superfluidity
2009
December
November
2
October
23
September
29
August
22
July
24
June
13
May
31
April
16
March
13
February
10
January
20
2008
December
17
November
48
October
19
September
35
August
2
July
16
June
18
May
19
April
26
March
38
February
January
The noiseless scholarship that leavens generation after...
— Basil Gildersleeve
Sep 29th
There are in fact only two forms of state: those in which it...
— Karl Popper
Sep 23rd
Go for it, Duplo!
My friend, who lives in a suburban neighborhood, just bought an alpaca for his backyard. This is...
Sep 23rd
A good leader must be able to follow sometimes.
— Kofi Annan
Sep 17th
He’s probably, like, one of those guys who thinks a...
— Overheard tonight about Kofi...
Sep 17th
Just saw Kofi Annan.
He says what’s up.
Sep 17th
I’m going to be honest with you, if we leave it only...
— Kofi Annan, on the likelihood...
Sep 17th
I really miss Greece right now.
Sep 16th
Santorini, Greece
Sep 16th
Looking down over the theater and temple of Apollo at one of...
Sep 16th
Doing my best ragbag impression: overly excited about the...
Sep 16th
Listen
The opening and my favorite movement from Bach’s Violinkonzert, BMV 1041 in a-minor. I think...
Sep 16th
Agia Triada, Crete
Sep 16th
Everyone, who has taken great boxes of books to his summer...
— Basil Gildersleeve
Sep 15th
He has this disease where his head is shaved, except he...
— The Darjeeling Limited
Sep 14th
Self-Pitying Greeks & Your Hallucinating...
mills: According to Jaynes, ancient people in the bicameral state would experience the world in a...
Sep 14th
The Greeks and self-pity
After reading this excellent note by tragos, I was curious about the emotion of self-pity among the...
Sep 14th
Interviewer:
What accomplishment in your life are you most proud of?
Ornette Coleman:
Well, to answer that question, I'd have to go way, way back. In fact, I'd have to go back all the way to the moment you asked me that question.
Sep 13th
Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolutely...
— The Wind in the Willows
Sep 13th
I have not been a philologist in vain — perhaps I am one...
— Nietzsche, again, on...
Sep 12th
Today it's 98%
10,000 years ago human population plus livestock and pets was approximately 0.1% of the terrestrial...
Sep 10th
littlepotato: i really like this one. I hardly know...
Sep 10th
quae philosophia fuit facta philologia est
— “What was philosophy has...
Sep 9th
Justice (fairness) originates between parties of...
— Nietzsche, Human, all too...
Sep 9th
I feel like there should come some point in your life at...
— Adrienne
Sep 3rd
via mills “Meanwhile, Cooper sat in the airplane,...
Sep 3rd
sint sane superbi: quid id ad nos attinet? idne irascimini,...
— So let them be arrogant: what...
Sep 2nd
I am really good at summer vacation.
Seriously, I consider this to be my true field, while the academic year is just a holiday from my...
Sep 2nd
aduorsae res edomant et docent quid opus siet facto,...
— Adverse circumstances conquer...
Sep 2nd