On Friday evening Alexis Tsipras opened his public talk by saying, “I didn’t know there are so many friends of SYRIZA in London. I’m impressed. It’s a good idea the next time to take part in the local elections.” This joke was intended to make everyone laugh; but is the idea so far fetched? As [...]
The first documented Life Swap took place in NY in 1973, initiated by a writer named Nancy Weber. She and a complete stranger taught each other how to be “themselves” (or rather, “each other”) and thus began the exchange, complete with house, wardrobe and diet. At present, the world is becoming so commoditized that the [...]
We’re in the 21st century BG (before Google). Ziggurat are popping up all over the Mesopotamian valley. They are “Eco-friendly” structures, although such a term doesn’t exist yet… at least not in Sumerian! The Ziggurat are built using mud bricks and bitumen. They last for centuries. Herodotus actually sees one in the 6th or 5th [...]