Daily Archives: March 23, 2009

And Now the Lighter Side of the News

Franz Kafka International Airport: not as inviting as it sounds. Prague’s Franz Kafka International Named World’s Most Alienating Airport Maybe the weirdest thing about this joke is the cool professionalism with which the story is delivered by Bobbie Battista, a … Continue reading

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Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit

I was sorry to see that Nicholas Hughes, son of Ted Hughes (the late poet laureate, adapter of Seneca and Euripides, author of Crow etc.) and Sylvia Plath (author of Ariel, The Bell Jar etc.) had taken his own life. … Continue reading

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