Does a pear tree have more leaves
than Remembrance of Things Past?
Tiene más hojas un peral
que Buscando el tiempo perdido?
from Pablo Neruda "The Book of Questions"
translated by William O'Daly
Copper Canyon Press 2001
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Saturday, 18 June 2016
Something Fast
About 20 years ago I was attending a karate training in our little dojo in Vienna, when something memorable happened to me.
There was a new girl, practicing for the first time with us. She was really pretty.
However, there is not so much time for such considerations between two karate moves.
Finally we had an exercise together. She did not get it. So I tried to explain: "Look I said, do the same as I do, first very slow and precise!"
She only answered: "I prefer quick and dirty".
My concentration for the rest of the evening was gone.
After that I have never met that girl again.
There was a new girl, practicing for the first time with us. She was really pretty.
However, there is not so much time for such considerations between two karate moves.
Finally we had an exercise together. She did not get it. So I tried to explain: "Look I said, do the same as I do, first very slow and precise!"
She only answered: "I prefer quick and dirty".
My concentration for the rest of the evening was gone.
After that I have never met that girl again.
Friday, 17 June 2016
European Championship without Time
1st half 45 minutes
15 minutes break
2nd half 45 minutes
Some overtime
In the K.O. rounds 2 times 15 minutes more
This is the usual schedule of our everyday TV routine now.
Although I must admit that I tend to watch only the last 15 minutes nowadays.
A very rewarding habit for this championship because they tend to score towards the end of the game.
Let us consider a football championship without timing.
No problem.
The first team to score, let's say, three goals is the winner.
Then again, for short games, does the audience pay less?
Then you have to introduce time again: That's not so good.
But maybe we can have more substitutes for the games, if they last longer.
If we take into account how long the discussions last for an incremental change in the rules of the game, then we will have to forget about this.
Maybe in the year 2525
But that is timing again.
15 minutes break
2nd half 45 minutes
Some overtime
In the K.O. rounds 2 times 15 minutes more
This is the usual schedule of our everyday TV routine now.
Although I must admit that I tend to watch only the last 15 minutes nowadays.
A very rewarding habit for this championship because they tend to score towards the end of the game.
Let us consider a football championship without timing.
No problem.
The first team to score, let's say, three goals is the winner.
Then again, for short games, does the audience pay less?
Then you have to introduce time again: That's not so good.
But maybe we can have more substitutes for the games, if they last longer.
If we take into account how long the discussions last for an incremental change in the rules of the game, then we will have to forget about this.
Maybe in the year 2525
But that is timing again.
Tuesday, 7 June 2016
11:11
No, this is not the beginning of the carnival season.
It is another number.
I am always happy when my clock does that.
11:11 or 22:22.
Nice.
00:00 is also nice, but I have not seen that one for a while.
The numb nerve in my face has got company by a pulsating feeling in my left ear.
I am really getting old: 44
Another nice number.
In this case a numb number.
Now I have to smile.
In between Mann-Whitney'S U tests and Kruskall-Wallis H tests there is still some sense of humor left in me.
Now I will wait until 11:22 to be able to finish this post.
Four minutes left.
Fitter, happier, more productive, a bird in a cage, on antibiotics - nice Radiohead words.
At least I feel happy again although I am not on antibiotics.
Two minutes left.
I am wondering what journalists do everyday to fill their empty spaces.
One minute left.
11:22
Time to work...
...again
It is another number.
I am always happy when my clock does that.
11:11 or 22:22.
Nice.
00:00 is also nice, but I have not seen that one for a while.
The numb nerve in my face has got company by a pulsating feeling in my left ear.
I am really getting old: 44
Another nice number.
In this case a numb number.
Now I have to smile.
In between Mann-Whitney'S U tests and Kruskall-Wallis H tests there is still some sense of humor left in me.
Now I will wait until 11:22 to be able to finish this post.
Four minutes left.
Fitter, happier, more productive, a bird in a cage, on antibiotics - nice Radiohead words.
At least I feel happy again although I am not on antibiotics.
Two minutes left.
I am wondering what journalists do everyday to fill their empty spaces.
One minute left.
11:22
Time to work...
...again
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