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Spring Bulletin     THE number of college bulletins  and adult-education come-ons that keep turning up in my mailbox convinces me that I must be on a special mailing list for dropouts. Not that I'm complaining; there is something about a list of extension courses that piques my interest with a fascination hitherto reserved for a catalogue of Hong Kong honeymoon accessories, sent to me once by mistake. Each time I read through the latest bulletin of extension courses, I make immediate plans to drop every- thing and return to school. (I was ejected from college many years ago, the victim of unproved accusations not unlike those once attached to Yellow Kid Weil.) So far, however, I am still an uneducated, unextended adult, and I have fallen into the habit of browsing through an imagi- nary, handsomely printed course bulletin that is more or less typical of them all:       Summer Session   ECONOMIC THEORY:  A systematic application and critical evaluation of the basic analytic conce

                     

           

    Para quem estiver interessado em saber como é que os nossos grandes lideres negoceiam os acordos europeus (ou pelo menos como o faziam no início do século), não há melhor introdução do que o seguinte artigo do Economist . Aqui vai um aperitivo para aguçar a curiosidade: «Only rarely can officials sneak into the room to advise their leaders. (…) Not all the leaders' requests are for advice. “If Chirac's light goes on”, says one official, “it usually just means that he wants another beer.” The French president's habit of drinking beer throughout summits may account for the entertaining nature of his post-summit press conferences. The only other regular drinker is Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg, who always has a glass of brandy before him (Germany's Helmut Kohl preferred a plate of food). Mr Juncker is also a heavy smoker. Although the conference room is festooned with no-smoking signs, all the leaders are thoughtfully provided with an ashtray, which tel

     Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Albert Einstein    

Afinal, a melhor maneira de viajar é sentir. Sentir tudo de todas as maneiras. Sentir tudo excessivamente, Porque todas as coisas são, em verdade, excessivas E toda a realidade é um excesso, uma violência, Uma alucinação extraordinariamente nítida Que vivemos todos em comum com a fúria das almas, O centro para onde tendem as estranhas forças centrífugas Que são as psiques humanas no seu acordo de sentidos. - Álvaro de Campos

  At least I'm not pregnant Haja algo positivo na minha vida!!!