Tag Archives: fear

Norma Jean and her Arthur

The quote is attributed to Arthur Miller describing his lovely wife. She epitomized the “dumb blond” term. Was she really that dumb or so clever to let her handlers – those men “protectors” make her the “smartest dumb blonde in … Continue reading

Disruption Deficit Disorder

Blame it on the weather but my mood was “strange” all day yesterday. Being in Athens in early October, I was mentally prepped to expect sunny, warm Indian summer days, and light, lots of natural, reddish, shining and glowing light … Continue reading

Stockholm Surprise: A non-political commentary

Lou Xiaobo was just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while China immediately reacted by announcing that the prize committee violates its principles by honoring ‘criminal’ Liu Xiaobo. The surprising move is trending on twitter and somehow a wind is blowing. … Continue reading

Greece: Very Close and Personal

DER TAGESSPIEGEL, May 6th “The future of Europe may have been decided in a bank branch in Athens. The day before yesterday it was perhaps possible to look at the financial crisis in the southeastern tip of Europe with a … Continue reading

Sisyphus and Proteus: Lessons from Greek Mythology

Why is it that some days we wake up and feel like good old mythical Sisyphus? Remember him? Sisyphus, punished for all eternity to roll a rock up a mountain only to have it roll back down to the bottom … Continue reading

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