The title is “An Essay on Criticism” and is actually a poem, not an essay. It was written by Jonathan Swift, and I came across it by chance.
I quote four verses:
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Occasionally I enjoy jazz, since jazz can be cool, classy, sexy. This two-and-a-half-hour recording is a real stroke of luck. There are also guest appearances by a Korean haegum player and a Mongolian singer.
Have you ever wondered what ancient Aztec skull whistles sound like?
Here are some sound samples.
They will scare you to death.
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One of Germany’s quality problems is the “fool’s apostrophe,” which is a thorn in the side of many, but now supposed to be correct in certain contexts. So far, so boring.
Other than that, this article contains a grave error:
A journalist named Carolin Würfel tries to explain, using the example of the writer Jenny Erpenbeck, why West Germany is to blame when East Germany votes for the right-wing AfD or is intending to do so. As she writes in the “Guardian:”
Yemisi Ogunleye, die für Deutschland bei Olympia Gold im Kugelstossen geholt hat, wird im Interview mit der “Sportschau” gefragt, wie sie das geschafft habe. Sie sagt, dass sie lange Zeit die Technik des Angleitens verwendet, diese jedoch wegen Problemen mit dem Knie aufgegeben habe.
Recently I came across a video in which some clueless person once again claimed baseless things about Wing Tsun (WT). The video received 30k likes, even though its producer confused screen kungfu with practical Wing Tsun. I would like to comment on this.
Believe it or not, Chinese New Year begins today – and it is the Year of the Dragon. The dragon (龍 lóng) symbolizes strength and success in Chinese culture and, especially this year, has a kind of superpowers.
Kürzlich hatte ich das Vergnügen, Luis Buñuel auf der Bühne zu erleben, natürlich nicht ihn persönlich, der schon lange nicht mehr unter den Lebenden weilt, sondern in Form eines Stückes, das sich “Der Würgeengel” nennt, von Psalmen und Popsongs handelt und an das gleichnamige surrealistische Filmdrama Buñuels anlehnt.
The “Maoist Legacy” project is a treasure trove of digitalized documents contributing to the question of historical justice after the death of Mao Zedong. It includes a project bibliography, non-Chinese language works, magazine and newspaper articles, interviews with informants in Hong Kong, caricatures, and more.
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