Kumsvaling: May 2007

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Priceless

Getting a free ride from an out of service bus in Harvard Sq. at 2 AM.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Introducing: The Fly

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

The Traitor

Now the Swan it floated on the English river
Ah the Rose of High Romance it opened wide
A sun tanned woman yearned me through the summer
and the judges watched us from the other side
I told my mother "Mother I must leave you
preserve my room but do not shed a tear
Should rumour of a shabby ending reach you
it was half my fault and half the atmosphere"

But the Rose I sickened with a scarlet fever
and the Swan I tempted with a sense of shame
She said at last I was her finest lover
and if she withered I would be to blame

The judges said you missed it by a fraction
rise up and brace your troops for the attack
Ah the dreamers ride against the men of action
Oh see the men of action falling back

But I lingered on her thighs a fatal moment
I kissed her lips as though I thirsted still
My falsity had stung me like a hornet
The poison sank and it paralysed my will

I could not move to warn all the younger soldiers
that they had been deserted from above
So on battlefields from here to Barcelona
I'm listed with the enemies of love

And long ago she said "I must be leaving,
Ah but keep my body here to lie upon
You can move it up and down and when I'm sleeping
Run some wire through that Rose and wind the Swan"

So daily I renew my idle duty
I touch her here and there -- I know my place
I kiss her open mouth and I praise her beauty
and people call me traitor to my face

Leonard Cohen

(Try the exquisite version by Martha Wainwright. Not in YouTube though)

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Ejem...

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Implausibility

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

First World Salt

"Diamond Crystal is a fine grain salt that is so unique it actually stays put where you shake it. Compared with other salts which are granulated and bounce off food easily, each and every grain of our salt has faces - like a tiny diamond crystal. As a result, Diamond Crystal salts evenly and clings better to food to bring out all of the flavor"

Diamond Crystal salt box.

Scaring Xmas

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

The Publick House

Friday, May 11, 2007

Graffiti

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Jesus Loves Me

...
Jesus loves me
But not my wife
Not my nigger friends
Or their nigger lives
But jesus loves me
That's for sure
'Cause the bible tells me so
...

CocoRosie

WTF?

CocoRosie arrested, US shows cancelled.

Monday, May 07, 2007

Ooopside down

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Grumpy

Friday, May 04, 2007

Blueberry Beer

You shouldn't do that to beer, really.

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Misfortunate Caption

Ok, my pic sucks and you can't read, but here's what it says:

Patti Quigley, right, and Susan Retik, left, from the U.S., laugh with an Afghan who lost her husband during the civil war in Afghanistan.

Somehow it just doesn't sound right...

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