Thursday, September 30, 2010

H2S

Chemicals which induce the release of hydrogen sulfide, increase endogenous production of hydrogen sulfide, or somehow yield hydrogen sulfide as a metabolic byproduct...? Besides, of course, hydrogen sulfide.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

THE MOST CONFUSING SENTENCE I HAVE EVER READ?

"And if, as we have seen, the most intelligent of them did not delude themselves about the materialist origins of their prejudice against the Mulattoes, we yet will make a great mistake if we think that they were hypocrites when they claimed that a white skin guaranteed to the owner superior abilities and entitled him to a monopoly of the best that the colony afforded."
- C.L.R. James

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

1909


And on we raced, hurling watchdogs against doorsteps, curling them under our burning tires like collars under a flatiron. Death, domesticated, met me at every turn, gracefully holding out a paw, or once in a while hunkering down, making velvety caressing eyes at me from every puddle.

→→‘Let’s break out of the horrible shell of wisdom and throw ourselves like pride-ripened fruit into the wide, contorted mouth of the wind! Let’s give ourselves utterly to the Unknown, not in desperation but only to replenish the deep wells of the Absurd!’

Friday, August 6, 2010