Mental boxing

Do Washington Post.

Aretha Franklin was teary-eyed, Carol Burnett was teasing, Alan Greenspan was reliably taciturn, and "The Greatest of All Time" stole the show when President Bush bestowed the Medal of Freedom on them and 10 others in a White House ceremony yesterday.

Bush, who appeared almost playful, fastened the heavy medal around Muhammad Ali's neck and whispered something in the heavyweight champion's ear. Then, as if to say "bring it on," the president put up his dukes in a mock challenge. Ali, 63, who has Parkinson's disease and moves slowly, looked the president in the eye -- and, finger to head, did the "crazy" twirl for a couple of seconds.

The room of about 200, including Cabinet secretaries, tittered with laughter. Ali, who was then escorted back to his chair, made the twirl again while sitting down. And the president looked visibly taken aback, laughing nervously.

Só para lembrar: o Ali foi preso por se recusar a participar da Guerra do Vietnã.

Deus, diz prá mim que isto foi sacanagem do cara

Comentário de um usuário do site Amazon.com sobre a gravação de Pablo Casalls para as Suítes para Violoncelo solo de Bach.

Lacks Accompaniment, June 28, 2005

Reviewer: Peter Gillette (Appleton, WI United States)

I think that Mr. Casals' playing is very fine but I was very disappointed that he chose to play these unaccompanied. Perhaps the pianist and chamber group could not be booked or miked appropriately due to the time. I was so disappointed in this production choice because the first and only other Bach cd I have, the goldberg variations by Uri Caine, blew me away: JS Bach was very ahead of his time in his use of electronic musics and freely improvised counterpoint and jazz musics, things that the rest of the "classical" world did not catch up to for another few centuries. Save your money on this one. Sorry, Pablo. I won't come to florida for you.

'Não' em todas as línguas

A página da minha vida.

(Obrigado ao Mário AV, do Different Thinker pela correção: nicht virou nein.)