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The Minutiae of Contradictions

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Heather Thomas The Greek Vegetarian Cookbook from the introduction from not dwelling on detail to lavish praise for noticing particulars… Greeks rarely eat alone, and it’s natural for friends to gather and talk about philosophy, culture, art, literature and politics … Continue reading →

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Zinger

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Welcome to the blobosphere https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/welcome-to-the-blobosphere/article546956/ R.M. Vaughan in the visual arts column reports on a show at the Mercer Union of work by Annie MacDonell and comments on one piece thus One can enter the mirrored cube and listen to … Continue reading →

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Reflecting

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Rebecca Belmore and Osvaldo Yero Hart House Centennial Commission waabidiziiyan doopwining (to see yourself at the table) The reflective surface is the size of the tables in the Great Hall. Hung at the same height as the portraits that line … Continue reading →

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Practice

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Judith Martin Common Courtesy in which Miss Manners Solves the Problem that Baffled Mr. Jefferson However, the failure to distinguish between manners and morals also suggests, erroneously, that from personal virtue, acceptable social behavior will follow effortlessly. All you need … Continue reading →

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Betting on the Alphabet

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Francois Lachance

Canadian Journal of Communication Vol 29, No 2 (2004) “Dispelling the Alphabet Effect” Paul Grosswiler https://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/1432/1540 This non-Western ethnocentric interpretation of the impact of Chinese script stands in stark contrast with Logan’s. What Gernet lauded as political unity, Logan mistrusted … Continue reading →

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Paying Dues

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Francois Lachance

There is a line towards the end of a New Yorker article on Edward Albee that attributes to the playwright a certain take on the unconscious. Larissa MacFarquhar, author of the article writes: An unconscious has its own ways and … Continue reading →

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Influence

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Francois Lachance

A confluence of clever retorts in a conversation about patience and seeding… transparent in all our moves so transparent as to be invisible And so for day 2661 27.03.2014

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Representations of Possibilities

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Francois Lachance

In post-war Japan, Cecilia Chiang is trying to adjust to a new life. I was on my way back one afternoon from buying some fish for dinner — fish was in no short supply and was the one thing I … Continue reading →

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Three Howlers

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Francois Lachance

English As She Is Spoke: Selections from The New Guide of the Conversation, in Portuguese and English, in Two Parts, José Da Fonseca & Pedro Carolino, edited by Paul Collines (McSweeney’s Books, 2002) [Originally published in Paris in 1855] [Carolino] … Continue reading →

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For Instance & The Role of the Teacher

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Francois Lachance

A discussion of computers and the transformation of education and what happens in and beyond the classroom touches upon the role of the teacher. Mon, October 21, 1996 Humanist: 10.0351 forwards Meme 2.13 (Seymour Papert interviewed by David S. Bennahum) … Continue reading →

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