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W.A.D.
Today is World AIDS Day, 2008. Our local march and event, at the grand local concert hall, the Sage Gateshead, won't however be until Saturday, December 6th. Therefore, even though I'm emcee again, I haven't written a speech yet… I looked at my last four years of speeches, though (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) and thought:…
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Far away and horrible
My colleague and friend David flew yesterday to India on a three-week trip which includes an extensive stay in Mumbai – fortunate that he'll stop in Delhi on his way, before he goes near the chaos, the shooting, the bombs. I assume he will change his plans – or perhaps have them changed for him…
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bring back the seventies
The end of the second of three long days: long, at least, by my current standards – I have become, over the past very quiet year, rather unaccustomed to following other people's schedules, so three or four days of appointments, meetings, classes, seems like a great deal. Very tired, thus: fairly winded. Didn't have a…
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The Greek Poet
Now here is a fine webpage: http://www.cavafy.com/index.asp The Cavafy archive, with most of his work neatly and openly available… plus some obscure things that were generally unknown. That is how the web should work, I think. At least in regards to literature….
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A bit dim
After all that travel, as the days get short, my days are not sharply defined – my body seems a bit off to me: as though my liver, my body's processing systems, are slightly out of whack. Some work gets done, fragmentarily: I am in focus for an hour or less, then tired for an…
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Italians and circuses
Reading a Fellini biography; and watching many Fellini movies, plus other bits of Italian neorealism – it's avoidant, I know (still fallow after that long trip, must get back to work). I've always loved a few things of Fellini – notably Satyricon – but I didn't know any of the early work; it's addictive –…
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Paul Attinello 