Of those:
At least 11 already on my classics-to-read list
Already read 4
About to add many of those to my list.
Cheers :D

Hey Odbe !!
your note made my day :)

I guess I should read one or two of those
sometime this year too...
I am thinking the first one
I have skanned over the sparksnotes for it
i am such a slow reader
the list seams somewhat overwhelming ~"~

get over it already ! (fate is fate) the truth is i have always considered myself ext
 

tremely lucky
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13 original colonies,
13 signers of the Declaration of Independence,
13 stripes on our flag,
13 steps on the Pyramid,
13 letters in the Latin above,
13 letters in "E Pluribus Unum",
13 stars above the Eagle,
13 plumes of feathers on each span of the Eagle's wing,
13 bars on that shield,
13 leaves on the olive branch,
13 fruits, and if you look closely,

13 arrows

"Bright Sol had hidden his shining face in Ocean’s stream, and Night had lifted her starriest face: the same god seemed to appear to him, to admonish him in the same way, and warn of worse and greater punishment if he did not obey. He was afraid, and prepared, at once, to transfer the sanctuary of his ancestors to a new place. There was talk in the city, and he was brought to trial, for showing contempt for the law. When the case against him had been presented, and it was evident the charge was proven, without needing witnesses, the wretched defendant, lifting his face and hands to heaven, cried: ‘O you, whose twelve labours gave you the right to heaven, help me, I beg you! Since you are the reason for my crime.’

>>>>>>>>> blah blah blah blah...................
(leaving out a unimportant paragraph here)

...... He first gave thanks to that son of Amphitryon, his patron, and with favouring winds set sail on the Ionian Sea. He sailed by Neretum, of the Sallentines, Sybaris, and the Spartan colony of Tarentum, the bay of Siris, Crimisa, and the Iapygian fields. He had barely passed the lands that overlook those seas, when he came, by destiny, to the mouth of the river Aesar, and near it the tumulus beneath which the earth covered the sacred bones of Croton. He founded the city of Crotona there, in the land commanded by the god, and derived the name of the city from him, whom the tumulus held. Such were the established beginnings, according to reliable tradition, of that place, and the cause of the city’s being sited on Italian soil."

perhaps a visual for ponask
however, as before, still unsure as the word is no longer part of our
everyday language
all is pure speculation




ps the original is tiny

The Sicilian Girl, 2009

Marco Amenta's potent, yet understated, tightly crafted first feature film, The Sicilian Girl is a fictionalized account loosely based on the life and journals of Rita Atria, the determined, 17 year old daughter of a slain mob boss whose death after her denunciation of the mafia would lead to her martyrdom as a symbol of the country's ongoing war with organized crime. Interweaving the detailed observation of a court procedural with the drama and intrigue of a genre crime film, the convergence of fiction and reality becomes a metaphor for the heroine's (also named Rita) metamorphosis from self-involved girl to social activist. Having once lived a seemingly idyllic life of privilege and respect as the coddled daughter of a well-connected, old world mafioso, Don Michele (Marcello Mazzarella), Rita's teenaged years would be consumed with the thought of avenging her father's death when he is gunned down in a public square at the orders of rival Don Salvo (Mario Pupella) during a power struggle to expand their reach into the drug trade. But when Rita's older brother (Carmelo Galati) is also slain when the all-too-connected Don Salvio is tipped off about his plans for retribution, Rita turns to a thoughtful, hard-nosed prosecutor (Gérard Jugnot) for help - a character based on magistrate Paolo Borsellino - lodging a full-scale indictment of Don Salvo's wide-reaching organization with the help of Rita's meticulously detailed, years-long surveillance diaries of their operations. Illustrating the ingrained culture of regional disparity, chauvinism, corruption, and disenfranchisement, Amenta underscores fundamental social issues between Roman central authority and the local Sicilian population that contribute to the deep-seated friction and enable the broad reach of the mafia and its own inviolable codes. Also worth noting is lead actress Veronica D'Agostino's compelling performance, navigating the complex trajectory of Rita's tragic life from headstrong daughter, to obsessed avenger, to passive victim, and finally, to altruistic crusader.

Posted by acquarello on Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink | Filed under 2009, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
^copyrighted material
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"chop wood carry water"

Zen Koan ::
mo needs some help here
to understand this
help ! :o
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Pull a five-story pagoda out of a teapot.

^make a mountain out of a mo-hill? :)


Here's a discussion about the difference between amateurs and professionals that I found interesting.

npr -

eeeeeeeeeexcellllllllllllllllent :cool:

as it happens the passage it the first sentence of page 54
 

54 you know like a really full deck :)


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