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Spam Lit

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Francois Lachance

I rarely if ever read spam. The name of the sender (“Dia”) on this one caught my attention. It reads like a romance. The hook with this one is that the sucker is drawn in not only by the promise … Continue reading →

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Biblio Trivia

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Francois Lachance

Trivial Pursuit was invented in Canada (Glenn Close mentions the cast of The Big Chill enjoying the game she brought from Canada – it not being available in the U.S.A. at the time of the filming). There’s a scene in … Continue reading →

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After Party Glow

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Francois Lachance

Tove Jansson Moominvalley in November Translated by Kingsley Hart After the others had left, Fillyjonk remained standing in the middle of the floor, lost in thought. Everything was upside down, the streamers had been trodden on, the chairs overturned and … Continue reading →

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Escape Dreaming

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Francois Lachance

If you have ever bought a lottery ticket, if you have ever contemplated buying a lottery ticket, consider that you are being taxed to dream Which you used to claim helped fund worthwhile arts and recreation activities (building and maintaining … Continue reading →

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predictions and exaggerations

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Francois Lachance

You get carried in by the pile up. There are easier tasks in this word than making annual economic forecasts. Like, say, trying to hit the bull’s-eye on a constantly moving dartboard. From 100 metres. Blindfolded. David Parkinson in the … Continue reading →

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Recollecting Recounting

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Francois Lachance

Stop me if you have heard this one before. How comes it that our memories are good enough to retain even the minutest details of what has befallen us, but not to recollect how many times we have recounted them … Continue reading →

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Homophonics

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Francois Lachance

What we eat, we are… I found this one. Envious that I did not invent it. oat of elegance for oath of allegiance This intralinguistic homophonic translation reminds me of these interlinguistic examples: Mots D’Heures: Gousses, Rames: The D’Antin Manuscripts … Continue reading →

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Nostalgic Risks

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Francois Lachance

Having been taught long ago to live in the present, I find fondness for nostalgia puzzling. It has always been seen by me as a benign appreciation of the past. Or so it was until I read a story by … Continue reading →

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In the Mode of Overheard

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Francois Lachance

John Adams on the meaning of transmigration [from an interview was originally posted on the New York Philharmonic web site in September of 2002], a meaning the matches well with his intent to create a “mind space” for meditation. And … Continue reading →

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States of Denial

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Francois Lachance

This seems to be a call against stringent skepticism. Science can no more deny that there is something to “know” and that knowledge stands for a worth, than can religion deny that there is something to worship. from Robert Duncan, … Continue reading →

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