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The funniest things I get to deal with

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(1) “Where are you from?” “I´m from Portugal.” “Oh, great! I have been to Spain once. I enjoyed it!...” “I am glad you did.” (2) “Hey, how do you say this in Spanish?” “I don't know.” (3) “Have you met So And So this morning?” “No.” “He's from your hemisphere.” “Uh! Where from?” “Brazil.” (4) “Are you from Portugal?” “Yes, indeed.” “So you speak Spanish, right?” “No.” (5) “Hey! How's Spain?” *smile* (6) “How’s the weather down there in Portugal?” “What's down there?”
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John Donne: Holy Sonnet XIV

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Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new. I, like an usurp’d town to another due, Labor to admit you, but oh, to no end Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend, But is captiv’d, and proves weak or untrue. Yet dearly I love you, and would be lov’d fain, But am betroth’d unto your enemy; Divorce me, untie or break that knot again, Take me to you, imprison me, for I, Except you enthrall me, never shall be free, Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me. I thank Rev. Andrew T. Yeager for calling my attention to this poem. With his permission, here are selections of what he wrote about it: In the poem above, the poet John Donne brilliantly describes his relationship to God. He is like a town that is governed and tyrannized by an evil lord and master, the devil— an usurp’d town to another due . He very much wants Go...
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Arvo Pärt: Arbos

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Uma das melhores coisas que ouvi nos útlimos tempos. "Arbos", de Pärt, começa e termina o álbum homónimo, de 1987. A peça foi gravada pelo conjunto de metais da Staatsorchester Stuttgart (a orquestra sinfónica de Estugarda), sob a direcção do estadunidense Dennis Russel Davies. 
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Música erudita contemporânea

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A música erudita é uma das coisas que a contemporaneidade não estragou completamente. É certo que a música erudita contemporânea muitas vezes integra géneros musicais bastante distantes. Aí as fronteiras, e até as distinções, entre música erudita e música popular encontram-se muito esbatidas, o que não impede que haja composições que despertem muito agrado. Nomes que ouço e retenho: Arvo Pärt, Craig Amstrong, Eurico Carrapatoso, John Cage, Luciano Berio, Ludovico Einaudi, Maurice Duruflé, Max Richter, Philip Glass, Rodrigo Leão, Simeon ten Holt, Yann Tiersen.  John Cage é o único que me provoca sentimentos contraditórios. Ainda não percebi se gosto.
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Vírus chinês?

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Cuomo wants “all states to be treated the same.” But all states aren’t the same. Some are being hit hard by the Chinese Virus, some are being hit practically not at all. New York is a very big “hotspot”, West Virginia has, thus far, zero cases. Andrew, keep politics out of it.... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2020  
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