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Scenes of Wat Sankatan

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Thai Vegetarian Cooking by Vatcharin Bhumichitr is part travelogue part cookbook. There is a photo with the following caption: In a forest temple, a young monk meditates beside the body of a deceased colleague. Without the caption, one would not … Continue reading →

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A Description of Character; a reflection of atmosphere

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Francois Lachance

“My Marriage to Vengeance” collected in A Place I’ve Never Been by David Leavitt. But for Diana — well, from day one it was adventure, event and episode. “Episode” concludes the listing and gives it a hint of disease or … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Moving Plaque

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Francois Lachance

John L. Casti The Cambridge Quintet: A Work of Scientific Speculation describes a set of fictional rooms at Christ’s College. In these rooms is a plaque commemorating Charles Darwin. “The Sherry” Turning away from the oak-paneled and beamed dining room … Continue reading →

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Particularities

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Like the faint scent of rue leaves brushed by a hand busy not noticing the transfer tucked into the grain of skin and knob of knuckle, every event has its focus, its diffusion. At some later point reminded … Thalia … Continue reading →

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Care

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Francois Lachance

A.J. Ayer summarizing Bertrand Russell on Christianity does a splendid job in three sentences This is not to argue that the moral failings, which Christians share with others, prove Christianity untrue. On the theological side, the grounds for not believing … Continue reading →

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The Future Ain’t So Big

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Francois Lachance

land yet to be known land unknowable odd little zones inpenetrable unpenetrated it is believed that which is yet possible is more enormous than even bigger zone than that which is never possible the unregistered infinities are comparable as the … Continue reading →

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Kompost

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Francois Lachance

At 451 degrees Fahrenheit paper burns. What is the equivalent metaphor for the electronic crash? And so for day 480 06.04.2008

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Typing

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Yolande Villemaire La Vie en prose (Montreal: Les Herbes Rouges, 1980) L’acte de dactylographier est un mudra. And so for day 478 04.04.2008

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Open Spaces

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Francois Lachance

Catherine Millet The Sexual Life of Catherine M. translated by Adriana Hunter The second conclusion is that natural spaces do not feed the same fantasies as urban spaces. Because the latter is by definition a social space, it is a … Continue reading →

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Cartographic Vector

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Francois Lachance

It dawned upon me that Spam is Maps spelt backwards. And so for day 476 02.04.2008

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