Saturday, January 31, 2009

in silence



"It was nice to be alone, not to have to smile and look pleased; a relief to stare dejectedly out the window at the sheeting rain.....


Sometimes I wondered if I was seeing the same things through my eyes that the rest of the world was seeing through theirs. Maybe there was a glitch in my brain."


(B.S.)

Sunday, January 25, 2009


"La civilización democrática se salvará únicamente si hace del lenguaje de la imagen una provocación a la reflexión crítica, no una invitación a la hipnosis".

Umberto Eco: "Apocalípticos e integrados" (1985: 367)

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Here comes the sun

"Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and I say it's all right Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and I say it's all right Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right It's all right"

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Varney the Vampyre; or, the Feast of Blood by James Malcolm Rymer.


This illustration is from the 1845–1847 Victorian "penny dreadful" serial Varney the Vampyre; or, the Feast of Blood by James Malcolm Rymer.

This drawing serves as the opening illustration for the 1845–1847 Victorian gothic horror story Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood. It is widely attributed to the authors James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Perst.
Since the book was originally published as a serialized "penny dreadful" over 150 years ago, it is now in the public domain. You can access, read, or listen to the full text using the following official platforms:
Read Online or Download: You can read the complete text with all the original format on the official Project Gutenberg Varney the Vampyre Ebook Page. Alternatively, you can browse compatible formats on the main Project Gutenberg Library Catalog or find community copies hosted on ManyBooks. Here 
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