We've ll had to move from one residence to another in our life. At Harvard Law School though they're actually moving the whole house!
And this video gives a little background on the subject.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Really Big Mango
We bought this huge mango at our local supermarket not to long ago. The sticker said it was from Nicaragua, and cost $1.25. Mangoes are just so expensive in the US. In Trinidad I can get 3-4 mangoes for the same $1.25. Next to the mango is a grapefruit and a regular size can of lentils.
Not very many people know this, but a green mango cut into pieces, served cold with salt, black pepper, lime, lemon, pepper sauce (if you have it), chopped jalapeño and diced garlic all mixed together makes for a super snack!
Trini-wife insists on eating the mango ripe, because its sweeter. Trini's know where its at though, nothing beats a green mango chow, 'cept perhaps a green plum chow!
Not very many people know this, but a green mango cut into pieces, served cold with salt, black pepper, lime, lemon, pepper sauce (if you have it), chopped jalapeño and diced garlic all mixed together makes for a super snack!
Trini-wife insists on eating the mango ripe, because its sweeter. Trini's know where its at though, nothing beats a green mango chow, 'cept perhaps a green plum chow!
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Memorable Quote
Its not often I find myself reading a magazine and the author's words stand out as being profound. But reading this month's Nick Hornby monthly column 'Stuff I've been reading' in Believer magazine, I found a line that stood out from Nick's always entertaining column.
"... I found myself wondering whether the complication of language is in inverse proportion to the size of the subject under discussion."
You can follow the link to see the whole article, but the context of Nick's observation was comparing two author styles around the use of the word 'death' and the author's topic. One author used death in reference to her country plagued by corruption, terrorism and despotism. The other author uses it to describe bored spouses in a middle-class marriage. I haven't read either book, so I'll take Nick's description at face value.
But really I find that today especially in the business world we often try to make things sound bigger, more important and vital to the health of the business by using language that hides the true meaning of what it is we're trying to accomplish. The flip side is IMing, texting or other new forms of communication. Here even the most important events are whittled down to as few characters as possible. Checkout the Wikipedia entry on SMS.
Of course the lone exception to this is the US Government. They manage to make both the simplest and most complex issues sound simultaneously trite & insignificant and important & impossible to comprehend.
"... I found myself wondering whether the complication of language is in inverse proportion to the size of the subject under discussion."
You can follow the link to see the whole article, but the context of Nick's observation was comparing two author styles around the use of the word 'death' and the author's topic. One author used death in reference to her country plagued by corruption, terrorism and despotism. The other author uses it to describe bored spouses in a middle-class marriage. I haven't read either book, so I'll take Nick's description at face value.
But really I find that today especially in the business world we often try to make things sound bigger, more important and vital to the health of the business by using language that hides the true meaning of what it is we're trying to accomplish. The flip side is IMing, texting or other new forms of communication. Here even the most important events are whittled down to as few characters as possible. Checkout the Wikipedia entry on SMS.
Of course the lone exception to this is the US Government. They manage to make both the simplest and most complex issues sound simultaneously trite & insignificant and important & impossible to comprehend.
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