Browsing Archive: December, 2010

Interieurideeën

Posted by Prowisorio on Tuesday, December 28, 2010, In : van alles en nog wat...

Boekenplankporno:

deur met boeken

Mededogen en mededogenst

Posted by Prowisorio on Tuesday, December 21, 2010, In : boeken

"At a meeting of primates of the Anglican communion, I was accused by one archbishop of filling Hell with homosexuals, because I was giving them permission to commit acts that would guarantee them an eternity of punishment, for no sodomite can enter Heaven. My worldly compassion for gay people, my campaign to furnish them with the same sexual rights as straight people, was actually a kind of cruelty. The price of their fleeting pleasures in this world would be an eternity of punishment in the...
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De beste boeken van 2010

Posted by Prowisorio on Tuesday, December 21, 2010, In : boeken

The Guardian: Best books of 2010 - the final scores

NRC Boeken: De beste boeken van 2010

The New York Times:

Waarin Groot-Brittannië en Nederland erg op elkaar lijken

Posted by Prowisorio on Tuesday, December 21, 2010, In : van alles en nog wat...

"I have been monitoring TV and radio coverage, watching travellers complain about a lack of information in airports and stranded drivers blaming "the authorities" and even opposition MPs criticising the government, particularly transport minister Philip Hammond.

Complainants routinely point to Sweden and Finland coping while Britain, as always, does not. (The same is being said here in Ireland). These knee-jerk criticisms are surely beside the point.

Britain and Ireland could hardly devote the ...

Twijfel aan de twijfel

Posted by Prowisorio on Sunday, December 19, 2010, In : filosofie

"God maakt de wereld en denkt erbij dat het net zo goed anders zou kunnen zijn."

(Robert Musil)

Twijfel aan de twijfel (Anton Zijderveld, Trouw)

Rouwen (Bereaved animals grieve – if their lifestyle allows it)

Posted by Prowisorio on Sunday, December 19, 2010, In : ethologie

"Fashing thinks that animals that do not carry dead infants, or only do so for a short time, are no less sad about their bereavement. Instead, decay forces them to abandon the bodies sooner."

Bereaved animals grieve – if their lifestyle allows it (New Scientist)

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