riding a gravy train. дереализация. распад сложных форм поведения

немецкое, путешествия, музыка, математика, несбывшееся

индастриал, нойз, экспериментальная, электроника, Einstürzende Neubauten, Aesthetic Perfection, Svbway to Sally, Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd, Mild Peril, Deine Lakaien, Kraftwerk, Tanzwut, Abwärts, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, The Doors, Nautilus Pompilius, Peter Gabriel, Аквариум, Кино, Агата Кристи, Мельница, Театр Яда

Halber Mensch, Брат, Beautiful Mind, the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Sherlock, Изображая жертву, The Imitation Game, Формула любви, Interstellar, Inception, Сталкер, Blade Runner 2049

антиутопии, научная фантастика, Макс Фрай, Ворона на мосту (и все другое про сэра Макса из Ехо), И узре ослица ангела Божия, Лавина, Игра Эндера, Улисс, Убик, Мечтают ли андроиды об электроовцах, Трудно быть богом, Пикник на обочине, 1984, Град обреченный, Черный обелиск, Мы, Ночной орел, Alan Turing: The Enigma, Legion, Гроздья гнева, Консервный Ряд, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, Машина различий

“Almost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“I read," I say. "I study and read. I bet I've read everything you read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out spines and ROM-drives. I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it." My instincts concerning syntax and mechanics are better than your own, I can tell, with all due respect. But it transcends the mechanics. I'm not a machine. I feel and believe. I have opinions. Some of them are interesting. I could, if you'd let me, talk and talk.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

"I feel like I'm going to die," he says.
"Good", Shaftoe says, "that means you probably won't."

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark.

I don't know, I was really drunk at the time!

Maxim of Quality
Do not say what you believe to be false.
Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence.

Maxim of Quantity
Make your contribution as informative as is required.
Do not make your contribution more informative than is required.

Maxim of Relation
Be relevant.

Maxim of Manner
Avoid obscurity of expression.
Avoid ambiguity.
Be brief.
Be orderly.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.