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21 май 2009, четвъртък
13 май 2009, сряда
La forza del destino
from Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events
book the 12th The Penultimate Peril
"La forza del destino" is an Italian phrase meaning "the force of destiny," and "destiny"
is a word that tends to cause arguments among the people who use it.
Some people think that destiny is something you cannot escape, such as death,

or a cheesecake that has curdled,

both of which always turn up sooner or later.
Other people think destiny is a time in one's life, such as the moment one becomes an adult,
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or the instant it becomes necessary to construct a hiding place out of sofa cushions.

And still other people think that destiny is an invisible force, like gravity,

or a fear of paper cuts,

that guides everyone throughout their lives, whether they are embarking on a mysterious errand, doing a treacherous deed, or deciding that a book they have begun reading is too dreadful to finish.
book the 12th The Penultimate Peril
"La forza del destino" is an Italian phrase meaning "the force of destiny," and "destiny"
is a word that tends to cause arguments among the people who use it.
Some people think that destiny is something you cannot escape, such as death,

or a cheesecake that has curdled,

both of which always turn up sooner or later.
Other people think destiny is a time in one's life, such as the moment one becomes an adult,
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or the instant it becomes necessary to construct a hiding place out of sofa cushions.

And still other people think that destiny is an invisible force, like gravity,

or a fear of paper cuts,

that guides everyone throughout their lives, whether they are embarking on a mysterious errand, doing a treacherous deed, or deciding that a book they have begun reading is too dreadful to finish.
06 май 2009, сряда
Onion
from Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events
book the 13th The End

If you have ever peeled an onion, then you know that the first thin, papery layer reveals another thin, papery layer, and that layer reveals another, and another, and before you know it you have hundreds of layers all over the kitchen table

and thousands of tears in your eyes,

sorry that you ever started peeling in the first place and wishing that you had left the onion alone to wither away on the shelf of the pantry while you went on with your life, even if that meant never enjoying the complicated and overwhelming taste of this strange and bitter vegetable.
book the 13th The End

If you have ever peeled an onion, then you know that the first thin, papery layer reveals another thin, papery layer, and that layer reveals another, and another, and before you know it you have hundreds of layers all over the kitchen table

and thousands of tears in your eyes,

sorry that you ever started peeling in the first place and wishing that you had left the onion alone to wither away on the shelf of the pantry while you went on with your life, even if that meant never enjoying the complicated and overwhelming taste of this strange and bitter vegetable.
30 април 2009, четвъртък
Peer Pressure
from Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events
book the 13th - The End
All day long, everyone in the world is succumbing to peer pressure, whether it is the pressure of their fourth grade peers to play dodge ball during recess

or the pressure of their fellow circus performers to balance rubber balls on their noses,

and if you try to avoid every instance of peer pressure you will end up without any peers whatsoever,

and the trick is to succumb to enough pressure that you do not drive your peers away, but not so much that you end up in a situation in which you are dead

or otherwise uncomfortable.
This is a difficult trick, and most people never master it, and end up dead or uncomfortable at least once during their lives.
book the 13th - The End
All day long, everyone in the world is succumbing to peer pressure, whether it is the pressure of their fourth grade peers to play dodge ball during recess

or the pressure of their fellow circus performers to balance rubber balls on their noses,

and if you try to avoid every instance of peer pressure you will end up without any peers whatsoever,

and the trick is to succumb to enough pressure that you do not drive your peers away, but not so much that you end up in a situation in which you are dead

or otherwise uncomfortable.
This is a difficult trick, and most people never master it, and end up dead or uncomfortable at least once during their lives.
29 април 2009, сряда
Noble enough
from Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events
"Dewey was wrong when he said that being noble enough is all we can ask for in this world, because we can ask for much more than that. We can ask for a second helping of pound cake,

even though someone has made it quite clear that we will not get any.
We can ask for a new color set,

even though it will be pointed out that we never used the old one, and that all of the paints dried into a crumbly mess.
We can ask for Japanese fighting fish,

to keep us company in our bedroom,
and we can ask for a special camera that will allow us to take photographs even in the dark,

for obvious reasons,
and we can ask for an extra sugar cube in our coffees

in the morning
and extra pillow in our beds

at night.
We can ask for justice,

and we can ask for a handkerchief,

and we can ask for cupcakes,

and we can ask for all the soldiers in the world to lay down their weapons and join us in a rousing chorus of "Cry Me a River",

if that happens to be our favourite song.
But we can also ask for something we are much more likely to get, and that is to find a person or two, somewhere in our travels, who will tell us that we are noble enough, whether it is true or not. We can ask for someone who will say, "You are noble enough," and remind us of our good qualities when we have forgotten them, or cast them into doubt."
"Dewey was wrong when he said that being noble enough is all we can ask for in this world, because we can ask for much more than that. We can ask for a second helping of pound cake,

even though someone has made it quite clear that we will not get any.
We can ask for a new color set,

even though it will be pointed out that we never used the old one, and that all of the paints dried into a crumbly mess.
We can ask for Japanese fighting fish,

to keep us company in our bedroom,
and we can ask for a special camera that will allow us to take photographs even in the dark,

for obvious reasons,
and we can ask for an extra sugar cube in our coffees

in the morning
and extra pillow in our beds

at night.
We can ask for justice,

and we can ask for a handkerchief,

and we can ask for cupcakes,

and we can ask for all the soldiers in the world to lay down their weapons and join us in a rousing chorus of "Cry Me a River",

if that happens to be our favourite song.
But we can also ask for something we are much more likely to get, and that is to find a person or two, somewhere in our travels, who will tell us that we are noble enough, whether it is true or not. We can ask for someone who will say, "You are noble enough," and remind us of our good qualities when we have forgotten them, or cast them into doubt."
23 март 2009, понеделник
Watchmen
19 септември 2008, петък
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