Thursday, September 27, 2007

An Old Blog



I have been reading an old blog. Back then they were called Journals. Back then they were better. It us a Journal of 19th century Danish philosopher / theologian / humorist / poet Søren Kierkegaard.

In 1836 he wrote:

Feb. People understand me so little that they do not even understand when I complain of being misunderstood.

That must be a good point to start reading his journals.

March. … I have just returned from a party of which I was the life and soul; wit poured from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me–but I went away–and the dash should be as long as the earth’s orbit -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------and wanted to shoot myself. …

I was in Helsinki yesterday. Had four hours to kill. I tried to find his books, but apparently concepts such as cooking or dream interpretation are better sellers.


1841 Nov. 15. … It is a positive starting point for philosophy when Aristotle says that philosophy begins with wonder, not as in our day with doubt. Moreover the world will learn that the thing is not to begin with the negative, and the reason why it has succeeded up to the present is that it has never really given itself over to the negative, and so has never seriously done what it said. Its doubt is mere child’s play. …

Monday, September 24, 2007

How to get the girls

Even a 5 years old knows this one:

Friday, September 14, 2007

Bedroom photo shooting session: includes pictures and video coverage

I was emptying the memory card of my camera when I noticed that there has been a photo shooting session in our bedroom.



Now I know why there is so much sand on our bed.



Are you ready for the video coverage?

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Viviparous lizard


Viviparous lizard
Originally uploaded by opaxff
Just testing flickr.com and blogger.