Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Music: Bloody Cape by Deftones
"We could be... soon as our needs are fed,
You'll give in to me and the whole heartache,
Makes me feel alive,
Same typical offering."
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Aesop's Fables
The Wolf and the Lamb
A Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations."
Moral: The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
The Bat and the Weasels
A Bat who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped.
Moral: It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
The Bat freely says what he needs to get out of situations that could damage him, and is apparently the hero. The Wolf looks for any reason to justify to himself, and is apparently the villain. Is it just me or is the moral of these two stories combined simple.
Moral: Lie, Cheat, Steal, Abuse the truth, pretend to be something you are not, do whatever you need to come out on top.
I approve.
A Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations."
Moral: The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
The Bat and the Weasels
A Bat who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped.
Moral: It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
The Bat freely says what he needs to get out of situations that could damage him, and is apparently the hero. The Wolf looks for any reason to justify to himself, and is apparently the villain. Is it just me or is the moral of these two stories combined simple.
Moral: Lie, Cheat, Steal, Abuse the truth, pretend to be something you are not, do whatever you need to come out on top.
I approve.
Monday, 7 February 2011
Music: Everything You Touch by Ladytron
"What you touch, you do not feel,
Do not know what you steal.
Destroy everything you touch today,
Please destroy me this way."
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Quote of the Holy Sporadic Updates, Batman
"Conscience is but a word that cowards use,
Devis'd at first to keep the strong in awe"
Richard III, Act 5, scene 3
Or a modernised take on it: "Conscience is just the name cowards give their fears".
Devis'd at first to keep the strong in awe"
Richard III, Act 5, scene 3
Or a modernised take on it: "Conscience is just the name cowards give their fears".
Friday, 21 January 2011
Victory
"Somewhere between 'villain of the week' and 'good triumphs over evil' there's a sweet spot where guys like me get to rule the roost for years. So long as I go into this accepting the price I may eventually pay, then I win - no matter what actually happens."
I have to say, I like this guy's (the grey haired one) logic. Let's face it, who among us hasn't done something knowing it would end in a painful manner, but be a hell of a lot of fun until that inevitable end.
I have to say, I like this guy's (the grey haired one) logic. Let's face it, who among us hasn't done something knowing it would end in a painful manner, but be a hell of a lot of fun until that inevitable end.
Monday, 20 December 2010
Music: The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song by The Flaming Lips
If you could watch everybody work
While you just lay on your back,
Would you do it?
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
If you could take all the love
Without giving any back,
Would you do it?
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah)
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