Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about. — G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
We are diving on our tiny house reef right in front of our Sunshine Bungalows resort in Amed, Bali. Nothing special, somebody would say. For us it was great. We could dive without any hassle right from our bedroom. Potápame sa na malinkom útese priamo pred naším rezortom Sunshine Bungalows v Amede na Bali. Niekto […]
There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses. They are much nearer to each other than either is to my own ideal – of breaking up […]
I am very glad that my persistent efforts not to learn Latin were to a certain extent frustrated; and that I was not entirely successful even in escaping the contamination of the language of Aristotle and Demosthenes. At least I know enough Greek to be able to see the joke, when somebody says (as somebody […]
Our last pre-Covid-19 dive in the shallow channel between Goat Island and the mainland. The place is a marine reserve, it used to be full of fish, but it seems that the pressure from tourists, which are not allowed to feed them, causes them to move further off shore. However, in the evenings they return […]
“Why are boys sent to school, Robinson?” Robinson, with downcast eyes and an air of offensive virtue, replied faintly, “To learn, sir.” “No, boy, no,” said the old gentleman wagging his head. “It was because one day at breakfast Mr. Robinson said to Mrs. Robinson, ‘My dear, we must do something about that boy. He’s […]