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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
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theysaid
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Shared: seasons, books, and music.
Keys, teacups, the breadbasket, linens and a bed.
A dowry of words, of gestures, carried along,
used up, spent.
House rules followed. Said. Done. And always
the extended hand.
In winter, in a Viennese septet, and in summer
I have been in love.
With maps, in a mountain hut, on a beach
and in a bed.
A cult made up of dates and irrevocable promises,
enraptured before something, reverent over nothing.
( -- to the folded newspaper, the cold ashes, the note
on a piece of paper)
fearless in religion, for the church was this bed.
From the sea view came my unstoppable painting.
From my balcony I greeted the people, my neighbors, below.
By the open fire, in safety, my hair took on its deepest color.
The doorbell’s ring was the alarm for my joy.
It is not you I have lost,
but the world.
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theysaid
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The brain forgets, but the blood will remember.
There, when the play of sense is over,
The last, low spark in the darkest chamber
Will hold all there is of love and lover.
The war of words, the life-long quarrel
Of self against self will dissolve into nothing;
Less than the chain of berry-red coral
Crying against the dead black of her clothing.
What has the brain that it hopes to last longer?
The blood will take from forgotten violence,
The groping, the break of her voice in anger,
There will be left only color and silence.
These will remain, these will go searching
Your veins for life when the flame of life smolders:
The night that you two saw the mountains marching
Up against dawn with the stars on their shoulders--
The jetting poplars' arrested fountains
As you drew her under them, easing her pain--
The notes, not the words, of a half-finished sentence--
The music, the silence... These will remain.
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damnportlanders
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Hey guys;
Can anyone recommend any cheaper/local high speed internet providers aside from Comcast? They just raised my rates to $60/month so I'm trying to shop around. I live in the inner SE if that matters. thanks!
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
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http://aldaily.com Jack Kerouac's estate went to his mom, instead of his third wife. When mom died, she gave it back to the wife, cutting out his kids. Was mom's will a fake?... more
School lunch programs are remarkable: they mananage to promote obesity, poor nutrition, and hunger all at the same time... more
The demise of dueling, Bertrand Russell felt, had "made it difficult to be insulting without being ungentlemanly." We need ways to be offensive without seeming to be ill-bred... more
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linguaphiles
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Good $TIME_PERIOD, linguaphiles, a few questions for a translation I'm working on (French to English).
1) Is anyone aware of a location where "official" English names for the various departments of the French military might be found? In particular, I'm wondering if there's an official English name for SCAM (Service central des achats de la maintenance)? Obviously I know what the words mean, but I'm wondering if there's an official name for it in English, or if I should just go with the best I can figure out?
2) On a purchase order, what does the phrase "ETS comptables" mean, when it's directly opposed to "Lieu de livraisons" - is this the billing address?
3) Under "Destination for ordered goods", the top line says this, exactly:
FOURNISSEUR
- dont 1 ex Acc rect
I can see that this has something to do with acknowledgement of receipt, but I'm not familiar enough with the commercial language to be certain of the exact meaning. Any suggestions?
4) The translation has to do with rifle scopes. Does anyone have any idea, in that context, what an "option FAB" might be?
ETA: Is it possible that "option FAB" might be "franco à bord", a term of international sales meaning a shift in the place of transfer of goods from seller to buyer (FOB Destination, in English)?
That's all of them. My gratitude for any answers anyone has. Molto спасmergracithanke, as I've been known to say. :)
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blank.
hopeful.