Archive for May 2003

Dedicated follower of fashion.

Thursday, May 22nd, 2003

There’s a slightly more in-depth (and spoiler-free) analysis of The Matrix Reloaded over there. All I have to say right here is: This. Coat. Rules.…

The Matrix Reloaded

Thursday, May 22nd, 2003

Another sequel that doesn’t suck.…

Brighton by the Sea

Monday, May 19th, 2003

A stroll along the beach.…

Recycling and redemption.

Thursday, May 15th, 2003

I’ve been translating a lot of documents dealing with recycling in Germany lately, and as I was working today, I had a sudden, strange, recycling-related flashback.…

How'd that happen?

Wednesday, May 14th, 2003

Astounding! It appears that WordRidden has been shortlisted for the Brighton & Hove Virtual Festival 2003 Web Awards in the "Best Personal Sites and Weblogs" category.…

Bibliocaust

Saturday, May 10th, 2003

Seventy years ago today, over 20,000 books were set alight by the Nazis on the Opernplatz in Berlin. The words of Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht, Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, Franz Kafka and Thomas Mann and many, many others went up in flames, t…

We are knights errant!

Friday, May 9th, 2003

In the "real world", I am a freelance translator, and my translator’s heart soared when I read this: an open letter to the press from a group of literary translators - my brothers and sisters in arms - who demand that we "knights erra…

The more things change...

Thursday, May 8th, 2003

Wow, it feels like I’ve been blogging for a year and a day. Oh, wait, I have!…

Maifest

Thursday, May 1st, 2003

Happy May Day everyone!…