Los herederos de Monty Python
A few days ago I found a program "That Mitchell & Webb Look" simply sensational. They remind me a lot to Monty Python, here I leave a sample:
Diary Of A Wrong-God-Stories Short Stories Humor-
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
New Born Baby Born Message To All Friends
Die Welt der Vermessung
Vermessung Die Welt der
Daniel Kehlmann
[2005]
demon Blogger deleted the post I had written: (
I feel sorry for the book, which is what deserved, but I will not write again. What is that comment is the second book in German that read and, although it was a major effort was worth it completely.
double biography is a fictionalized and Carl Alexander Von Humboldt Friedrich Gauss, with humor and wit and more than a touch nerd.
Ein Hügel, von dem man nicht knew what he was, offend the reason and made him restless. Without ever determine its own position, a person could not move. One puzzle, however small, will not let you on the road.
The pastor looked at him sternly. Pride is a mortal sin!
(...)
Why?
The pastor asked for forgiveness. He had probably misunderstood.
(...) He meant it purely theological, said Gauss. God has created, how to be, but then one should ever apologize to him for it. Logically, that is not.
The minister expressed the suspicion that something was wrong with his ears.
Asked what he was doing here, "he said nervously, the technique of triangulation.
(...)
a triangle, they said, had only an area hundertachzig degree angle sum, but not on a sphere. So that's all stand or fall.
He looked as if she saw only now. With raised eyebrows she looked back at him. Yes, he said. Sunday at the balance, one must to some extent triangles by the measurement of infinitesimal size shrink. In principle, a simple differential operation. However, in this form .... (...) In this way, he muttered, whärend he began to write down that have not yet organized. When he looked up, he was alone.
packed up just a Humboldt on his instruments, he knew that the sun is seen on the day of the solstice of the road from just above water on top of the largest pyramid and through the tip of the second largest sank. The whole city was a calendar! Who had thought that? How well the people who knew the stars, and what did they want to communicate? For over tausend Jahren war er der erste, der ihre Botschaft lesen konnte.
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Daniel Kehlmann
[2005]
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demon Blogger deleted the post I had written: (
I feel sorry for the book, which is what deserved, but I will not write again. What is that comment is the second book in German that read and, although it was a major effort was worth it completely.
double biography is a fictionalized and Carl Alexander Von Humboldt Friedrich Gauss, with humor and wit and more than a touch nerd.
![](http://bp0.blogger.com/_IPvAGjIYDNc/R3-FwoehtXI/AAAAAAAABBs/h3to9SSlBBw/s0-d/quotes.jpg)
![](http://bp0.blogger.com/_IPvAGjIYDNc/R3-FwoehtXI/AAAAAAAABBs/h3to9SSlBBw/s0-d/quotes.jpg)
The pastor looked at him sternly. Pride is a mortal sin!
(...)
Why?
The pastor asked for forgiveness. He had probably misunderstood.
(...) He meant it purely theological, said Gauss. God has created, how to be, but then one should ever apologize to him for it. Logically, that is not.
The minister expressed the suspicion that something was wrong with his ears.
![](http://bp0.blogger.com/_IPvAGjIYDNc/R3-FwoehtXI/AAAAAAAABBs/h3to9SSlBBw/s0-d/quotes.jpg)
Asked what he was doing here, "he said nervously, the technique of triangulation.
(...)
a triangle, they said, had only an area hundertachzig degree angle sum, but not on a sphere. So that's all stand or fall.
He looked as if she saw only now. With raised eyebrows she looked back at him. Yes, he said. Sunday at the balance, one must to some extent triangles by the measurement of infinitesimal size shrink. In principle, a simple differential operation. However, in this form .... (...) In this way, he muttered, whärend he began to write down that have not yet organized. When he looked up, he was alone.
![](http://bp0.blogger.com/_IPvAGjIYDNc/R3-FwoehtXI/AAAAAAAABBs/h3to9SSlBBw/s0-d/quotes.jpg)
packed up just a Humboldt on his instruments, he knew that the sun is seen on the day of the solstice of the road from just above water on top of the largest pyramid and through the tip of the second largest sank. The whole city was a calendar! Who had thought that? How well the people who knew the stars, and what did they want to communicate? For over tausend Jahren war er der erste, der ihre Botschaft lesen konnte.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Wedding Of Linsey Mackenzie
of old books, very old-
As mentioned in a previous post, the number of bookshops in Dublin honors the city's literary fame. It is also the case of museums, as two of the main attractions of the city have them as protagonists.
Chester Beatty Library -homepage-
Unfortunately there was only the permanent exhibition "Sacred Traditions", the religious approach is not excited me too much, which does not prevent both art and appreciate the importance of books and scrolls on display.
Trinity College Library -homepage-
addition to the permanent collection focusing on the Book of Kells, was in the main hall of the library, The Long Room, a temporary exhibition focusing on medical books - "The School of Medicine (1711-2011)"
The best doctors in the world Are Dr Diet, Dr. Quiet and Dr. Merryman
Chester Beatty Library -homepage-
Unfortunately there was only the permanent exhibition "Sacred Traditions", the religious approach is not excited me too much, which does not prevent both art and appreciate the importance of books and scrolls on display.
Book of Daniel 8:24 Daniel
[250]
Chogonka Scrolls
[s. XVII]
Trinity College Library -homepage-
addition to the permanent collection focusing on the Book of Kells, was in the main hall of the library, The Long Room, a temporary exhibition focusing on medical books - "The School of Medicine (1711-2011)"
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Jonathan Swift
A. Vesalius De Humani Corporis
Fabrici
[1543]
Book of Kells Folio 309R
[ca. 800]
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