paracommunications

To save a life

rcasero — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:58:37 +0000

A life cannot be saved. All we can try is to delay a death.

Up (2009)

rcasero — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:11:26 +0000

Young Ellie: [to a young Carl] You don’t talk much.

[pause]

Young Ellie: I like you!

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

rcasero — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:57:16 +0000

(Author’s Note: The following is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. Especially you Jenny Beckman. Bitch.)

McKenzie: Hey, maybe you should write a book.

Tom: What?

McKenzie: Well, you know, Henry Miller said the best way to get over a woman is to turn her into literature.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

rcasero — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:44:26 +0000

Cristina: What’s in Oviedo?

Juan Antonio: I go to see a sculpture, that is very inspiring to me. A very beautiful sculpture. You will love it.

Vicky: Oh, right. you’re asking us to fly to Oviedo and back.

Juan Antonio: Mmmm. No, we’ll spend the weekend. I mean, I’ll show you around the city, and we’ll eat well. We’ll drink good wine. We’ll make love.

Vicky: Yeah, who exactly is going to make love?

Juan Antonio: Hopefully, the three of us.

Whatever works (2009)

rcasero — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:42:52 +0000

“Whatever works” (2009) is a comedy by Woody Allen with comedian Larry David in the leading role.

Boris Yellnikoff: That’s why I can’t say enough times, whatever love you can get and give, whatever happiness you can filch or provide, every temporary measure of grace, whatever works.

First interpolating approximation problem

rcasero — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:18:37 +0000

D. Levin, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Tel-Aviv University argued in his 2003 paper “Mesh-Independent Surface Interpolation”

The earliest reference to this problem [, approximating the projection of a set of data points onto a manifold,] is in the book of Genesis: “Let there be a firmament between the water to divide waters from waters”, that is the manifold. “Let there be lights in the firmament”, these are the points. Then, “God set them in heaven’s firmament”, i.e., a projection procedure has been used.

End of her political career

rcasero — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:09:45 +0000

About.com’s article on the “Victorian Period – A Time of Change” points out

The Victorian Period revolves around the political career of Queen Victoria. She was crowned in 1837 and died in 1901 (which put a definite end to her political career).

So basically, death is nature’s way to vote an incumbent monarch out.

So now you are not neutral, are you?

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:13:04 +0000

After Spain’s shock defeat against Switzerland in the World Cup, and despite it may be begging the question, but why are Switzerland playing in the first place? Shouldn’t they remain neutral and just provide the referees?

Carrot steak anyone?

rcasero — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:14:44 +0000

During World War II, the Government had authority to take possession of any meat product or livestock to feed the starving country. But the dons of Magdalen College at the time weren’t about to let a little thing like that interfere with the fine-breeding of their deer living happily in their Deer Park.

So what did they do? Got in contact with their friends in high places and (in 1939 apparently) had them reclassified as vegetables.

“Odd-ford?”, The Oxford Student, 56(6):19, 27 May 2010.

Two takes on a sandwich

rcasero — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:46:12 +0000

At Barajas Airport, Spain, the lady at the till frowns and asks “That sandwich’s all you are having, right?”.

At Luton Airport, England, the guy at the till asks “How can I help you?” and smiles when you approach him with a sandwich.