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29.10.12

Quotation: Walker Percy on Hurricanes in Louisiana

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”I've noticed in Louisiana in hurricanes — my theory is that people enjoy hurricanes whether they say so or not. Because in hurricane...
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23.10.12

On Compulsive Readers: A Response to Joe Queenan's Article "My 6,128 Favorite Books"

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    William Adolphe Bouguereau, La leçon difficile , 1885 I read a piece  by Joe Queenan in the Wall Street Journal on compulsive reade...
4.10.12

Aesthetic Thursday: Edvard Munch's "The Scream"

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Edvard Munch "The Scream". Pastel on board, 1895. Moma will display one of four versions of Edvard Munch's expression...
1.10.12

Lyrics: Science-Fiction Double Feature

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Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Michael Rennie was ill the day the earth stood still But he told us where we stand And Flash Gordon was ...
27.9.12

Book Review: What is Intelligence? — Douglas Hofstader's Book Godêl, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

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    The Constellation Orion In Douglas Hofstader's book about music, mathematics and artificial intelligence, Godêl, Escher, Bac...
23.9.12

On Writing: Late Night Post On Practice Makes Perfect

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On writing, and why practice makes perfect. A joy wall we made at school. Developmental argument: Practice makes perfect. I look...
17.9.12

Quotation: Lucretius On Childish Fear

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"Our life is one long struggle in the darkness; and as children in a dark room are terrified of everything, so we in broad daylight...