tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post7796210816214580820..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : Iphigenie en Aulide et TaurideGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-71165891881447795042014-10-24T08:22:45.089+02:002014-10-24T08:22:45.089+02:00lahaos st. means 'our last'. My computer p...lahaos st. means 'our last'. My computer preempts what I'm going to write and comes up with gibberish. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-67329612727256466722014-10-24T08:20:41.301+02:002014-10-24T08:20:41.301+02:00It's a kind of advertising. Yesterday I went t...It's a kind of advertising. Yesterday I went to an event to mark 100 years since the start of the first industrial war of the world. I came away feeling that the third one will probably be our lahaos created. st. It only needs one idiot to wave the start flag, or one computer to go haywire and it's good night Vienna. When the big one comes there will be nothing on TV because the TV won't work due to the electro-magnetic effects of the world's nuclear armoury destroying itself. As Einstein said: we shall fight the 4th world war with sticks and stones. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-17162062991586708922014-10-23T20:55:20.915+02:002014-10-23T20:55:20.915+02:00I frequently shout at the tv "don't film ...I frequently shout at the tv "don't film it for me". I have trouble then deciding whether I am right or wrong. It is a difficult subject. I am glad you enjoyed your evening at the opera. I like the poster.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-21478696632326510452014-10-23T09:31:55.020+02:002014-10-23T09:31:55.020+02:00Pat, for info this is post no. 1550. Good luck wit...Pat, for info this is post no. 1550. Good luck with your 2000th! Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-51521645585557533392014-10-23T09:08:19.792+02:002014-10-23T09:08:19.792+02:00Indeed it was inspiring Pat, and I will remember i...Indeed it was inspiring Pat, and I will remember it for a long time. The essay: "War is a Racket" by Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler is worth reading. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-50288760180336949022014-10-22T20:40:21.517+02:002014-10-22T20:40:21.517+02:00Glad you enjoyed it Gwil - a night like that is so...Glad you enjoyed it Gwil - a night like that is so inspiring.<br /><br />As to war - it was never fun and as the centuries progress it gets less so.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com