Location: live in Old Europe ( with many happy returns to New York)
Occupation: Teacher of English and American Culture
In my Abuzz life I am aravis but I have wandered here to follow different paths--even if (and especially because) they ultimately lead to (some of ) the same people.
Warm greetings to all who seek me here.
Special thanks to sumac, who invited me.
S'io credesse che mia riposte fosse
A personna che mai tornasse al mondo
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
Ma piocche giammai di questo fondo
Non torno vivo alcun, s'i'odo il vero
Senza tema d'infamia ti rispondo
Sat 5 Jul, 2003 05:14 pm - I am also fascinated by the way people often describe their dreams using cinema terminology. Do you think the invention of movies has permanently changed human dream experience or just dream... (view)
Sat 5 Jul, 2003 06:48 am - I agree, Joanne D., I have found messages for myself in my dreams--usually something not in the forefront of my consciousness but when I acknowledge it, I feel more at peace, more in touch with... (view)
Sat 5 Jul, 2003 06:37 am - Hi Haggen, welcome to a2K. Reminds me of a line from the film "One, Two, Three" : "The situation is hopeless but not serious." (view)
Sun 22 Jun, 2003 06:15 am - I teach EFL . My foreign students make tons of errors, of course. But the one that drives me crazy most often is
"I have seen him yesterday" instead of "I saw him... (view)
Sun 22 Jun, 2003 06:06 am - You will probably get mostly No's to suicide here because people depressed enough to do that are likely to be too depressed to actively particpate in a thread.
Whatever Death is, we'll... (view)
Sun 22 Jun, 2003 05:57 am - Hi Mapleleaf,
Sorry I haven't been able to paticipate in more of your threads recently. One reason is at work I have to work and at home I often have to fight my daughter for the... (view)
Sat 21 Jun, 2003 04:00 pm - I love NYC books and am a Paul Auster fan, too. Also love Lawrence Block's Bernie the Burglar, Matt Scudder and Hit Man crime novels. It think it's the New York City state of mind they... (view)
Sat 21 Jun, 2003 07:22 am - I am only here sporadically, but appreciate the Site, and am willing to contribute within my means. Confess I haven't read the previous 18 pages already posted, but will check back here to... (view)
Thu 19 Jun, 2003 07:18 am - I love films made in NYC. Anyone here remember The World of Henry Orient--good use of Central Park? Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters includes an architectural tour of great buildings,... (view)
Mon 19 May, 2003 04:44 am - Some stereotypes about the French that I have found to be true:
They take food, its preparation and presentation seriously.
Like Americans, and unlike(contmeporary)Germans, they find it... (view)
