I like good quality off-the-rack clothing, and when I can actually afford it I certainly like bespoke, or made to measure, items as well. Sometimes I discover gems in the rough, very nice items where you wouldn’t expect. Away from the usual boutiques and in plainer locations. I decided to mall hop yesterday. I enjoy […]
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elites and expert classes in post-Democratic societies
[ed. just correcting some typos. 5/2/2010] I think that the notion of a power elite still has some validity, but in our post-democratic Western societies, it’s of a much different nature than people think when they think of terms like “The Establishment” or “the Elite” Establishments exist, Europeans typically have a more realistic understanding of […]
Unique encounters, and mendacity
I treasure encountering new people. It’s a strange thing, I like feeling like I am discovering a new world, and when conversing with a stranger, I get this feeling. Every encounter with a new person, if we are receptive, can be as superficial or deep as we make it. For example, I met a delightful […]
I awoke to a world painted in shades of milk
I forgot how much I love the snow. Granted, it doesn’t suit my equatorial genotype, but God, I swear I love the pristine and crisp freshness of it all. The landscape is overlain with a fatal beauty, you know looking at it that in this desert of frozen white sands, you could die. There is […]