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Turk-o-Log: May 2009
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Leslie takes her first timid steps out of the former Communist bloc to explore a land of strong coffee, ancient ruins, agglutinative grammar and streets named after Atatürk. Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Seurat the Dot, or Dorky Language Post Number One (of Many). What's with that dot on the first letter of İstanbul in your last post, Leslie? Well, I'm glad you asked! I am not clear on this point because my Turkish textbook says the former – pronounce it like beet. Anyway. İf İstanbul were written without...
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Turk-o-Log: Istanbul - 1
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Leslie takes her first timid steps out of the former Communist bloc to explore a land of strong coffee, ancient ruins, agglutinative grammar and streets named after Atatürk. Monday, July 27, 2009. Yikes, it’s been a week since Istanbul and I still haven’t written about it! If you’re in Istanbul to party. Wow, this is already super long, so I will continue with a log of what we actually saw and did in my next post! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Addendum to yesterdays post.
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قربان-گاه
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ون گوگ در مقام پرومته. رای رشید پور و دیگران. چگونه است که چهره های برجسته، با اطمینان از قدرت باور و اقناع خویش، در میان ما پدیدار می گردند؟ چگونه است که در میانه ی ملغمۀ امکان های. بی حد، اشکالی منحصر به فرد قوام می گیرند، تلألؤیی نابه هنگام از خود ساطع می کنند، نیروی مجاب کننده ای که هر گونه تردیدی را به دور می افکند؟ جهانی که در آن آدمی. دیگر جماعت را از روی خشم و عداوت کنار نمی زند، موجودی انسانی، که با ژستی سرخوشانه، کت زمستانی سنگین و پلاسیده ی خود را به دور می افکند. بیش تر معصومانه، تا تحقیرگر.
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شعر ضعیف، نارس، یا مبتذل؟ وضعی ت به ضعف شعر پا می دهد. زوال غزل، قصیده، نیما. تا رؤیائی و، با اندکی اغماض، بیژن الهی. را از بیرون جهت می دهد، خط می دهد، سوژه خود دست به کار نیست، درون سوژه بیرون ریخته، سوژۀ شاعر اینجا و اکنون بصیرت نظری ندارد به خیابان، از خود جماعت است، از مردم و دارودستۀ خس و خاشاک، دراگ می زند و دزدی می کند و مسلط نیست بر اوضاع. بیرونی که شعر امروز را جهت می دهد قوی است و بدین لحاظ. برهنه، متزلزل و دمدمی مزاج. ز ر و زور. حال هرقدر سکه بیاندازیم خط می آید و شیری در کار نیست. بی آنکه غر...
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The Avocado Advocate: December 2009
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Saturday, December 05, 2009. So my apartment is what I affectionately refer to as "bug central station", which is what it is because there are no screens on the windows or doors. It's also kind of dingy looking, and definitely needs a fresh coat of paint. Leaking water has caused the paint to discolor (a lot) and previous residents have spilled things, written things, and generally left walls in serious need of new paint. If I were going to stay in Thanjavur longer, I'd search again for a nicer place....
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The Avocado Advocate: March 2010
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Friday, March 26, 2010. The Indus Valley Debate: Language, Script, Identity, Complexity. Recently a friend of mine pointed me to an article. On The Indus Valley Civilization. That posed the question: Was the Indus script really a script, or was it just a symbol system? Hidden within this question are several others: Were the Indus people capable of something as complex as a script? What language did they speak and/or write? And Who were they? So who were the Indus Valley people? Many experts in south Asi...
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The Avocado Advocate: August 2010
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010. Clearly I'm in the wrong line of business. If I were an entomologist, or bacteriologist I would be in heaven, and I don't even believe in heaven. It's been starting to rain again, and though I think it's quite early for the monsoon, I'm (mostly) not complaining because the rains bring much cooler temperatures, especially at night. Finally I can fall asleep before 5am, and sleep without sweating. Hallelujah! Unfortunately the rain also brings bugs (and news of superbugs). But bew...
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The Avocado Advocate: autodefacebookation.
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Friday, July 13, 2012. Why I'm not on facebook anymore:. 1 It was too addictive, at least for me. I think this article. Sums it up pretty well. 2 I really need to focus on other things in my life at the moment. 3 I want to maintain connections with people, not memes. Has all my up-to-date contact information. Im glad I followed this blog, s o at least I know where Ill get updates on you. Hope youre well Gwen. Much love. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Potters ready to fire their goods.
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The Avocado Advocate: At a loss for what to say
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Friday, February 25, 2011. At a loss for what to say. Whoever you might be out there, whether you know me personally or not, I hope you can understand my taking this moment to stand up on a soapbox, and however incoherently ( it's 2am. State my objections, my disappointment, my sadness about the state of democracy and government in my state, and in my country. I just watched the Speaker Pro Tem of the Wisconsin State Assembly call a vote, without a motion to end the debate, without due process, call a vo...
