Slot
Waking up early. Laying down late. Vague. Keeping old pictures, trashing old thoughts.
cyclic
repeat after me: going around in circles, going around in circles, going around in circles, going around in circles, going around in circles, going around in circles, going around in circles, going around in circles, going around in circles, going around in circles, going around in circles, going around in circles… Dizzy? Good
Hubris
Hubris, though not specifically defined, was a legal term and was considered a crime in classical Athens. It was also considered the greatest sin of the ancient Greek world. That was so because it not only was proof of excessive pride, but also resulted in violent acts by or to those involved. The category of acts constituting hubris for the ancient Greeks apparently broadened from the original specific reference to mutilation of a corpse, or a humiliation of a defeated foe, or irreverent, “outrageous treatment”, in general.
The meaning was eventually further generalized in its modern English usage to apply to any outrageous act or exhibition of pride or disregard for basic moral laws. Such an act may be referred to as an “act of hubris”, or the person committing the act may be said to be hubristic. Ate, Greek for ‘ruin, folly, delusion’, is the action performed by the hero, usually because of his/her hubris, or great pride, that leads to his/her death or downfall.
Scratches
150 posts. Like scratches on a white wall. Lately I’ve been moving around like crazy. Fast paced life. I guess that’s why this month looks like a vast desert. Empty of words or meaning. But this is a rather important post. I don’t have any idea why. 150 is an interesting milestone. Divided by 3, divided by 2, divided by 5.
The fat Rabbits
For years people have been dying of hunger.
Years. Children. People all over the globe. latest Headlines… Price of food goes higher.
All of the sudden, with the price of food increasing, the spoiled western countries feel the problem in their pockets. The issue is made urgent. The ultimate hypocrisy. The world has to come together; we need plans… UN even creates a “committee” to try and tackle the problem.
At least huge amounts of cereals are being converted into Biofuels…
They are said to polute less.
While hunger spreads, BP, Shell, Oil speculators and hedge fund managers have had record profits during the first quarter of the year. On the other hand, banks keep revealing losses (now it’s Deutsche Bank) due to the north American sub-prime exposure. As a result, houses in the US continue dropping price at a record rythm and the trust of American consumers plunges at a skydiving pace. So it seems that sooner or later they will end up parking their Hummers for good. About the financial markets… No problem… Irresponsability pays… The Federal reserve in the US is already injecting money in banks to save them. So I guess that’s the rule… Wear a tie, drive irresponsable and unethical business, get stupidly and immoraly rich and ultimately you’ll still be saved to ensure that you don’t drag the entire world with you. Until now no one went to jail…
For few, things are looking perfect, the fat rabbits are buying submarines for weekend trips and 5000 british pound purses for their facelifted wives. 100 million people are seeing food taken out of their plates due to general price increases. India already blocked all rice exports due to troubled cities with steep increasing prices and stock shortage. Something is going terribly wrong with the world.
Question: Where are the fat rabbits?
At a young age we are taught in school that things do not disapear, they just transform. Money obeys the same rule. So… If so many are getting poorer, where are the fat rabbits?
by André Nunes
Part Nr.: VI – Bacteria
Even depending on the environment that keeps his existance possible, the activities of this planetary infection destroy the very same conditions that ensure the future sustainability of his kind. Behaving like a culture of bacterias, it drives all neighbour creatures to extinction.
Part Nr.: VII – The Epidemy
On a planet with an atmosphere capable of sustaining life, surrounded by several inert and remote planets, there’s an interesting living organism. This planet is home to this complex biologic being that possesses a developed brain. Even being able of complex operations, this creature uses that major capability to consume all resources, furiously and relentlessly, while breeding uncontrollably and at unsustainable rates…
