupted by noises caused by construction. All the main access roads in the city are being torn up; tunnels and bridges are being senselessly constructed everywhere. At my workplace the noise emitted from interior demolition is deafening, so I have to listen to music at full blast through [...]
