“Meanwhile the hounds were giving vent to voices of every conceivable kind. One, his head tossed back, was, drawling so protractedly and zealously that God knows what fee he was getting for it; another was snapping it out as briskly as a sexton; among them rang a tireless treble, probably a young puppy’s, like theContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: The Cacophony of Hounds in a Russian Village (Nikolay Gogol)”
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RKS Russian Literature: Fat and Thin Officials in Russia/Part Two (Nikolay Gogol)
“In three years’ time the thin man will not have a single serf left to him that has not been mortgaged; the fat man goes on his quiet way, and ,lo and behold, suddenly at the end of town there appears a house that’s been purchased in his wife’s name, then at the other endContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: Fat and Thin Officials in Russia/Part Two (Nikolay Gogol)”
RKS Russian Literature: Fat and Thin Officials in Russia/Part One (Nikolay Gogol)
“These were the highly respected officials of the town. Alas! The fat ones of this world know how to manage their affairs better than the thin ones. The thin ones are mostly employed on special assignments or are merely carried on the civil service list, and flit hither and yon. Their existence is weightless, insubstantialContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: Fat and Thin Officials in Russia/Part One (Nikolay Gogol)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: OFF TO SIEM REAP TO VISIT ANGKOR WAT AND PLAY SOME GOLF
The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: OFF TO SIEM REAP TO SEE ANGKOR WAT AND PLAY SOME GOLF Up with Bobby Jr. and Amira who gussied themselves up and we went for breakfast at the Waterfront Restaurant at our hotel the Bangkok Peninsula. What a lovely spot enjoying the breeze offContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: OFF TO SIEM REAP TO VISIT ANGKOR WAT AND PLAY SOME GOLF”
RKS Japanese Literature: Painting the Flesh Without Spirit (Sōseki Natsume)
“I keep using the word expression” Haraguchi went on, “but an artist doesn’t paint what’s inside, he doesn’t paint the heart. He paints what the heart puts on display. As long as he observes everything in the display case, he can tell what’s locked up in the safe. Or we can assume that much, IContinue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: Painting the Flesh Without Spirit (Sōseki Natsume)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: SHOULDN’T HAVE EATEN THAT SALAD: PUTTERING AROUND BANGKOK AND POOPING IN A PALACE FLOWEBED IRONICALLY MAKING ME THE MOST POPULAR WESTIE IN BANGKOK
The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: SHOULDN’T HAVE EATEN THAT SALAD: PUTTERING AROUND BANGKOK AND POOPING IN A PALACE FLOWEBED IRONICALLY MAKING ME THE MOST POPULAR WESTIE IN BANGKOK Bobby Jr. had a rough night running to and fro to the bathroom cursing loudly that he should have known better. NeverContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: SHOULDN’T HAVE EATEN THAT SALAD: PUTTERING AROUND BANGKOK AND POOPING IN A PALACE FLOWEBED IRONICALLY MAKING ME THE MOST POPULAR WESTIE IN BANGKOK”
RKS Literature: Two Types of Melancholy (Thomas Nasche)
“Of this melancholy there be two sorts: one that, digested by our liver, swimmeth like oil above water and that is rightly termed women’s melancholy; which lasteth but for an hour and is, as it were, but a copy of their countenance; the other sinketh down to the bottom of the lees of the wine,Continue reading “RKS Literature: Two Types of Melancholy (Thomas Nasche)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: FIRST DAY IN BANGKOK AND DINNER WITH HONEY AND BARRY SHERMAN
The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: FIRST DAY IN BANGKOK AND DINNER WITH HONEY AND BARRY SHERMAN Bobby Jr. took me to Bangkok for a look see and a meeting he had: a very important meeting he emphasized. We flew on a chartered private jet and upon arrival at Bangkok’s SuvarnabhumiContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: FIRST DAY IN BANGKOK AND DINNER WITH HONEY AND BARRY SHERMAN”
RKS Japanese Literature: Young Japanese Men with Literary Power in their Hands (Sōseki Natsume)
“No one with a brain in his head can stand here in the centre of the intellectual world and be indifferent to the violent upheavals going on before his eyes. We young men are the ones who hold today’s literary power in our hands, so we have to take the initiative to make every word,Continue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: Young Japanese Men with Literary Power in their Hands (Sōseki Natsume)”
RKS Japanese Literature: Empty Headed Japanese University Students (Sōseki Natsume)
“The students who flocked to Berlin to hear Hegel’s lectures”-this fellow was obviously a great admirer of Hegel-“were not driven by ambition. They did not intend to exploit the lectures to qualify themselves for making a living. No, they came because their hearts were pure. They knew only that a philosopher called Hegel transmitted fromContinue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: Empty Headed Japanese University Students (Sōseki Natsume)”
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