My routine had all the usual morning hiccups associated with my as yet decaffeinated state: I dropped the spoon while making my coffee; I found a dark thread on my white bathrobe, which it seemed I had inadvertently put on inside out; the butter knife slipped from my hand mid-toast; reaching for it, I hit the bread and overturned it; I took a new piece of bread (and new knife) and re-booted. Thus reconfigured, I proceeded to my breakfast.

Naslovna strana knjige

Socijalna drama “Izvršitelj” nastala je na osnovu ličnog iskustva sa ovdašnjim izvršiteljima, mnogobrojnih novinskih tekstova o neverovatnim sudbinama “dužnika”, kao

On sale in Aisle 7.

The mystery is that I no longer know where I am when I go to the supermarket in Belgrade. Today, for example, I started out list-in-handed on a journey to IDEA in New Belgrade. I had received in the post a special Happy Birthday coupon for a 10% discount (on almost everything except what I wanted to buy I found in the fine print).

 Moguće je da nisi Srbin ako ne radiš barem 2 od navedenih stvari:

1. Imaš kesu punu drugih kesa

2. imaš gomilu praznih bočica na kadi i kako takneš jednu padnu 10

3. Čuvaš kutije od Tv-a, kompjutera, videa, ... od 1978 na ovamo

4. Imaš punu čašu olovaka od kojih možda jedna radi

5. Daljinski držiš uz tv na komodi

"Gospodo, u epohi imperijalizma, koju karakteriše zaoštravanje klasne borbe i zbijanje klasnih redova, u našim redovima, dakle redovima srednjih klasa, umesto sve veće solidarnosti interesa, koja bi se izražavala u organizacionom jedinstvu i svesnijoj političkoj akciji, nailazimo na potpunu zbrku i najrazličitije interese i težnje. U periodu sazrevanja kapitalističkih suprotnosti sudbina naše klase je u tome što je priklještena između monopolnog kapitala i zahteva radničke klase za boljim uslovima i većom sigurnošću. Ovaj nezgodan položaj i rađa našu svest o dvostrukom frontu

"Oh, it says Architecture, but really it's not."
"I can see that. But people will not look for it here."
"This is Biography, Journals, and Autobiography."
"But it says Architecture."
"It says that, but it is not."

There are people who are born with an innate sense of orientation. These people always know which way is True North, how to get from here to there without circumnavigating the globe and discovering the West Indies, and do not refer to "right" as the "other left."

What is True North anyway? Is there a Fake North?

I got a message on Viber 27 seconds ago. When do I respond? Immediately? What is the etiquette? Is there any etiquette?

People who have an active and useful memory of the 20th Century (like me for example) used to send letters to each other, a process by which weeks and months could pass in between missives. When we got email and could send a letter instantly without relying on the post office, we started to think about "response times". One company I worked for mandated a maximum 48-hour response time for emails. This was soon sliced in two and 24 hours became the etiquette. After that, you were being lazy. Or rude. Or both.