Dante S. NEWS

Quick info, September 10

Colourful beginning for humanity 10 September 2006
Evidence is emerging from Africa that colours were being used in a symbolic way perhaps 200,000 years ago, a UK scientist working in the region claims. [...] Being able to conceptualise - the ability to let one thing represent another - was a giant leap in human evolution. It was the mental activity that would eventually permit the development of sophisticated language and maths.
Opéra national de Paris Sep 2006
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797-1848) - Lucia di Lammermoor; mise en scène: Andrei Şerban

Words

The devil is in the details -idiom- The difficult part is in the many small details
par·a·tax·is (păr'ə-tăk'sĭs) -n.- The juxtaposition of clauses or phrases without the use of coordinating or subordinating conjunctions
hy·po·tax·is (hī'pə-tăk'sĭs) -n.- The dependent or subordinate relationship of clauses with connectives
till (tĭl) -tr.v.- To prepare (land) for the raising of crops, as by plowing and harrowing; cultivate.

Comics

http://www.otherpeoplesstories.com/061.html
  - How was your conferernce call ?
  - Very successful. Bill said he'd find a new supplier for the casings. Or it might have been Ron, Ted, or Bob. They all sound the same on the phone.
  - I hope it wasn't Bill. He never follows through. Ron is too overworked, Ted is a liar and Bob's a moron. I'd say the call was a waste of time. It might even be a huge step backward.
  [...]
  - Success is the happy feeling you get between the time you do something and the time you tell a woman what you did.
  - Where are the anchovies on my pizza ?
  - We're all out, sire.
  - Cancel all shore leave.
  - The fishing fleet would like a blessing before they sail, sire.
  - Very well. Bring back fish or die!
  - Well, there's a bunch of ships we'll never see again.