Sunday, March 28, 2010

Cubicle Art - Be Entrepeneurial

Probably there is someone else on the web compiling examples of cubicle art, say: manisfestations of the human imperative to, uh, er, "humanize" the soul-less confies of their lives during the commercial day . . .if so, you are welcome to this example, gratis, without attribution . . .

Candace Bushnellova

 When we were in Amsterdam, September, 2 years ago, we suddenly noticed hundreds of beautiful young women dressed to the 9s in the immediate area . . .  some even wanted us to take a picture of them for them . . . then we rounded a corner and there was a theatre mob scened . . . the movie showing . . . Sex in the City . . . so I suppose Czech women are as wild about that show as women in NL or US . . .
 
but I just think it's funny how Czech women's names always have "ova" attached to them, meaning "belongs to" either a Father or a Husband, but some man . . . I mean when I contemplate the jist of the Bushnell message, if you see how I mean . . . 8^D . . .

Kampa Door Handle

kinda goes with the door knockers I saw in Barcelona . . .

Kafka & Svjck


a poster on sale at the Kafka Museum in Kampa

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

brňavka - funny bone

A new word to add to my ever-growing Czech vocabulary . . .

My colleague says I need to learn “useful” words, rather than “hromonice”, for example,

But somehow my mind latches onto these instead….

 

But the derivation of “funny bone” is more elaborate than I would have tho’t . ..

The latinate for the elbow is “humerus”, hence, funny bone,

The antics of those afflicted, not with standing .  ..

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humerus

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Lichtenstein - Sweet Dreams Baby

always good for a laff .  . .
the National Galerie near Vysteviste has this blown up huge onto a wall, also . . .
I asked my czech friends if Vysteviste sounded as funny to them as it does to me . . .
"Only whey you say it", they answered . . . 8^D . . .
Ouch!