I formiddags havde vi besøg af Brian, som netop var – er – hjemvendt fra London, og han havde denne meget flotte bog med til mig:
“A New History of Witchcraft – Sorcerers, Heretics & Pagans“. Som jeg selvsagt glæder mig helt vildt til at læse. Jeg blev aldrig – sidder jeg og kommer i tanker om – færdig med “The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft“. Det er min erfaring, at heksekunst – af en eller anden grund – fungerer bedst om efteråret. Ligesom kunstmaleri og poesi. Så jeg tror, jeg i denne omgang vil nøjes med at varsle et TEMA. Tak til Brian. Og som lovet: Peter Lund Madsens Rosenkjær-foredrag. Feed-adressen er http://podcast.dr.dk/tema/rssfeed/rosenkjaer_plm.xml. Anja C. Andersens foredrag kan downloades direkte fra denne side.
Modtog i forgårs denne CD:
“American Elegies” — med værker af John Adams, Charles Ives, Morton Feldman m.fl. Og Ives synges af Dawn Upshaw. Det var derfor, jeg bestilte den.
Nyt i øvrigt: Vi har udskiftet den trådløse router, vi købte i sidste uge. Vi var slæbende, men nu er vi flyvende. Og Ane har fået en sindssyg dyr, ny mus til sin bærbare.
“Inspector Lynley” om 5 minutter.
President Bush’s economic stimulus plan which involved sending cheques of up to US$1,200 to every taxpayer has provided a boom to the online porn industry, according to market research..
The Adult Internet Market Research Company (AIMRCo) identified an ” uncharacteristic” increase in spending on online pornography since the cheques were sent out.
Kirk Mishkin, head research consultant at AIMRCo, said: “Typically the summer is a slow period for this market.
“But many of the sites we surveyed have reported 20 to 30 per cent growth in membership rates since mid-May when the cheques were sent out.”
The rebates were supposed to stimulate to the flagging US consumer sector, but it seems that many people are using them for a different kind of stimulation.
Jillian Fox, a spokeswoman for LSGmodels.com, one of the sites reporting figures to AIMRCo, said: “In a June 2008 survey of our members, 32 per cent referenced the recent stimulus package as part of their decision to either become a new member, or renew an existing membership.
“Getting more people to buy porn was probably the last thing Bush had on his mind when he came up with his ’stimulus package’. But we’ll take it.”
Ha.
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