What’s more interesting than one submarine docked into the bay?? Duh….. two submarines!!! And the weekend starts with SUVs, jeeps, subs and sunsets over the bay!!!
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…choices… You always know what you’ve gained, but you’ll never know what you’ve missed!! “Choose your future. Choose life” blasting for a dramatic effect! How is it that music can be so creepy sometimes, there you are, random thoughts going through your mind, while chatting the afternoon away with a friend, gazing at the ships coming into the harbour over freddos and a car passes by with music roaring, only it is shipspotting not train, and everything clicks into place! The amazing uniqueness of random moments!! Joyce’s epiphanies? It’s impossible to know! “Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer” and entropy increases! It’s so easy to be happy!

Καλά που υπάρχει και το τάβλι!!!!! ;-D

Well, I should probably run a herpetology class at home, today’s count was 1 scorpion, 2 snakes! The scorpion decided he wanted to take the tour of the house so he came to party, but, alas, came to a sorry end since my dad inflicted a quick and delibarate death upon him, before I could get my hands on the camera!! Pity, he matched my tiles, perfectly! Still wondering how he made it through the door with all those people coming and going! It kind of reminded me of that guy in Afghanistan who lives with hundreds of scorpions in order to make the Guiness book. Creepy…

The two snakes were in the stone wall at the patio, I know there must be a nest there, I always find a couple every summer. So, when you visit, don’t leave milk lying around or you’ll be in for a nasty surprise (I don’t really mind snakes, as long as they keep themselves well beyond the interior of the house).

“I hadn’t gotten old enough yet to realize that living sends a person not into the future but back into the past, to childhood and before birth, finally, to commune with the dead. You get older. You puff on the stairs. You enter the body of your father. From there it’s only a quick jump to your grandparents, and then before you know it, you’re time traveling. In this life, we grow backwards.”

One of the parts of Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides that I liked the most. The book is fantastic, (part of my birthday haul, thanks Cat!!) and I can’t wait to read it again, the writing is excellent! It’s also out in Greek, but still, I prefer the original.

And talking about excellent books and this year’s birthday haul, so was Η μέθοδος της Ορλεάνης by Ευγενία Φακίνου, which lasted for two sleepless nights, after long dinners with friends. Thanks to Dina, that was time well spent! ;-D

Probably the coolest thing that I have seen the last couple of days (Ok, next to kite surfing with 7-8 Beaufort which is also a high on my list, it is absolutely thrilling and the latest rage on the beach) thanks to Dimitri who has given me a crash course on the issue of of turning business into pleasure and pleasure into business!! So, while I’m checking out APs and calculating power needs, enjoy the look of the SolarRoll and if you’re wondering what to get me for my birthday, well, your quest is over (it’s even cheaper than a decent mobile, so here)!!!!

Άγγελε, καλή επιτυχία σήμερα, go for it, stun the crowds!!! And we’ll be cheering for you in Alexandria in December, when you represent Cyprus in the Biennale!!!! 😀 Way to go!!!! Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!

… another life!! Χιχιχι! ;-D

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Ahhh… the amazing capabilities of pocket PCs!!! Combine with wi-fi access and solar powered devices, what life would be like (to quote Dimitri)!!! Anyway, while trying to figure out ways to invent the future in our immediate vicinity as the best way to predict it (anybody interested in a wi-fi network in the area????) check out my cousin George’s applications for pocket PC, at his site. Hey, George, anything for us Palm OS people as well?? ;-D

Taking one look around today on the beach, I realised that about half the people there holding a book were reading one of the Dan Brown novels, which is real fun, if you come to think it in terms of universality! Here we are, about more than a hundred people gathered in one place, from about 7 different countries of the globe, sharing something in common (other than the beach and the waves that is)! Someone is always bound to give you a knowing smile once they see you holiding either Deception Point, Digital Fortress and more so, Angels and Demons or the Da Vinci Code. Plus, it’s so easy to strike a conversation: everybody is eager to share opinions and talk about the amount of fact versus fiction in all. Usually it’s about the issues brought up in the Langdon novels cause practically everyone has read those, but, imagine the fired up conversations on the mathematics of the Digital Fortress and issues on cryptography over drinks with little umbrellas stuck in them!

Hey, I am even tempted to write an encrypted message on the sand, just to see who will pick up the trail!!! ;-D