In this here room, we sit all day
with the spark of life in our hands.
From this here room we go our way,
each of us collecting our strands.
A concrete slab below our feet,
searing lights glaring.
Here truth and lie are quite discreet,
looking forth, staring.
Lives scribbled up on the whiteboard,
written and defaced as quickly:
Spanish nouns, maybe a king's hoard,
an unsolved problem or Al-Rasi.
Knowledge gained a click at a time,
letter by letter.
Getting our heads to ring and chime
better and better.
Weary and worn by the second,
told I know more than I first knew.
If I'm right, in what I reckon,
what I was told is untrue
In this here room, we sit all day
with the spark of life in our hands.
From this here room we go our way,
each of us collecting our strands.
A concrete slab below our feet,
searing lights glaring.
Here truth and lie are quite discreet,
looking forth, staring.
Lives scribbled up on the whiteboard,
written and defaced as quickly:
Spanish nouns, maybe a king's hoard,
an unsolved problem or Al-Rasi.
Knowledge gained a click at a time,
letter by letter.
Getting our heads to ring and chime
better and better.
Weary and worn by the second,
told I know more than I first knew.
If I'm right, in what I reckon,
what I was told is untrue
Current Residence: Reykjavik Favourite genre of music: Metal Operating System: Windows xp MP3 player of choice: Creative ZEN Shell of choice: Oyster Favourite cartoon character: Gir Personal Quote: When life gives you lemons, make lemonades
While working on my latest piece of work, I started thinking about something I'd heard about casualties in the Soviet Union compared to other countries in WWII. Curious, I checked it out. The figures that I found were mind-numbing. The U.S. lost half a million people, the U.K. also lost half a million, the same goes for France, Germany lost somewhere around 6-8 million people and China lost around 10 million. How many did the Soviet Union lose? Twenty-four million. Yet those who are most frequently credited for the most sacrifices and bravery are the U.K. and the U.S. Can anybody tell how the hell this came to pass? Please? I know that histor