Archive for March, 2009

Nothing much more to say!!!

Spesso accade che rimaniamo in attesa.
Non importa se aspettiamo qualcuno o qualcosa; semplicemente aspettiamo!

It’s really sad that we’re still living in a world full of discrimination!

Oh hey Ringo, It’s sad though
Because it’s hard to walk tall
When you’re small
Whether dressed in disciplined style
Nevermind
When you’re small
You spend your life crawling
It’s Hard To Walk Tall When You’re Small – Morrissey

The single design to strip one’s self of all past beliefs is one that ought not to be taken by every one. The majority of men is composed of two classes, for neither of which would this be at all a befitting resolution: in the first place, of those who with more than a due confidence in their own powers, are precipitate in their judgments and want the patience requisite for orderly and circumspect thinking; whence it happens, that if men of this class once take the liberty to doubt of their accustomed opinions, and quit the beaten highway, they will never be able to thread the byway that would lead them by a shorter course, and will lose themselves and continue to wander for life; in the second place, of those who, possessed of sufficient sense or modesty to determine that there are others who excel them in the power of discriminating between truth and error, and by whom they may be instructed, ought rather to content themselves with the opinions of such than trust for more correct to their own reason.

For my own part, I should doubtless have belonged to the latter class, had I received instruction from but one master, or had I never known the diversities of opinion that from time immemorial have prevailed among men of the greatest learning. But I had become aware, even so early as during my college life, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible, can be imagined, which has not been maintained by some on of the philosophers; and afterwards in the course of my travels I remarked that all those whose opinions are decidedly repugnant to ours are not in that account barbarians and savages, but on the contrary that many of these nations make an equally good, if not better, use of their reason than we do.
Rene Descartes, Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One’s Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences, PART II

La sola decisione di disfarsi di tutte le opinioni accettate in precedenza non è un esempio che tutti debbono seguire; e si può dire che nel mondo ci sono soltanto due specie d’ingegni, a cui ciò non si conviene in nessun modo. In primo luogo coloro che, ritenendosi più capaci di quanto non sono, non possono trattenersi dal precipitare il loro giudizio, né hanno abbastanza pazienza per condurre ordinatamente tutti i loro pensieri; una volta che si fossero presa la libertà di dubitare dei princìpi ricevuti e di allontanarsi dalla strada comune, questi non potrebbero mai tornare sulla via più diritta e vagherebbero per tutta la vita, smarriti. In secondo luogo coloro che, avendo abbastanza giudizio o modestia per stimare di essere meno capaci di distinguere il vero dal falso che non altri, dai quali possono essere istruiti, debbono contentarsi di seguire le opinioni di questi ultimi piuttosto che cercarsene da sé di migliori.

Quanto a me, sarei stato senza dubbio tra i secondi, se non avessi avuto che un solo maestro, e avessi ignorato le differenze che vi sono state da sempre tra le opinioni dei più dotti. Ma avevo appreso, fin dal collegio, che non si può immaginare nulla di così strano e poco credibile che non sia stato detto da qualche filosofo; e mi ero poi accorto, viaggiando, che tutti quelli che la pensano in modo affatto diverso da noi non sono per questo né barbari né selvaggi, e che molti usano la ragione quanto o più di noi.
Rene Descartes, Discorso sul metodo, PARTE II

Just a classic recursive J. setup.

Original one

Emotional, adj.
1. Of or relating to emotion: an emotional illness; emotional crises.
2. Readily affected with or stirred by emotion: an emotional person who often weeps.
3. Arousing or intended to arouse the emotions: an emotional appeal.
4. Marked by or exhibiting emotion: an emotional farewell.

Diazepam as valium…temazepam…lithium

HRT(*)…ECT(**)…How long must I stay on this stuff?

Don’t give me any more
Don’t give me any more
Don’t give me any more
Don’t give me any more

Please don’t give me anymore
Don’t give me anymore
Don’t give me anymore

You swore you would not give me anymore
Don’t give me anymore
Don’t give me anymore
Don’t give me anymore
Something Is Squeezing My Skull – Morrissey

(*)HRT: hormone replacement therapy
(**)ECT: electroconvulsive therapy