if you and I were to find ourselves this evening in the society of greengrocers, let us say, it is probable that our conversation would not be brilliant; if, on the other hand, a greengrocer should find himself at your refined and polite tea-table, where everybody was saying witty things, and everybody of fashion and [...]
if you and I were to find ourselves this evening in the society of greengrocers, let us say, it is probable that our conversation would not be brilliant; if, on the other hand, a greengrocer should find himself at your refined and polite tea-table, where everybody was saying witty things, and everybody of fashion and repute tearing her friends to pieces in the most delightful manner, it is possible that the stranger would not be very talkative, and by no means interesting or interested.
- Vanity Fair, Ch. LXII p.728
How do you know what you want? How do you know when you’ve got it? Where does abstract desire meet with concrete life-processes? Jonathan Lister has some strange Ideas: I thought I’d try them out…
‘It wouldn’t be our fault, would it, with a crazy fellow like that?’
But he was very anxious, for he was still too cold headed himself to give in to this mass hysteria. Also his pride as a leader was hurt as he saw the mob slipping out of his control and doing wild things far [...]
Just had this platform inserted into my live/work space. Pretty jolly, huh? Great chap called Marcus sold me the tubes, and as we delivered them together I realised it was going to be a pretty tough job erecting the structure. He agreed to help and it was done inside an hour. Neat. And less dangerous [...]